Reminiscences about Leopold Stokowski, 1977.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Tom M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Houston Symphony Orchestra.

Genre:

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

9 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 658; Box 52, CD 054.

Place of Publication:

1977.

Biography/History:

Tom M. Johnson was manager of the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

Summary:

Johnson remembers the negotiations with Andrew Schulhof which brought Stokowski to conduct the Houston Symphony; Stokowski's programming of contemporary music and the public's reaction to it; Stokowski's thorough planning, punctuality, and organization; rehearsals of the orchestra; Stokowski's love of his sons Stan and Chris and desire for them to live in Houston with him; and his divorce from Gloria Vanderbilt.

Notes:

Recorded in [January] 1977 in Houston, Texas [no date on cassette which begins "Happy New Year..."] for Oliver Daniel.

Original copy: cassette tape 43; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 54; service copy: one compact disk CD 054. Preservation and service copies recorded November 2000.