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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Feb. 27, 1977.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 745; Box 53, CD 060
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Ruth, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Samaroff Stokowski, Olga, 1882-1948.
- Samaroff Stokowski, Olga.
- Steinway, Ruth.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- 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.
- 5 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 745; Box 53, CD 060.
- Place of Publication:
- Feb. 27, 1977.
- Summary:
- O'Neill discusses the Steinway family's loyalty to Olga Samaroff Stokowski; Ruth Steinway's connection with the Samaroff Foundation; Stokowski's Bach transcriptions; and Olga's efforts for Stokowski's performance of Mahler's 8th symphony. She mentions Harriet Lanier, Paderewski, and Diaghilev.
- Notes:
- Telephone interview recorded on Feb. 27, 1977, New York.
- Original copy: cassette tape 48; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 60; service copy: one compact disk CD 060. Preservation and service copies recorded November 2000.
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