Notes on Stokowski recording sessions, May 31-June 1, 1977.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Daniel, Oliver.

Contributor:

Ott, Donald J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baumgarten, Jack.

Bender, Natalie.

Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977.

Lieberson, Goddard.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.

Menuhin, Yehudi.

Local Subjects:

Baumgarten, Jack.

Bender, Natalie.

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.

8 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 562; Box 53, CD 072.

Place of Publication:

May 31-June 1, 1977.

Summary:

Oliver Daniel and Donald J. Ott attended a recording session at the EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London on May 31, 1977, where Stokowski was recording Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Oliver and Ott recall details of this session; their conversations with Stokowski; their conversations with Natalie Bender about writing Stokowski's biography; mentioning the death of Goddard Lieberson.

Tape continues with a brief recording of bird calls, followed by Oliver Daniel's comments on a phone conversation he had with Yehudi Menuhin on June 1, where Menuhin suggested he would like to record Elgar's violin concerto with Stokowski; this is followed by Oliver Daniel's and Donald Ott's recollections of having tea with Stokowski, Natalie Bender, and Jack Baumgarten at 4 p.m. that day.

Notes:

Recorded on May 31, 1977, at the Stafford Hotel in London; later portions recorded on June 1, 1977.

Cassette label includes "Comments of Natalie on bio." but these are Daniel's notes, not a recording of Natalie's comments.

Transcript for the June 1 portion of the recording only concerns the Menuhin conversation, and is titled and numbered separately from the 7 pages for May 31.

Original copy: cassette tape 58; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 72; service copy: one compact disk CD 072. Preservation and service copies recorded November 2000.