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Interview : conducted by Dan Rather, Jan. 4, 1977.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 869; Box 53, CD 075
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Symphonies--no. 1, op. 39--E minor.
- Sibelius, Jean.
- 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.
- 9 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 869; Box 53, CD 075.
- Place of Publication:
- Jan. 4, 1977.
- Summary:
- Dan Rather interviewed Stokowski in Nether Wallop and London, England for CBS-TV. Stokowski discusses conducting using his eyes; recording in the studio (with excerpts from his recording of the Sibelius Symphony no. 1); and popularizing classical music. Other people interviewed about Stokowski include Henry Pleasants and Andre Kostelanetz. The segment also includes excerpts from the film 100 men and a Girl (1937) and from Fantasia.
- Notes:
- Broadcast on Jan. 4, 1977 on "Who's Who" by CBS-TV.
- Original copy: cassette tape 61; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 75; service copy: one compact disk CD 075. Preservation and service copies recorded November 2000.
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