Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 21, 1977.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Ossewaarde, Jack H. (Jack Herman), 1918-2004.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Ott, Donald J., interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000. Triptych. Easter cantata.

Hovhaness, Alan.

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Pianissimo amen.

Stokowski, Leopold.

Houston Symphony Orchestra.

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.).

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.

7 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 750; Box 55, CD 132.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 21, 1977.

Biography/History:

Composer and organist.

Summary:

Ossewaarde discusses the years in which he wrote program notes and played the organ for Stokowski with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and his involvement in the concert that Stokowski conducted at St. Bartholomew's in 1972, where Ossewaarde was the organist at that time. He also discusses contemporary music that he played with Stokowski and describes an impromptu rehearsal of Stokowski's Pianissimo Amen at St. Bartholomew's. He mentions Tom Johnson, Alan Hovhaness, and Vaughan Williams. Don Ott was also present at the interview, speaking a little at the end.

Notes:

Recorded on Sept. 21, 1977, at St. Bartholomew's, New York.

Original copy: cassette tape 111; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 132; service copy: one compact disk CD 132. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.