Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jan. 16, 1978.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Symphony Orchestra (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.

6 leaves

1 folder

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 296; Folder 720; Box 55, CD 133.

Place of Publication:

Jan. 16, 1978.

Biography/History:

Violinist and conductor.

Summary:

Menuhin recounts an anecdote about a woman in Lima, Peru, giving him a message for Stokowski. He mentions that he played as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski and that he conducted the American Symphony Orchestra three times, at Stokowski's invitation. He gives a favorable overall opinion of Stokowski as a conductor.

Daniel's notes include photocopies of 2 items correspondence between Menuhin and Stokowski, 1958, 1966, folder 296.

Notes:

Telephone conversation recorded on January 16, 1978, New York.

Original copy: cassette tape 112; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 133; service copy: one compact disk CD 133. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.

Transcript in folder 720.