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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 17, 1977.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 688; Box 55, CD 134
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Lessard, John, 1920-2003, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
- Cowell, Henry.
- 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 688; Box 55, CD 134.
- Place of Publication:
- Nov. 17, 1977.
- Biography/History:
- Composer and former composition student of Henry Cowell.
- Summary:
- Lessard discusses Stokowski's rehearsal and performance of his Cantilena for Oboe and String Orchestra; his first awareness of Stokowski through Cowell; and Cowell's imprisonment in San Quentin. Mentions oboist Robert Bloom, piano teacher Elise Belenky, composer Percy Grainger, and Sidney Robertson Cowell.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Nov. 17, 1977, Ardsley, New York.
- Original copy: cassette tape 113; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 134; service copy: one compact disk CD 134. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.
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