Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 27, 1978.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Graffman, Gary, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. Concertos--piano, orchestra--no. 2, op. 23--D minor.

MacDowell, Edward.

New York Philharmonic.

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

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 608; Box 55, CD 139.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 27, 1978.

Biography/History:

Concert pianist and director of the Curtis Institute.

Summary:

Graffman discusses the one performance he did with Stokowski as soloist, in MacDowell's concerto in D minor, in a New York Philarmonic concert of music by composers associated with Columbia University, describing the experience of rehearsing and performing with Stokowski. He also recalls going to Philadelphia Orchestra concerts while growing up and mentions that Stokowski sometimes hired Graffman's father to supplement his orchestra while he was conducting at the City Center. He mentions Skitch and Ruth Henderson.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on Sept. 27, 1978, New York.

Original copy: cassette tape 116; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 139; service copy: one compact disk CD 139. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.