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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 6, 1977.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 777; Box 56, CD 149
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Ricci, Ruggiero, 1918-2012, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- 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.
- 8 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 777; Box 56, CD 149.
- Place of Publication:
- Dec. 6, 1977.
- Biography/History:
- American violinist.
- Summary:
- Ricci discusses the experience of playing as a soloist under Stokowski, with reference to a performance of Brahms' Double Concerto which was his first performance with Stokowski. He remembers hearing youth orchestra concerts. He mentions Szell, Reiner, Monteux, Munch, Bernardino Molinari, Harold Coletta, Rolf Persinger, Oscar Shumsky, and Yehudi Menuhin.
- Notes:
- Telephone interview recorded on Dec. 6, 1977, New York.
- Original copy: cassette tape 124; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 149; service copy: one compact disk CD 149. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.
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