Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 26, 1978.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Pinsker, Adam, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curtis Institute of Music.

Philadelphia Orchestra.

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.

2 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 760; Box 57, CD 170.

Place of Publication:

June 26, 1978.

Biography/History:

Staff pianist and manager of the Seventh Army Symphony; executive director of the Association of American Dance Companies.

Summary:

Pinsker tells a story about his wife, then secretary to the manager of the Baltimore Symphony, meeting Stokowski; and discusses the feelings Philadelphia musicians in the Seventh Army Symphony had about their Curtis training and teachers and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He mentions Ralph Black, Christopher Ernest, Jacob Berg, Mason Jones, and Tabuteau.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on June 26, 1978, New York.

Original copy: cassette tape 138; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 170; service copy: one compact disk CD 170. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.