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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 26, 1978.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 595; Box 57, CD 174
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, W. (William), interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 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.
- 4 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 595; Box 57, CD 174.
- Place of Publication:
- July 26, 1978.
- Biography/History:
- Trombonist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
- Summary:
- Gibson discusses playing in the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski and in other orchestras when Stokowski was guest conductor; and watching the recording of Fantasia from the gallery as a student at the Curtis Institute. He speaks positively of Stokowski's Bach transcriptions. He mentions Ormandy, Mitropoulos, Charlie O'Connell, and Harl McDonald.
- Notes:
- Telephone interview recorded on July 26, 1978, West Stockbridge, Mass.
- Original copy: cassette tape 140; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 174; service copy: one compact disk CD 174. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.
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