Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 15, 1979.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Levin, Sylvan, 1903-1996, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.

Berg, Alban.

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

5 folders

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folders 269-273; Folder 693; Box 57, CD 185.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 15, 1979.

Biography/History:

Pianist and conductor.

Summary:

Levin goes over details in conflict with Mrs. William C. Hammer's account of the meeting including himself, the Hammers, Wilhelm von Wymetal, and Alban Berg and his wife in Salzburg in 1931; and mentions the Philadelphia performance of Berg's Wozzeck.

Daniel's notes include photocopies of Levin's correspondence with Stokowski, 1929-1953, folders 269-273.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on Sept. 15, 1979, New York.

Original copy: cassette tape 148; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 185; service copy: one compact disk CD 185. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.

Transcript in folder 693.