Interview : conducted by Michael Oliver, Feb. 4, 1974.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, interviewee.

Contributor:

Oliver, Michael, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies--no. 8, op. 93--F major.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

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 865; Box 57, CD 193.

Place of Publication:

Feb. 4, 1974.

Summary:

In an interview for BBC Radio (noted on cassette and transcript as his last radio interview), Stokowski discusses the orchestration, seating, and rehearsals for an upcoming performance of Beethoven's eighth symphony at the Royal Albert Hall; and his enthusiasm for new music, praising (but not naming) the young British composers Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle.

Notes:

Recorded on Feb. 4, 1974, London; broadcast Feb. 7, 1974; date of cassette tape recording unknown.

Original copy: cassette tape 153; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 193; service copy: one compact disk CD 193. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.