Interview : conducted by Edward Johnson, Apr. 1971.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, interviewee.

Contributor:

Johnson, Edward, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Vesna svi︠a︡shchennai︠a︡.

Stravinsky, Igor.

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.

10 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 859; Box 57, CD 194.

Place of Publication:

Apr. 1971.

Summary:

In preparation for an article in the magazine Music and Musicians, Stokowski discusses his memories of London, performance of new music, technical standards of orchestras in the past, his teachers at the Royal Academy, audience perception of the spirit of music, the acoustics of Albert Hall, and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. He mentions Hans Richter, Hubert Parry, Charles Stanford, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Thomas Beecham, Panufnik, and Charles Ives.

Notes:

Interview was originally recorded in Apr. 1971, 1067 5th Ave., New York; date of cassette tape recording is unknown.

Original copy: cassette tape 154; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 194; service copy: one compact disk CD 194. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.