Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 3, 1979.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Hammer, William C., Mrs, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodziński, Artur, 1892-1958.

Rodziński, Artur.

Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, 1876-1970.

Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis Bok.

Hammer, William C.

Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck.

Berg, Alban.

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978. Caballos de vapor.

Chávez, Carlos.

Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.

Philadelphia Orchestra.

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

2 audiocassettes : 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.

22 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 624; Box 58, CD 221.

Place of Publication:

Sept. 3, 1979.

Biography/History:

Artistic director and wife of the general manager of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.

Summary:

Hammer discusses the origins of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, Stokowski's gradual involvement, the participation of Artur Rodzinski and Mary Louise Curtis Bok, meeting with Stokowski and Alban Berg in Salzburg and the American premiere of Berg's Wozzeck with Stokowski conducting, the production of Chavez's ballet HP, and Stokowski's efforts to educate the Philadelphia Orchestra audience.

She mentions Mrs. Joseph Leidy, Dr. Joseph Leidy, Philip Leidy, Henry Elkan, John Charles Thomas, Mary Garden, Anne Roselle, Nino Martini, Nelson Eddy, Helen Jepson, Rose Bampton, Robert Edmond Jones, Sylvan Levin, Diego Rivera, Catherine Littlefield, and Leonard Bernstein.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on Sept. 3, 1979, New York.

Original copy: cassette tapes 0.11 and 162; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 221; service copy: one compact disk CD 221. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.