Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 28, 1979.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Bender, Natalie Myra, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990.

Garbo, Greta.

Seroff, Victor, 1902-1979.

Seroff, Victor.

Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987.

Chasins, Abram.

Chabrow, Faye.

American Symphony Orchestra (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Interviews.

Oral histories (literary works)

Sound recordings.

Transcripts.

Physical Description:

1 audiocassette : analog

2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tape

digital ; 4 3/4 in.

41 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 503; Box 58, CD 207.

Place of Publication:

Nov. 28, 1979.

Summary:

Bender discusses Stokowski's relationships with the members of his family; his musical upbringing; Stokowski's heart attack in England in 1971; Stokowski's use of television, records, and movies; the move to England; Stokowski's diet, exercise, and wardrobe; his interest in architecture; his relationship with Greta Garbo; Victor Seroff's planned biography; Abram Chasins's assertion that she and Faye Chabrow isolated Stokowski from others; concerts Stokowski conducted in Europe; financing the American Symphony Orchestra; and how Stokowski lived in his last years in England.

She mentions Edward Johnson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Stokowski's sons Stan and Chris, Dorothy Brett, Manny Roth, Arthur Carles, Sylvan Levin, Sophia Yarnall Jacobs, and Stewart Warkow.

Notes:

Recorded on Nov. 28, 1979, Philadelphia, Pa.

Original copy: cassette tape 0.3; preservation copy: 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tapes 207 and 208; service copy: compact disks CD 207 and 208. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.