Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Mar. 4, 1980.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Shulman, Alan, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.

Toscanini, Arturo.

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985.

Ormandy, Eugene.

NBC Symphony Orchestra.

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.

13 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 809; Box 59, CD 233.

Place of Publication:

Mar. 4, 1980.

Biography/History:

American cellist, teacher and composer; member of NBC Radio Symphony.

Summary:

Shulman discusses Toscanini's departure from and Stokowski's arrival at the NBC Symphony Orchestra; his seating of the orchestra; his relationship with the orchestra; Eugene Ormandy; Stokowski's support of contemporary composers; and the end of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. He mentions Max Hollander, Emanuel Vardi, Vivian Rivkin, and Georg Solti.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on Mar. 4, 1980, Scarsdale, N.Y.

Original copy: cassette tape 0.19; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 233; service copy: one compact disk CD 233. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.