Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Feb. 3, 1980.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Pryor, William Lee, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-2019.

Vanderbilt, Gloria.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Gurrelieder.

Schoenberg, Arnold.

Houston 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.

17 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 771; Box 58, CD 217.

Place of Publication:

Feb. 3, 1980.

Summary:

After seeing the transcript of his earlier interview, Pryor discusses additional information about Stokowski's departure from Houston and his conflict with the orchestra management over Schoenberg's Gurrelieder; an anecdote about his custody arrangements for his sons with Gloria Vanderbilt; and anecdotes about Stokowski's sense of humor. He mentions Maurice Hirsch, Ima Hogg, Tom Johnson, Al Urbach, Ann Holmes, and Elmer Schoetle.

Notes:

Telephone interview recorded on Feb. 3, 1980, Houston, Texas.

Original copy: cassette tape 0.8; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 217; service copy: one compact disk CD 217. Preservation and service copies recorded December 2000.