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Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 7, 1976.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 382 Folder 765; Box 54, CD 088
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Pollikoff, Max, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930.
- Auer, Leopold.
- Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
- Ives, Charles.
- Philadelphia 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.
- 15 leaves
- Contained In:
- Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 765; Box 54, CD 088.
- Place of Publication:
- Dec. 7, 1976.
- Biography/History:
- American violinist and promoter of contemporary music.
- Summary:
- Pollikoff discusses his musical training, beginning with Leopold Auer; his Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster audition for Stokowski; the negative reaction in Philadelphia to contemporary music; recording with Stokowski; and Pollikoff's own support for contemporary music, including support for Charles Ives. He mentions Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Morton Gould, and Leonard Bernstein.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Dec. 7, 1976, New York.
- Original copy: cassette tape 069; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 088; service copy: one compact disk CD 088. Preservation and service copies recorded November 2000.
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