Interview : conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 13, 1976.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995, interviewee.

Contributor:

Daniel, Oliver, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.

Cowell, Henry.

Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936.

Gabrilowitsch, Ossip.

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.

18 leaves

Contained In:

Oliver Daniel Research Collection on Leopold Stokowski. Folder 814; Box 52, CD 042.

Place of Publication:

Nov. 13, 1976.

Summary:

Slonimsky discusses Stokowski's birth certificate and various stories about his birth and parentage; Gabrilowitsch's escape from Germany in 1914; Slonimsky's correspondence with Henry Cowell; and Stokowski engaging Cowell as a soloist immediately after Cowell's release from imprisonment.

Notes:

Recorded on Nov. 13, 1976 in Hollywood, Calif.

Original copy: cassette tape 35; preservation copy: one 10 1/2 in. reel to reel tape 42; service copy: one compact disk CD 042. Preservation and service copies recorded October and November 2000.