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Interview, n.d.

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Rudhyar discusses Pierre Monteux's conducting of Rudhyar's compositions in 1917; Rudhyar's first meeting with Stokowski in Toronto in 1918; visiting Carlos Salzedo in Seal Harbor, Me., in 1918 where he again met Stokowski, as well as Hofmann, Leo Ornstein, Hans Kindler, and others; Henry Cowell's organizing a New Music concert in Los Angeles where Rudyar's The Surge of Fire was performed; Stokowski's introduction of Rudhyar to Christine Wetherill Stevenson, founder of the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Stokowski's and Stevenson's interest in oriental and occult topics and performances of her play Light of Asia in Hollywood; Rudhyar's meeting and friendship with Evangeline Johnson; attending Stokowski's rehearsals and performances of the Philadelphia Orchestra playing Varèse, Debussy, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, and Wagner; comparing Stokowski's conducting of Wagner to Toscanini's.

Tape 1 sound cassette : analog.Tape 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, NAB standard ; 10 1/2 in., 1/4 in. tapeSound disc digital : 4 3/4 in.Transcript 7 leaves.

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