Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Aug. 4, 1976.

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Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Aug. 4, 1976.

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John Bitter discusses meeting Stokowski when Bitter was a student at the Curtis Institute of Music. He mentions Artur Rodzinski, Aubrey Williams, Margaret Valiant, Walter Abel, Greta Garbo, Saul Caston, the plans and auditions for the All-American Youth Orchestra, traveling with the Orchestra in South America, meeting Villa-Lobos on the pier, rehearsing and making transcriptions. He remembers Stokowski conducting the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra in 1955 and discusses a visit with Evangeline Johnson and a picnic with his family in the Everglades.

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 15 leaves.

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Radio producer, music publishing executive, and writer, who died in 1991. Member of the Board of Directors of the American Symphony Orchestra; co-founder of the Contemporary Music Society. From the description of Research collection on Leopold Stokowski, 1945-1995. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862197 Oliver Daniel was vice-president of Broadcast Music Incorporated. he was also the author of an important book on Leopold Stokowski. F...