Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 3, 1978 [sound recording].

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Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 3, 1978 [sound recording].

Wyton discusses his own background, including how he came to be committed to contemporary church music and how he ended up as organist at St. John the Divine; the concert of Panufnik's Universal Prayer that he and Stokowski did at St. John the Divine, initiated by Stokowski; his consultation with Stokowski about the Carnegie Hall organ; his interview of Stokowski, as a former organist, for AGO Magazine; his opinion of Stokowski's choral compositions and Bach transcriptions; and his impressions on seeing Fantasia again soon before the interview. He mentions Richard Felciano, Virgil Fox, and Arthur Fiedler.

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. tape.Sound disc digital : 4 3/4 in.Transcript 14 leaves.

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Panufnik, Andrzej

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Epithet: composer and conductor Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000182 ...

Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.)

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American Guild of Organists.

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Daniel, Oliver

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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...

Wyton, Alec

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Organist; president of the American Guild of Organists; founder of AGO magazine. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 3, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861558 ...