Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 19, 1979 [sound recording].

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Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 19, 1979 [sound recording].

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Shear discusses how she met and got to know Stokowski in Philadelphia after 1960; how she worked for Stokowski in New York while working for the Philadelphia Orchestra; how Stokowski discarded correspondence from composers; and how she visited him in England and France at the end of his life. She mentions Eugene Ormandy, Stokowski's secretary Jean Leslie, and Philadelphia Orchestra librarian Jesse Tayton.

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 10 leaves.1 folder.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Shear, Nancy

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Staff member of Philadelphia Orchestra library and assistant to Stokowski. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 19, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861682 ...

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...