AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              16a

Leopold Stokowski,

With Vivian Perlis

Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

February 18, 1972

Side a                                                                                                             pp. 1-19

Acquaintance with Sibelius--limitations of musical notation--Percy Grainger--Paul Hindemith--harpists Salzedo and Grandjany--importance of experimentation--Leo Ornstein--Carl Ruggles--Mussorgsky (extended)--Stokowski's own compositions--Mussorgsky Sunless Songs--Stefan Wolpe--plan for movie version of Tristan--film composers--Lou Harrison--role of conductor in re-creating composer's concepts--opinions on orchestral practices of uniform bowing, etc.--Rachmaninoff--Schoenberg--Richard Strauss--Nina Koshetz--Sasha Kipnis--experience as opera conductor--responsibility of conductor and audience in accepting new things in contemporary music.