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020 a| 0306801469 (pbk.) :c| $8.95;

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100 1 a| Chasins, Abram,d| 1903-1987.=| ^A37329;

245 10 a| Leopold Stokowski, a profile /c| Abram Chasins.;

300 a| xvii, 313 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 21 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| A Da Capo paperback;

500 a| Reprint. Originally published: London : Dutton, 1979.;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Bibliography: pages 276-277.;

504 a| Discography: pages 278-296.;

520 a| Leopold Stokowski attracted notice and notoriety whatever he did. He has been called a charlatan, an eccentric, a genius, and a womanizer--and every description fits. A pioneer in the recording of classical music, the champion of 20th-century composers, musical consultant and star of Walt Disney's Fantasia, and a vigorous musician into his nineties, Stokowski was a romantic figure in all sense of the word. As a conductor he enjoyed improving the status of ordinary orchestras and imposing his novel interpretations on the classics of the masters, as a lover he pursued women all over the world, conducting a trans-Atlantic affair with Greta Garbo and marrying three times into the upper echelons of American society (the last time to Gloria Vanderbilt). With all of his gifts, Stokowski took unusual care to mystify his past. Abram Chasins has overcome this obstacle with the patience and reasoning of a detective and the recreative powers of a historian. The result is a biography of a musician of tremendous energy and imagination in all his moods and contradictions.;

545 a| Abram Chasins, music director for 25 years at WQXR in New York City, is the author of Speaking of Pianists, The Van Cliburn Legend, and Music at the Crossroads.;

600 10 a| Stokowski, Leopold,d| 1882-1977.=| ^A636151;

650 0 a| Conductors (Music)v| Biography.=| ^A447024;

830 0 a| Da Capo paperback.=| ^A910346;

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Leopold Stokowski, a profile / Abram Chasins.

Author/creator	Chasins, Abram
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, [1981] ©1979.
Description	xvii, 313 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects	Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Conductors (Music)--Biography.

Series	A Da Capo paperback Da Capo paperback. ^A910346
Abstract	Leopold Stokowski attracted notice and notoriety whatever he did. He has been called a charlatan, an eccentric, a genius, and a womanizer--and every description fits. A pioneer in the recording of classical music, the champion of 20th-century composers, musical consultant and star of Walt Disney's Fantasia, and a vigorous musician into his nineties, Stokowski was a romantic figure in all sense of the word. As a conductor he enjoyed improving the status of ordinary orchestras and imposing his novel interpretations on the classics of the masters, as a lover he pursued women all over the world, conducting a trans-Atlantic affair with Greta Garbo and marrying three times into the upper echelons of American society (the last time to Gloria Vanderbilt). With all of his gifts, Stokowski took unusual care to mystify his past. Abram Chasins has overcome this obstacle with the patience and reasoning of a detective and the recreative powers of a historian. The result is a biography of a musician of tremendous energy and imagination in all his moods and contradictions.
General note	Reprint. Originally published: London : Dutton, 1979.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages 276-277.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 278-296.
Biographical note	Abram Chasins, music director for 25 years at WQXR in New York City, is the author of Speaking of Pianists, The Van Cliburn Legend, and Music at the Crossroads.
LCCN	81007872
ISBN	0306801469 (pbk.) :

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