1882–1977 American conductor Born in London, Stokowski was organist of St James’s, Piccadilly, and of St Bartholomew’s, New York. A conducting post in Cincinnati led to his appointment as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912–36, where he created the world-famous ‘Philadelphia sound’. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Arturo Toscanini | Modern ...
of Britten’s Peter Grimes. At Covent Garden in 1959 he conducted Joan Sutherland in her triumphant performance of Lucia di Lammermoor. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Leopold Stokowski | Modern Era | Classical ...
years he was the trenchantly brilliant music critic of the New York Herald Tribune. Recommended Recording: ‘The Plow that Broke the Plains’ Suite, Symphony of the Air (cnd) Leopold Stokowski (Vanguard Classics) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Joaquin Turina | Modern Era | Classical ...
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