Chicago Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts, Vol. 3: Leopold Stokowski (1962)

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This performance video features the conductor Leopold Stokowski. Stokowski studied at the Royal College of Music in that city. After immigrating to the United States, Stokowski became the conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, a post he held for 24 years. He is a familiar figure to many because of his appearance directing the Philadelphia Orchestra in Walt Disney's 1940 movie Fantasia. Stokowski also conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1946-50 and the Houston Symphony from 1955-60. In 1962 he founded the American Symphony Orchestra in New York. This 1962 telecast includes works by Bach, Brahms, Haydn, and Rimsky-Korsakov. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, Rovi

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