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Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British-born American conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Leopold Stokowski was a virtuoso British-born U.S. conductor known for his flamboyant showmanship and the rich sonorities of his orchestras and for his influence as a popularizer of classical music. Stokowski was trained at the Royal College of Music, London, and Queen’s College, Oxford, and held.
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Stokowski was one of the first Western conductors to recognize the genius of Dmitri Shostakovich, whose Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 6, and 11 received their first American performances under the maestro — and he would have introduced No. 7 if Arturo Toscanini hadn’t snatched the U.S. premiere away.
Stokowski engaged three Houston-area choirs to perform Arnold Schoenberg’s massive Gurrelieder—including an African American chorus from Texas Southern University. The white choirs refused to ...
Learn about the life and work of Leopold Stokowski, a star conductor who combined musical innovation with celebrity status. Discover his background, his relationships, his experiments and his legacy in this article from Concert Hall.
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was a British-born American conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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May 30, 2017 · The celebrated, spectaculary endowed, and magically communicative English-born American conductor (and arranger), Leopold (Anthony) Stokowski, was born into a Polish and Irish mother, but was raised as an Englishman. His famous, vaguely foreign, accent somehow appeared later in his life.
