LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI

Leopold Stokowski made conducting part of mass musical imagination. The conductor shaped a highly coloured orchestral sound, worked closely with recording and broadcasting technology, and brought symphonic repertory into film culture through Fantasia. His name connects the orchestra, studio modernity, Bach transcriptions, and the theatrical possibilities of 20th-century performance.

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