
Leopold
Stokowski:
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The Boks

Passacaglia for Organ in C Minor (excerpt) [RealPlayer required] Arranged and recorded for the Duo-Art Aeolian Pipe Organ by Leopold Stokowski from his own adaptation for the orchestra in collaboration with Harry Ross Shelley |
Note: "Prince" was the Bok's nickname for Stokowski
(ascribed after the pianist Josef Hofmann referred to Stokowski as a "prince of
conductors")
A unique organ roll of J. S. Bach's Passacaglia in c
minor for organ,
arranged and recorded by Leopold Stokowski for the Duo-Art Aeolian Pipe Organ, 1925,
and presented as a Christmas gift for Edward and Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Letter of resignation from Leopold Stokowski to Curtis Bok, 29 July
1941

Edward Bok's son, Curtis, would follow his father as an active
supporter of Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, serving as President of the
Orchestra board at the opening of the 1934-35 concert season. In December 1934,
however, Bok resigned his position in a show of support for the conductor, whose
artistic and managerial demands were at the center of a power struggle among board
members.
This letter was written at the conclusion of Stokowski's final season with the
Orchestra, which he would not conduct again until 1960.
[RealPlayer required] From an interview with Martin Bookspan, broadcast 22 April 1960 on WQXR (New York City) |
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