New-York tribune., 1922-12-12
Young Boswell
mterOieWS
Leopold Stokowski

BECAUSE hs is conductor Of fAs Phila-
dsiphia Orchestra,
nc ras born ~ Polish father and on
Irith mother. and Went 10 Oxford
ard ihc Royal College Of Music IN
London,
ho wrote an orchcfiration Of our no,
iioHal anthem, iehen snowbourd N
kniamas0o, Mich.
he is ose o. ihe YoWngssi and most
popHl0r conductors.
he was he fret person Ia receive The
Philadelphia Au1rd.
As Young Boswcu hurried through the
green room Of the Academy Of Music he
heard a ic0man With three ropes Of
pearls remark. "STOKOWSKT IL not
only great conductor, my dear. He i'
quite an AdoHis.-
y supposc you pcdn his shock Of vel.
iow hair, and ne Greek profile" mar
iCiih her said. Whilo I thought Of hs
perfect motcmcHis of an athlete as N
led ihe orehcsira through those last ire.
mcHdous pnssagcs Of ttc 1873 Over.
inre.' "Tsehaikoi0skV ard Stokowskf,
said fhc lady iciik tho pearls. What a
iconderful eombination"
Young Boswell climbed the back-staG,
stairs 70 rcnew an acquaintance witl
tho conductor made IN his teens III
icas admitted 10 the dressing room bt
Billy Morris. the rubber. and found
STOkOWSkI, faee-doicn on divdr
The room ioas furnished sparsely, t0itl
a Uttered desk, piano and an electric
heater. Wreaihs from former triHnphs
and flag hung on iho raH.
STOKOWSKl-Of course, I remember
you. What are you doing now?
Young Boswoll-I'm trying 70 be .
journalist.
SsoKOWSKT Turning over or1
ihroiciug up his hands, az II IL despair)
-Oh-and y-u were such n nice 1T
tie boy. ] suppose you have come q
talk 20 me about music. Well, cam
talk about music. Ifs impossible. tn,
only way 10 talk about music Is in Il,
own language-to play Il or sing u
There's no use talking 20 me, anyway
because | haven't any ideas.
Young Boswell-Pcrhaps after you
have had your rub, you viii get one.
STOkOWSKI-Mr Morris, here, Il
much more famous than | am. lie wal
q rubber az the Olympic Games. III
rubbed Dick Landon. the champion higi
jumper. fNr. Morris boped gydvcly.)
STOkOWSKI-I always have rul
after strenuous concert. Conducting
is inclined 10 tighten up the muscles
Rubbing takes away the contraction
Also, ! Ike 20 keep Mr. Morris busy.
Young Boswcll-Aren's you going {,
give n series OF lectures about musie7
SIOkOW SKI Yes. and I'm going e
write q book. Ny hope is 20 bring al
people who love music. but realize thel
do not know much about b., 10 an under
standing OF music and OF the works ol
the foremost composers and Of musiea
history. There is only one kind o.
music: that which has been truly In
spirod, whether it Is the inspiration o
our own days or Of the past generations
] don't know anything about tho futuri
o. music, and nobody else does. an
interested IN the present. and conside
iho orchestra the most complex mu
steal instrument and a marvellous hu
man organ. You see / have no ideas
a. told you.
Mr. Morris having achieved his cure
STOkOWSkf slipped into drcssiH,
goiCn and lighted a cigarette. He spok
Of ihe oxford dags, and tho years iokei
he ir05 0rganist az 81. Bariholomeic'
Church IN Park Avenue, and az 81
james. ~ P.ecadilY. and iUhen he sea
conductor of 'he Cincinnati Orchestra.
STOKOWSKI-I should like 10 hav
been "a painter, there. on some day
when ihe black clouds hung over th
Ohio River, and you looked up fror
below. 20 Tie hills. A painter like L
Greco might have done it.
When people arc interviewed they al
ways want 20 reform humanity. I don
want 20 reform anything. ! think hu
maniiy Is quite nice.