Books

Stokowski's own book

Music for all of us
Simon and Schuster, New York 1943
340 p.

An easy to understand introduction to all aspects of musical theory - from harmony to electroacoustics. Unfortunately never reprinted and therefore hard to find. Try perhaps second hand book dealers like www.abebooks.com or www.amazon.com.

Biographies

Chasins, Abram

Leopold Stokowski
Da Capo Press, New York 1979
ISBN 0-306-80146-9
313 p.

Daniel, Oliver

Leopold Stokowski - A Counterpoint of View
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York 1982
ISBN 0-396-07936-9
1090 p.

The standard work for all Stokowski enthusiasts. Very comprehensive and detailed. Unfortunately out of print.

Haffner, Herbert

Genie oder Scharlatan? Das aufregende Leben des Leopold Stokowski
(German)
Parthas Verlag 2009
ISBN 978-3869640136
380 p.

Opperby, Preben

Leopold Stokowski
UK: Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells 1982
ISBN 0-859-36253-1
USA:Hippocrene Books, New York 1982
ISBN 0-882-54658-9
288 p.

Robinson, Paul

Stokowski
Macdonald and Jane`s, London 1977
ISBN 0-354-04232-7
154 p.

Contains the most comprehensive discography of all biographies

Smith, William Ander

The Mystery of Leopold Stokowski
Associated University Press, Cranbury, London, Toronto 1990
ISBN 0-838-63362-5
289 p.
contains a commented discography

Discography

Hunt, John

Leopold Stokowski: Discography & Concert Register
John Hunt, 1996
ISBN 0 9525827 5 9
275 p.
Compiled in collaboration with The Leopold Stokowski Society. Copies availabe from: John Hunt, Flat 6, 37 Chester Way, London SE11 4UR.

The most comprehensive printed discography. Excellent register of most of Stokowski's concerts.

Monographs

Johnson, Edward (ed.)

Stokowski - Essays in Analysis of His Art
Edward Johnson, 1973
114 p.

Smith, Rollin

Stokowski and the Organ
Pendragon Press, 2004
ISBN: 1–57647–103–9

A very detailed and well-investigated book about Stokowski, the organist, enriched with many pictures and interesting documents. The extensive appendix lists among other things Stokowski's organ repertoire and organ recitals performed by Stokowski (which indicate already a certain affinity to the orchestra - a pity that these were not recorded!), as well as the complete scores of four choral works by Stokowski. An invaluable source of information, not only for organ lovers!

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