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Stokowski
[ stuh-kou-skee, -kawf-, -kawv- ]
noun
- Le·o·pold An·to·ni Sta·ni·slaw [lee, -, uh, -pohld ahn-, toh, -nee stah-, nee, -slahf], 1882–1977, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in England.
Stokowski
/ stəˈkɒfskɪ /
noun
- StokowskiLeopold18871977MUSBritishMUSIC: conductor Leopold. 1887–1977, US conductor, born in Britain. He did much to popularize classical music with orchestral transcriptions and film appearances, esp in Fantasia (1940)
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For elegant tailoring he has no peer among orchestral chiefs, except, perhaps, Mr. Stokowski.
Mr. Stokowski is inordinately fond of gadgets and fancies himself as quite a technical expert.
Mr. Stokowski's doings of the last few years can no longer be classed as minor-league musical sensations.
Mr. Stokowski's dialectic vagaries are among the mysteries in which, for his own good reasons, he has chosen to wrap himself.
Mr. Stokowski in those days couldn't let creamed oysters alone, but neither could he take them.
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