Leopold Stokowski(1882-1977)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Flamboyant, latterly white-maned, U.S. conductor known best for his
popularization of classical music. (He is also known for teaching
'Mickey Mouse' a few things about music in Walt Disney's
Fantasia (1940), in which Stokowski was
featured with the Philadelphia Orchestra). He was a pioneer in the use
of hi-fi sound and bringing great music to the screen.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 5 wins total
Music Department
Actor
Soundtrack
- 2023
- Nine Perfect Strangers7.0TV Series
- arranger: "Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo" (uncredited)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory8.2
- performer: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile"
- 2014
- Nostalgia Critic7.5TV Series
- arranger: "A Night on Bald Mountain"
- performer: "A Night on Bald Mountain"
- 2013
- 2013
- 2011
- Born
- Died
- September 13, 1977
- Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England, UK(heart attack)
- SpousesGloria VanderbiltApril 21, 1945 - October 29, 1955 (divorced, 2 children)
- Other worksPrint ads for Stromberg-Carlson's Custom Four Hundred High Fidelity equipment.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaA chance meeting with Walt Disney at Chasen's resulted in the two men agreeing to have dinner together. Disney outlined his plans to do "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and other projects combining classical music with animation. Disney was surprised when he responded with "I would like to conduct that for you". To have the prominent conductor volunteer for the project was an opportunity that Disney couldn't pass up. The project expanded into a number of shorts that would be combined into the "Concert Feature". While considering a number of better titles for the project, it was Stokowski himself who suggested the musical term "fantasia", which means "a musical composition without a strict form" - a perfect title for a film with music and no plot.
- TrademarksHe never conducted with a baton
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