One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra

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NOtes Chapter 1. In the Lions’ Den 1. Laura Lee, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, May 8, 1930, Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers and Microfilm Center. 2. Quoted in Neuls-Bates, Women in Music, 202. 3. Ammer, Unsung, 118–38. 4. J. Michele Edwards, “North America since 1920,” chapter 9 in Pendle, Women and Music, 359. 5. “Reading Musician Named Harpist in Orchestra at Roxy’s Theatre, New York,” Reading (Pa.) Times, October 1, 1927, family collection. 6. Hall, Best Remaining Seats, 71–91. 7. Mordaunt Hall, “New Roxy Theatre Has Gala Opening,” New York Times, March 12, 1927. 8. Hall, Best Remaining Seats, 120–35. 9. Horowitz, Classical Music in America, 346. 10. Edwin H. Schloss, Philadelphia Record, February 26, 1931. 11. Daniel, Stokowski, 227. 12. “Angel’s Disciple,” Time, September 14, 1959, www.time.com/time/ archive, accessed May 4, 2012. 13. Lawrence and Salzedo, Method for the Harp, 431–44. 14. Owens, Carlos Salzedo, 94–116. Chapter 2. A Formidable Arena 1. Associated Press dispatch, January 12, 1929, quoted by Daniel in Stokowski , 300. Welsh_Text.indd 221 10/22/12 8:55 AM 222 6 Notes to Chapters 2 and 3 2. “Leopold Anton Stanislaw Boleslaw Stokowski,” Time, cover story, April 28, 1930, www.Time.com/time/archives, accessed May 4, 2012. 3. Kupferberg, Those Fabulous Philadelphians, 22–29. 4. Horowitz, Classical Music in America, 181. 5. Lebrecht, Maestro Myth, 142. 6. Kupferberg, Fabulous Philadelphians, 34. 7. Ibid., 40. 8. Samuel Lacier, Philadelphia Public Ledger, March 3, 1916, Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers and Microfilm Center. 9. “Vast Throng Hears Mahler Symphony,” New York Times, April 10, 1916, New York Times Archives, www.NYTimes.com, accessed May 4, 2012. 10. Mueller, American Symphony Orchestra, 151. 11. Toff, Monarch of the Flute, 237. 12. Chasins, Leopold Stokowski, 89. 13. Joseph Horowitz, “A Window on Stokowski’s Greatness,” New York Times, March 5, 2000. 14. Ewen, Music Comes to America, 67. 15. Burt, Perennial Philadelphians, 473. 16. Olin Downes, “Stokowski Triumphs,” New York Times, December 17, 1924, New York Times Archives, www.NYTimes.com, accessed May 4, 2012. 17. Harold C. Schonberg, “An Audience’s Conductor,” New York Times, September 14, 1977. 18. Ardoin, Philadelphia Orchestra, appendix. 19. Kupferberg, Fabulous Philadelphians, 54. 20. “Stokowski’s Satire,” Time, April 26, 1926, Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers and Microfilm Center. 21. Kupferberg, Fabulous Philadelphians, 91–93. 22. Story told to the author many years later by Viola Brehm (a member of the Chestnut Hill Women’s Committee for the Philadelphia Orchestra, who was the young lady in question). 23. Henry Prunières, “A French Music Critic HearsAmerican Orchestras,” New York Times, December 7, 1930, New York TimesArchives, www.NYTimes. com, accessed May 4, 2012. 24. Ammer, Unsung, 249–54. Chapter 3. The Little Goat 1. Shanet, Philharmonic, 249. 2. Daniel, Stokowski, 315–16. Welsh_Text.indd 222 10/22/12 8:55 AM 223 6 Notes to Chapters 4, 5, and 6 Chapter 4. Keeping Up with the Speed Kings 1. “Solo Harpist to Be First Girl in Philadelphia Orchestra,” Philadelphia Public Ledger, September 14, 1930. “Woman Harpist for Phila. Orchestra,” Philadelphia Record, September 14, 1930, Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers and Microfilm Center. 2. Robinson, Stokowski, 22. 3. Daniel, Stokowski, 194. 4. Kupferberg, Fabulous Philadelphians, 59. Chapter 5. One Step Ahead of the Sheriff 1. Samuel L. Laciar, Philadelphia Public Ledger, October 4, 1930, Free Library of Philadelphia Newspapers and Microfilm Center. 2. Ibid. 3. Wister, Twenty-Five Years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 48–58. 4. “Stokowski in New Studio,” New York Times, October 13, 1930, New York Times Archives, www.NYTimes.com, accessed May 6, 2012. 5. Hans Fantel, “Stokowski, an Audio Prophet,” New York Times, May 30, 1982. 6. Sergei Rachmaninoff, quoted in “In Their Own Words: The Artist and the Gramophone,” Gramophone, April 1931, 8–11. 7. Burt, Perennial Philadelphians, 475. Chapter 6. A Season of Firsts 1. Stokowski’s seating plan was eventually adopted by most orchestras and is currently in general use. 2. Daniel, Stokowski, 316. 3. Kupferberg, Fabulous Philadelphians, 81. 4. Anecdote Salzedo told to Phillips. 5. “Stokowski Offers Music from Ether,” New York Times, December 18, 1930. 6. Daniel, Stokowski, 263. 7. Chasins, Leopold Stokowski, 130–31. 8. Daniel, Stokowski, 266. 9. Chasins, Leopold Stokowski, 130. 10. David Patrick Stearns, “Remembering Stoky,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 15, 2007. 11. Daniel, Stokowski, 280–82. Welsh_Text.indd 223 10/22/12 8:55 AM 224 6 Notes...