Stokowski, Leopold 1882-1977

Fantasia ( Visual )
38 editions published between 1940 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,890 libraries worldwide
An extraordinary blend of magnificent music and classic Disney animation, featuring a host of unforgettable images, including Mickey Mouse as The Sorcerer's apprentice.

Fantasia ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1940 and 2010 in English and held by 1,540 libraries worldwide
"The beauty and inspiration of music must not be restricted to a privileged few, but made available to every man, woman, and child." - Leopold Stokowski, 1940. "Perhaps Bach and Beethoven are strange bedfellows for Mickey Mouse, but it's all been a lot of fun." - Walt Disney, 1940. These quotations preface the "Making of" documentary that accompanies this 60th Anniversary edition of "Fantasia." This is the original uncut version of the groundbreaking film, conceived of as a new type of concert, wherein magnificent music is married with classic Disney animation, resulting in an extraordinary entertainment. The film features a host of unforgettable images, including Mickey Mouse as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and the "Dance of the Hours" as performed by a corp de ballet of ostrich, elephant, and hippopotami.

Music for all of us by Leopold Stokowski ( Book )
13 editions published between 1943 and 1963 in 8 languages and held by 642 libraries worldwide

Walt Disney's Fantasia ( Recording )
3 editions published in 1990 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 526 libraries worldwide

Symphony no. 4 by Charles Ives ( Recording )
19 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 468 libraries worldwide

Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff by Sergei Rachmaninoff ( Recording )
27 editions published between 1929 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 406 libraries worldwide

The art of conducting great conductors of the past ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and held by 400 libraries worldwide
Features sixteen of the great conductors of this century in rehearsal and performance. Archival footage complements first-hand recollections of these conductors by some of today's most eminent musicians.

Scheherazade symphonic suite, op. 35 by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov ( Recording )
69 editions published between 1927 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 380 libraries worldwide

Suite from the river the plough that broke the plains : suite for orchestra by Virgil Thomson ( Recording )
17 editions published between 1960 and 2003 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 365 libraries worldwide

Symphony no. 11 ("1905") by Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich Shostakovich ( Recording )
22 editions published between 1958 and 1996 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 337 libraries worldwide