Stokowski

American

[stuh-kou-skee, -kawf-, -kawv-] / stəˈkaʊ ski, -ˈkɔf-, -ˈkɔv- /

noun

Leopold Antoni Stanislaw 1882–1977, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in England.

Stokowski British

/ stəˈkɒfskɪ /

noun

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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In his review, Joseph Horowitz called the book “as honest and unassuming as Stokowski was evasive and flamboyant.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Four years earlier, he had recorded with the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Leopold Stokowski.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Taylor, who has worked as comfortably with Leopold Stokowski and Pierre Boulez as with Duke Ellington and Thad Jones, has a long and fruitful relationship with PostClassical.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

North Carolina State’s Kacper Stokowski won the 100-yard backstroke after finishing second last season.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

"I played with Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony in the 1960s," she says.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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