Sto·kow·ski

(stə-kôv′skē, -kôf′-, -kou′-), Leopold Antoni Stanislaw 1882-1977.

British-born American conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1912-1941) and other major symphonies. He founded the American Symphony Orchestra in 1962.

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Stokowski

(stəˈkɒfskɪ)

(Biography) 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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Sto•kow•ski

(stəˈkaʊ ski, -ˈkɔf-, -ˈkɔv-)

n.

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

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