Leopold Stokowski (
April 18,
1882 -
1977) (also known as
Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz Stokowski) was conductor of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra[?], was named principal conductor of the
Philadelphia Orchestra in
1912, and was conductor for the
NBC Symphony Orchestra and the
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra[?], and was founder of the
New York City Symphony Orchestra[?]. He arranged the music for
Disney’s Fantasia.
He married three times; his third wife was Gloria Vanderbilt (born 1925), who is known as a designer. He had an affair with Greta Garbo in 1937-8.
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