STOLOFF, MORRIS

Morris Stoloff was born in Philadelphia and studied the violin. His musical education was financed by W. A. Clark , Jr., backer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Stoloff was a pupil of Leopold Auer and studied harmony and theory with Brookhoven. He went on a United States concert tour at the age of sixteen and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 1918 as its youngest member. Years later he became its guest conductor. From 1928 to 1936, he was associated...