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Arturo Toscanini (/ ɑːr ˈ t ʊər oʊ ˌ t ɒ s k ə ˈ n iː n i /; Italian: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory . [1]
Arturo Toscanini (born March 25, 1867, Parma, Italy—died Jan. 16, 1957, New York City, N.Y., U.S.) was an Italian conductor, considered one of the great virtuoso conductors of the first half of the 20th century. Arturo Toscanini. Arturo Toscanini, c. 1935. Toscanini studied at the conservatories of Parma and Milan, intending to become a cellist.
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Jul 6, 2017 · For additional details about the NBC years, see Mortimer H. Frank’s voluminous book, “Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years,” and B. H. Haggin’s touching and at times powerful “Conversations ...
Jun 27, 2017 · On the night of June 30, 1886, Arturo Toscanini — recently turned 19 — arrived, barely on time, at the imperial opera house in Rio de Janeiro, where the touring company for which he was the ...
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Toscanini's practice of conducting from memory rather than from an open score was quite novel. Toscanini later would boast of the importance of a true conductor having the score in his head rather than his head in the score. An entire generation of younger conductors followed suit and established Toscanini's quirk as the norm.
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Jul 3, 2017 · For many years, Arturo Toscanini was the pinnacle of musical excitement for classical-music lovers in this country—and also for many casual listeners, who enjoyed the sensation of having their ...
