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Arturo Toscanini
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25 Mar 1897
† 16 Jan 1957
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Arturo Toscanini (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. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this...
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Arturo Toscanini's Movies
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
27 Jan 2025
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Hymn of the Nations
01 Feb 1944
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
01 Oct 1991
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I Am an American
23 Dec 1944
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Is Everybody Listening?
05 Sept 1947
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The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
01 Jan 1993
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Behind Your Radio Dial
09 Jan 1949
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Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
01 Jan 1948
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
15 Mar 1952
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
22 Mar 1952
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
13 Nov 1948
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
04 Dec 1948
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
20 Mar 1948
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
03 Apr 1948
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
26 Mar 1949
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
03 Nov 1951
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
29 Dec 1951
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Toscanini in His Own Words
10 Jul 2009