Arturo Toscanini(1867-1957)

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Arturo Toscanini was the most celebrated conductor of his time, considered by many to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. He revolutionized musical interpretation by frequently insisting that his orchestras play the music exactly as written, a highly unusual practice in the nineteenth century, when Toscanini began his career. He conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccini's "La Boheme" and "Turandot", and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci". During his lifetime and for a short while afterwards,he was revered by critics (and still is by the older ones.) Today's younger critics, however, tend to look down on him, and call his fidelity to the printed score "lack of imagination" - a term which shows a total misunderstanding of Toscanini's achievements.

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

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Arturo Toscanini in Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5 - Verdi: Aida (1949)

Known for:

Awham Alhoub

5.2

Soundtrack("Prologue Dammerung & Siegfried's Rhein-Reise")

1970

Blume in Love

6.2

Soundtrack("Liebestod")

1973

Der Rosenkönig

6.5

Music Department("Il Lombardi", "Il Trovatore" and "Les patineurs")

1986

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

7.3

Soundtrack("Prelude from Tristan und Isolde")

1993

Credits

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Der Rosenkönig
- conductor: "Il Lombardi", "Il Trovatore" and "Les patineurs"
- 1986
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6 - Brahms: Symphony No.1/Weber: Euryanthe Overture
- conductor
- TV Special
- 1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5 - Verdi: Aida
- conductor
- TV Special
- 1949

Soundtrack

Orchestra of Exiles
- performer: "Symphony No. 2, in D, Op. 73: I. Allegro Non Troppo"
- 2012
Nuit de chien
- performer: "MISSA SOLEMNIS, OP. 123", "VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP. 61"
- 2008
Hommage an Ludwig van Beethoven
- performer: "Missa Solemnis op. 123 - Gloria", "Missa Solemnis op. 123 - Sanctus", "Missa Solemnis op. 123 - Agnus Dei"
- Video
- 2006
La neuvième
- performer: "9th Symphony"
- TV Movie
- 2004
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- performer: "Prelude from Tristan und Isolde"
- 1993
Inspector Morse
- performer: "The Magic Flute" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 1990
Poltergeist
- arranger: "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1814) (uncredited)
- 1982
Blume in Love
- performer: "Liebestod"
- 1973
Awham Alhoub
- performer: "Prologue Dammerung & Siegfried's Rhein-Reise"
- 1970
The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- performer: "Symphony No. 9 (Second Movement)"
- TV Series
- 1956
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
- performer: "Symphony No. 5", "The Pines of Rome"
- TV Special
- 1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8 - Music of Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
- performer: "Symphonic Interlude", "En Saga", "Two Nocturnes", "William Tell Overture"
- TV Special
- 1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7 - Music of Wagner
- performer: "Lohengrin: Act I Prelude", "Forest Murmurs" from "Siegfried", "Prelude and Liebestod", "Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music", "Ride of the Valkyries"
- TV Special
- 1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4 - Music of Mozart, Dvorak and Wagner
- performer: "Symphony No. 40 in G Minor", "Symphonic Variations", "Overture to 'Tannhauser'"
- TV Special
- 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- performer: "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor"
- TV Special
- 1948

Personal details

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Born
- March 25, 1867
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died
- January 16, 1957
- Riverdale, New York, USA(stroke)
Spouse
- Carla De MartiniJune 21, 1897 - June 23, 1951 (her death, 4 children)
Other works
His radio performances of operas performed in concert, all eventually made available on LP and CD, include Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fidelio", Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" (the only instance of a recorded Puccini opera conducted by its *original* conductor 50 years after its world premiere) and Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", "Otello", "Aida", "Falstaff", and "Un Ballo en Maschera". The performances of "La Boheme" as well as the Verdi operas are considered among the finest ever done.
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Trivia
Toscanini was on the verge of retirement at age 70 when RCA chairman David Sarnoff asked him if he would like to conduct a radio orchestra especially created and trained just for him. Toscanini, not wishing to return to Fascist Italy because of possible personal harassment from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, chose to take up permanent residence in the U.S. and accepted the offer.Thus was born his incredible 17-year tenure with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, trained by Artur Rodzinski, which enabled him to be heard by millions at once, and extended his career into the age of LP records, television, hi-fi, and even two stereo recordings, the first of which was not released until 1986 (the second was not released in a stereo edition until January of 2007). Toscanini didn't retire until 1954, when he was 87. He remained an Italian citizen all his life, and was buried in Milan, Italy.

Quotes
To some it is Napoleon; to some it is Alexander the Great; to some it is philosophical struggle. To me it is simply Allegro con Brio. [discussing the first movement of Beethoven's third (Eroica) symphony. Other versions of this quote have Toscanini saying, Some say this is Napoleon; some Hitler; some Mussolini. To me it is simply Allegro Con Brio.]