Arturo Toscanini
March 25, 1897 (128 years old) in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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 led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
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- 2009 ·Toscanini in His Own Wordsas Self (archive footage)
- 1993 ·The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Pastas Self (archive footage)
- 1991 ·Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radioas Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
- 1952 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Romeas Conductor (self)
- 1952 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossinias Self, Conductor
- 1951 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagneras Conductor (self)
- 1951 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahmsas Conductor (self)
- 1949 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aidaas Conductor (self)
- 1949 ·Behind Your Radio Dialas
- 1948 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagneras Conductor (self)
- 1948 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahmsas Conductor (self)
- 1948 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9as Conductor (self)
- 1948 ·Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagneras Conductor (self)
- 1948 ·Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)as Conductor
- 1947 ·Is Everybody Listening?as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
- 1944 ·I Am an Americanas Self (uncredited)
- 1944 ·Hymn of the Nationsas Himself