Arturo Toscanini

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    March 25, 1897

    Day of Death

    January 16, 1957 (59 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

    Arturo Toscanini

    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 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.

    Known For

    • Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

      Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

      1991

    • Hymn of the Nations

      Hymn of the Nations

      1944

    • The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

      The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

      1993

    • Behind Your Radio Dial

      Behind Your Radio Dial

      1949

    • Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

      Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

      1948

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

      1952

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

      1952

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

      1948

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

      1948

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

      1948

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

      1948

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

      1949

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

      1951

    • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

      Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

      1951

    • Toscanini in His Own Words

      Toscanini in His Own Words

      2009