Arturo Toscanini
Birthday
1897/03/25
Day of death
1957/01/16 (59 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1947) Is Everybody Listening?
as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
(1949) Behind Your Radio Dial
as ---
(1944) Hymn of the Nations
as Himself
(1944) I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
(1948) Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
as Conductor
(1952) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
as Self, Conductor
(1952) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
as Conductor (self)
(1948) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
as Conductor (self)
(1948) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1948) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1948) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Conductor (self)
(1949) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
as Conductor (self)
(1951) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
as Conductor (self)
(1951) Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1993) The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)