Arturo Toscanini
Known for: Acting
Born: March 25, 1897
Died: January 16, 1957
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
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7.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
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Toscanini in His Own Words
2009
9.0
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993
7.6
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
9.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
1952
8.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
1952
9.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
1951NR
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
1951
9.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
1949
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Behind Your Radio Dial
1949
8.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
1948NR
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
1948
10.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
194810.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
1948
NR
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
19486.5
Is Everybody Listening?
19476.4
I Am an American
1944
5.3
Hymn of the Nations
1944
6.0
The Girl from Arles
1908