Word: toscanini
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second oldest symphonic organization, and Conductor Munch was a descendant of a distinguished line of "permanent" conductors. Founder Higginson believed that "the essential condition for a great orchestra is stability." Over 68 years, only nine men had shaped and polished the Boston Symphony until it was-except for Arturo Toscanini's virtuoso radio orchestra, the NBC Symphony, which is in a class by itself-the U.S.'s finest and one of the top four in the world...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Toscanini conducts an all-Italian program (Giordano, Busoni, Respighi...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Toscanini conducts Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe Suite...
Sometimes Thomas' investigations are long and painstaking. In the case of his cover story on Toscanini (TIME, April 26, 1948), he had had two years in which to become intimately familiar with the great conductor's work. The National Broadcasting Company studios are just across the street from the TIME & LIFE building, and Thomas used to run over for Thursday afternoon rehearsals of Toscanini's NBC orchestra. There, in the control room, Thomas had a rare musician's-eye view of Toscanini at work and an unequaled chance to note his careful preparation, his humor...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Toscanini conducting Cimarosa's overture to Il Matrimonio per Raggiro...