Word: toscanini
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...Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations. Film debut of a great artist (TIME, April...
...Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations. Film debut of one of the greatest living artists (TIME, April...
Freddy now dates this part of his life as "B.C.-before concerto," which means before the 1941 Sunday when he heard a broadcast of Toscanini and Vladimir Horowitz, playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto in B Flat. B.C. includes Freddy's boyhood, thumping a drum and selling musical instruments. For ten years Freddy Martin's band played prestige jobs like the Waldorf-Astoria, but never made much money at it. His recording of Tchaikovsky's Concerto put him into the big time, in the movies and on the air, and shot his income up to about...
...Symphony (Toscanini), by General Motors...
...most radio executives believed that the industry would be much wiser once it got over its present jitters. They looked for more experimentation in programming, to develop new and cheaper shows within the budget of smaller sponsors. They also expected more network financing of such high art as Toscanini and the NBC Symphony. Whatever developed, U.S. listeners would welcome the change. To many, the only direction left for radio...