Word: toscanini
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Herrell's nearest competitor for the Cambridge ice cream crown, is Toscanini's Ice Cream, a short walk down Mass Ave toward Central Square. Were Toscanini's a bit closer, it could claim the Bogart Trophy for itself...
...perennial favorite among students and residents alike, Toscanini's makes its own ice cream, too: Cocoa Pudding and White Chocolate are two particularly tasty delights. And Toscanini's is relatively affordable, at least compared to some of its competitors in the Square...
Bochco's childhood family life was close but beset by money problems. He grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the son of a violinist who once played with the NBC Symphony under Toscanini. After flirting with music, Bochco opted for playwriting at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon). The only play of his to be given a student production was a "disaster," Bochco . recalls. But he established a close circle of lifelong friends -- among them Actors Michael Tucker (Stuart Markowitz on L.A. Law) and Charles Haid (Renko on Hill Street Blues...
...doesn't need to understand or believe in Hegelian epistemology to recognize the syndromes Understanding Toscanini analyzes. Many decades have passed since "classical" music, whatever that is, was a living, breathing art, unencumbered by its own prestige and the status-seeking of audiences...
...Toscanini had conducted more modern works, more American works, Horowitz suggests, then perhaps classical music would not be as ossified as it is today, with young performers playing the same, standard works dating from earlier centuries. Toscanini, for Horowitz, was more than just a product of his times. He was also a formative influence on the American musical scene of his time and ours...