Word: toscaninis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Philharmonic engagement the musicians spontaneously got together one afternoon and chipped in to present Munch with a gift symbolic of their respect and admiration. And after his last concert in New York, they honored him with a cocktail party, something which had been done only once before--when Toscanini finished his last season with the Philharmonic...
...while singing the French words along with the chorus and carefully exaggerating his lip movements of assist the singers in pronunciation. He usually uses a baton, but occasionally, he may leave it idle in his left hand. He sings along with the strings as loud if not louder than Toscanini does. He shushes for pianissimos, exhorts for fortissimes. Sometimes he depicts the music physically, but where other conductors often merely imitate the motions of a violin bow or a cymbal, (something which has no value for anyone except the audience) Munch attempts to portray the spirit of the interpretation...
...Arturo Toscanini, 82, slipped getting into his bathtub, landed hard, put off his trip to Italy for three weeks...
...musicians of Artie's new symphony orchestra were warming up, and so was the tight-packed, sweltering crowd. When the musicians were all tuned up, the master of ceremonies solemnly announced "Mr. Artie Shaw." Artie threaded his way through the orchestra with the nervous pace of a Toscanini...
...York, Maestro Arturo Toscanini cheerfully put his wife aboard an airliner for Paris, announced that he would join her in Milan early next month. Would he fly, too? Said the maestro: "No, no, no! I will go on a boat...