Word: toscaninis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eighty birthdays, thought Arturo Toscanini, were enough for a while. When his musicians sent him a present on his becoming an octogenarian two years ago, he forbade them to do it again. One relenting proviso: if they liked, they might each save a dime a year to buy him a present when he reached 90. Until then, he scowled, no more fuss...
...last week, Arturo Toscanini reached a pink-and-white 82. There was no fuss. His musicians, a handful of distinguished singers, and a Robert Shaw-trained chorus of 60 voices gave him the kind of birthday present he could hardly grump about. In NBC's Manhattan studio 8-H, they played and sang their hearts out on the music the little maestro loves most...
Dressing-Room Drill. On his birthday they were just rehearsing for Toscanini's opera broadcast of the season-the riproaring, tearfully tender music of Verdi's Aida. The music meant something special to the maestro. He had conducted it in his Rio de Janeiro debut almost 63 years ago as a beardless bambino, and in his U.S. debut at Manhattan...
Schumann: Manfred Overture (the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 3 sides). One of Toscanini's greatest performances on records. Beethoven's Consecration of the House Overture, on the remaining three sides, doesn't give Toscanini as much to work with. Recording: excellent...
...Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC and NBC-TV). Toscanini presents Acts I & II of Aïda, with Herva Nelli and Richard Tucker...