Word: toscaninis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arturo Toscanini was back in the U.S. last week after five months in Italy, steaming to get back to his NBC Symphony podium. To his extreme annoyance, he came down with a touch of flu, and his doctor told him he would have to postpone his opening concert this week. At 86, the Maestro still hates to miss a curtain...
Buttons & Bows. Toscanini has a special fondness for his old house in Milan, and spent the early part of his summer there. He had it decorated to his taste around 1908, a Victorian era hodgepodge of heavy furniture and silk brocade walls and draperies, has refused to have it redecorated since. The only change he permits is the rehanging of his numerous paintings, and he insists on directing this himself, scrambling up stepladders with hammer and hooks in hand to fix the settings, while servants hold the heavy frames and family members hold their breaths, worrying about a fall...
...always immaculately dressed, including starched collar and cuffs. Often the happy recipient of emphatic neckties, he once startled his guests by turning up in a bow tie that lit up with small electric bulbs when the Maestro pressed a button in his pants pocket. Night after night Toscanini received processions of old friends for talk and drinks, often until 1a.m...
Tears & Growls. In early August, Toscanini moved with his son and daughter-in-law, the Walter Toscaninis. and his 24-year-old grandson, Walfredo, to his rented villa on the island of San Giovanni in Lake Maggiore. There, social life was quieter, although natives and sightseers on passing launches soon found that the great conductor was there. If they saw him on the lawns, they sent shouts of "Bravo, Toscanini!" and "Bravo, Arturo!" rolling across the water. The Maestro, snorting with offended modesty, would turn his back and disappear...
...Symphony (Sun. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Conductor: Arturo Toscanini...