Word: toscaninis
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...concert tour, only to have his manager fail him. Other men's misfortunes led to his swift rise as a conductor. The leader at the Capitol was taken suddenly ill one day; within a few hours the young violinist stepped into his place. Four years ago Arturo Toscanini was unable to keep an engagement in Philadelphia; young Eugene Ormandy had another unexpected chance. He acquitted himself so creditably that he was called to Minneapolis to pinch-hit for ailing Henri Verbrugghen. There he remained...
...Paul's Episcopal Church. Others first knew him as the husky young member of the Class of 1924 who soloed with the Yale Glee Club. All were aware of the name he had made for himself in Berlin, Vienna and at the Salzburg Festival under Conductor Arturo Toscanini. Nor did his old friends seem disappointed in his Metropolitan debut. They cheered him and whistled as if at a football game. But his performance, all told, was not that compelling. He acted competently both as the aged philosopher and as the rejuvenated romantic. He sang agreeably except when he tried...
During intermission at a Vienna Philharmonic concert old ex-Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria shuffled backstage to congratulate Conductor Arturo Toscanini, received word that the maestro was relaxing. Thinking that there had been some mistake, Ferdinand announced himself again, this time more distinctly. By messenger Toscanini replied: "Not even for a King can I break my rule of seeing nobody during a concert." To the vast delight of its owner, its maker and its chauffeur, an old Crane Simplex automobile purred smoothly over its 278,000th mile in Manhattan." The good old car is still going strong." bubbled Owner Herbert Livingston...
...Because Toscanini overshadows every conductor who appears in Manhattan, casual concertgoers have exhibited only a lackadaisical interest in his capable, scholarly colleague, born in Constantinople because his father was stationed there as supervisor of the music for the Sultan's marine bands. But it was a Hans Lange concert last week that aroused more real enthusiasm than any other musical event in the current Manhattan season...
...Toscanini's men know the call well, respect the quiet, firm answers. In case of emergency, dependable Hans Lange is prepared to conduct every program the Philharmonic gives. He has definite turns during each season when he wields the baton at concerts, wins critical praise for his richly varied programs...