Word: toscaninis
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...less than half of the performances going on; as usual, the smaller halls were filled with so many trios, quartets, pianists, choruses and sopranos that even the dutiful New York Times didn't try to cover them all. This week, with a Kirsten Flagstad Isolde and a Toscanini performance of Verdi's Requiem (see below), looked just as dazzling. In short, Manhattan was in midseason...
...Rudolf Bing is the glamorous tradition. Still lurking in the shadows of the old gilt and plush house are the ghosts of the Met's hallowed past, when Sembrich, Lilli Lehmann, the De Reszkes, Melba, Caruso, Farrar and Chaliapin graced the stage, and Gustav Mahler and Arturo Toscanini ruled...
Using the same pressing style of play Army exploited in beating the Crimson, Yale effectively smothered Harvard's short passing attack. Left wing Wally Toscanini played brilliantly for the visitors, scoring their second and third goals as his team clinched the New England League championship...
From then on, it was Toscanini's show. His first goal came in the late 50 seconds of the third period when he beat two Harvard defenders and sneaked one through near the left goal post. In the last quarter Toscanini scored again on one of the most beautiful foals of the season...
...Toscanini's troubles merely spotlighted a trend that has been in the making for a long time. Its budgets severely cramped by television's voracious demands, big radio is giving serious music and musicians the brushoff...