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Arturo Toscanini
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century,…
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Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Toscanini in His Own Words
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
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1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Movie Self, Conductor
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1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
Movie Conductor (self)
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1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
Movie Conductor (self)
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1949
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Movie Conductor (self)
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1949
Behind Your Radio Dial
Movie
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1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
Movie Conductor (self)
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1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
Movie Conductor (self)
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1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Movie Conductor (self)
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1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Movie Conductor (self)
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1948
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
Movie Conductor
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1947
Is Everybody Listening?
Movie Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
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1944
I Am an American
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1944
Hymn of the Nations
Movie Himself
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1908
The Girl from Arles
Movie Original Music Composer
