Arturo Toscanini

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

17

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-03-25

Day of death

1957-01-16 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Arturo Toscanini

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

  • The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

    The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

  • Hymn of the Nations

    Hymn of the Nations

  • Is Everybody Listening?

    Is Everybody Listening?

  • Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

    Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

  • I Am an American

    I Am an American

  • Toscanini in His Own Words

    Toscanini in His Own Words

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

  • Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

    Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

  • Behind Your Radio Dial

    Behind Your Radio Dial