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Definition of Toscanini
1. Noun. Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toscanini
Literary usage of Toscanini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"When Toscanini marshals his forces this is not the case. ... Even under Toscanini,
to be sure, there may be occasional halts and repetitions, and woe to him ..."
2. Opera Singers: A Pictorial Souvenir, with Biographies of Some of the Most by Gustav Kobbé (1913)
"Toscanini is by nature and training a dictator in things operatic ; Miss Farrar
is a "star ... Toscanini carried the orchestra right along without a pause. ..."
3. Who's who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men by Harry Prescott hanaford, Dixie Hines (1914)
"... Toscanini TANNHAUSER, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. Nov. 16, 1910. CAST OF
CHARACTERS Landgraf Hermann Allen Hinckley Tannhauser Leo Slezak Wolfram ..."
4. Enrico Caruso: A Biography by Pierre Van Rensselaer Key, Bruno Zirato (1922)
"'I would be delighted to try,' answered Toscanini, 'but the company ? ...
Toscanini (I can visualize him now) was seated before a piano and playing from ..."
5. The Grand Opera Singers of To-day: An Account of the Leading Operatic Stars by Henry Charles Lahee (1912)
"When the singers went to Mr. Gatti-Casazza to complain of Mr. Toscanini they ...
Towards the end of the season Mr. Gatti- Casazza and Mr. Toscanini were ..."
6. Theatrical and Musical Memoirs by Rudolph Aronson (1913)
"Maestro Toscanini, that wizard of operatic conductors, wielded the baton over
his one hundred professori of the world-famous Scala orchestra, ..."
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