Toscanini

[ tos-kuh-nee-nee; Italian taws-kah-nee-nee ]

noun

1. Ar·tu·ro [ahr-, toor, -oh, ah, r, -, too, -, r, aw], 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.

Toscanini

/ ˌtɒskəˈniːnɪ /

noun

1. ToscaniniArturo18671957MItalianMUSIC: conductor Arturo (arˈtuːro). 1867–1957, Italian conductor; musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony orchestra (1937–57) in New York

Example Sentences

As the end of his term approached, Van Zweden spoke in his office filled with photographs of four of his famous New York Philharmonic predecessors: Gustav Mahler, Willem Mengelberg, Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein.

From Seattle Times

“He said to me: `You are not a Toscanini, but you have a great future,‘” she recalled, a reference to conducting great Arturo Toscanini.

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Famed conductor Arturo Toscanini refused to play the fascist party anthem in the theater or elsewhere, earning him a beating from Mussolini’s Blackshirts.

From Washington Times

After World War II, Toscanini quickly rehired choral director Vittore Veneziani, who was forced out of his job by Italy’s antisemitic racial laws in 1938.

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After World War II, Toscanini quickly rehired choral director Vittore Veneziani, who was forced out of his job by Italy’s antisemitic racial laws in 1938.

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