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A major event in the literature of musicthe first significant collection of the letters of Arturo Toscanini. Toscanini (18671957) was one of the most celebrated and influential symphonic and operatic conductors in history. With his amazing ear and photographic memory, his sense of moral imperative and iron will, he raised the standards of orchestras and opera companies to previously undreamed-of heights. He conducted the world premieres of Leoncavallos Pagliacci and Puccinis La bohme , The Girl of the Golden West , and Turandot . His sixty-eight-year conducting career began before Verdi had completed Otello and lasted into the era of televised concerts and stereophonic sound. He headed such ensembles as La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Yet he never wrote a memoir, or even essays for publication, or granted interviews. Now we are brought closer to him than we have ever beenin seven hundred letters, well over ninety percent of them previously unpublished in any language. The letters are vivid and impassioned. They reveal a complicated man, often angry and unhappy, who was also capable of great generosity of spirit, self-iron

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Author

compiled, edited, and translated by Harvey Sachs

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375404054

Category

music

Subjects

Music, History, Arts

Rating

4.7 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14