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245 14 a| The maestro, the life of Arturo Toscanini /c| by Howard Taubman.;

260 a| New York :b| Simon and Schuster,c| 1951.;

300 a| viii, 342 pages :b| portraits ;c| 24 cm;

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505 0 a| Part one. Childhood -- Conservatory -- Start as a conductor -- Debut in Italy -- Conducting becomes a career -- On his way -- Back to the wars -- Premieres -- La Scala calls -- At La Scala -- Departure and return -- At the Metropolitan -- War years -- Back to La Scala -- Dual role -- Virtuoso of virtuosos -- Bayreuth and Bologna -- New York Philharmonic -- Salzburg -- Other lands -- N.B.C. Symphony -- Part two. Conducting: a way of life -- Rehearsals -- It is mutual -- Musical values -- Away from music -- At home -- Italy -- Estimate.;

520 a| "For twenty years, Howard Taubman, music editor of the New York Times, has been collecting material for a biography of Arturo Toscanini. Last spring, accompanying the maestro on his transcontinental tour of several weeks, he had the opportunity to crystallize and complete his research. For Mr. Taubman's reports on that tour, he received the 1950 prize of the Music Lovers League. For the present book, he should receive some sort of prize from the public at large. It is based on attendance at hundreds of the maestro's concerts and dozens of his rehearsals; the reading of everything that has been written about him; the examination of many scores in which Toscanini made his own notes; the interviewing, both here and in Italy, of dozens of men and women who had worked with Toscanini; and the close friendship and co-operation of several of the maestro's immediate family. Finally came the weeks of the transcontinental trip, during which Mr. Taubman asked hundreds of questions. This book quotes, verbatim, the answers to many of them. The story begins with the boy Toscanini and how he left his famiy to enter the Musical Conservatory at Parma at the age of nine. It then goes on to show how he wanted more than anything else to become a pianist; how the rigid monastic discipline of the Conservatory forced him to become a cellist; and how he gradually evolved, without specific plan, into becoming the greatest conductor that the world has ever known. We see, in these pages, how he prepares his concerts, how he fought with impresarios, boards of governors, fellow musicians, and even politicians to maintain the highest possible standards in music. He has always been a fighter; and even today, at the age of eighty-four, he can become first the despair of those who work with him, and then their god. As the long musical career unrolls magnificently before us, as we trace his relationships with Italy and America, with his family and his friends, we come into contact with a great man and a great personality. We are able to gauge his courage, his convictions, his sense of humor and of proportion. For the first time, we see the man Toscanini as a whole. Music is the most important part of that whole; but one must see the rest to appreciate what his music means to him and, through him, to us."--Dust jacket.;

545 a| "During April and May of 1950, Howard Taubman, music editor of the New York Times, accompanied the NBC Symphony and Arturo Toscanini on its transcontinental tour. On this tour, Mr. Taubman had daily opportunity to discuss all sorts of matters--music and personal--with the maestro. These discussions went on at mealtimes, in the maestro's private quarters on the special train, in hotel rooms, at concert halls. The photo above was taken during one of these discussions. Although the book had been in preparation for twenty years, it was written in its final form only after the tour. It thus achieves an added freshness and perspective from the many astute comments on his long career made by the subject of this biography and immediately reported by its author."--Dust jacket.;

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The maestro, the life of Arturo Toscanini / by Howard Taubman.

Author/creator	Taubman, Howard
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Description	viii, 342 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects	Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.

Contents	Part one. Childhood -- Conservatory -- Start as a conductor -- Debut in Italy -- Conducting becomes a career -- On his way -- Back to the wars -- Premieres -- La Scala calls -- At La Scala -- Departure and return -- At the Metropolitan -- War years -- Back to La Scala -- Dual role -- Virtuoso of virtuosos -- Bayreuth and Bologna -- New York Philharmonic -- Salzburg -- Other lands -- N.B.C. Symphony -- Part two. Conducting: a way of life -- Rehearsals -- It is mutual -- Musical values -- Away from music -- At home -- Italy -- Estimate.
Abstract	"For twenty years, Howard Taubman, music editor of the New York Times, has been collecting material for a biography of Arturo Toscanini. Last spring, accompanying the maestro on his transcontinental tour of several weeks, he had the opportunity to crystallize and complete his research. For Mr. Taubman's reports on that tour, he received the 1950 prize of the Music Lovers League. For the present book, he should receive some sort of prize from the public at large. It is based on attendance at hundreds of the maestro's concerts and dozens of his rehearsals; the reading of everything that has been written about him; the examination of many scores in which Toscanini made his own notes; the interviewing, both here and in Italy, of dozens of men and women who had worked with Toscanini; and the close friendship and co-operation of several of the maestro's immediate family. Finally came the weeks of the transcontinental trip, during which Mr. Taubman asked hundreds of questions. This book quotes, verbatim, the answers to many of them. The story begins with the boy Toscanini and how he left his famiy to enter the Musical Conservatory at Parma at the age of nine. It then goes on to show how he wanted more than anything else to become a pianist; how the rigid monastic discipline of the Conservatory forced him to become a cellist; and how he gradually evolved, without specific plan, into becoming the greatest conductor that the world has ever known. We see, in these pages, how he prepares his concerts, how he fought with impresarios, boards of governors, fellow musicians, and even politicians to maintain the highest possible standards in music. He has always been a fighter; and even today, at the age of eighty-four, he can become first the despair of those who work with him, and then their god. As the long musical career unrolls magnificently before us, as we trace his relationships with Italy and America, with his family and his friends, we come into contact with a great man and a great personality. We are able to gauge his courage, his convictions, his sense of humor and of proportion. For the first time, we see the man Toscanini as a whole. Music is the most important part of that whole; but one must see the rest to appreciate what his music means to him and, through him, to us."--Dust jacket.
Biographical note	"During April and May of 1950, Howard Taubman, music editor of the New York Times, accompanied the NBC Symphony and Arturo Toscanini on its transcontinental tour. On this tour, Mr. Taubman had daily opportunity to discuss all sorts of matters--music and personal--with the maestro. These discussions went on at mealtimes, in the maestro's private quarters on the special train, in hotel rooms, at concert halls. The photo above was taken during one of these discussions. Although the book had been in preparation for twenty years, it was written in its final form only after the tour. It thus achieves an added freshness and perspective from the many astute comments on his long career made by the subject of this biography and immediately reported by its author."--Dust jacket.
LCCN	51002529

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