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Arturo Toscanini
the NBC years
By Frank, Mortimer H.
- ISBN
- 978-1-57467-069-1
- Publisher
- Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2002
Famed conductor Toscanini (1867-1957) was lionized by the popular press during his lifetime, but a steady revisionist process has cast doubt on his achievement, as exemplified by Joseph Horowitz's Understanding Toscanini. Horowitz presents the conductor as a mass-media-packaged "star," the beginning of a slippery slope to today's "great tenor" acts. In this meticulous study, Frank (longtime critic for Fanfare magazine) steers a middle path between hero worship and t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
