Toscanini Legacy scores, 1686-1956

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Creator

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.

Location

Music Division

Extent

• 330 linear ft.

Access Restrictions

Series F and G are unavailable ; advance notice is required for access to Series O and P.

Scope/Contents Note

The Toscanini Legacy papers form a portion of the Toscanini Legacy housed at the New York Public Library forthe Performing Arts. The other major portion, of sound recordings, is housed in NYPL's Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. The papers in the Music Division consist of music scores and orchestral parts withand without markings by Arturo Toscanini and others (including composers in some instances), correspondence, photographs, programs, clippings, books, newspapers, brochures, periodicals, scrapbooks, and medical and financial records. Subjects include the various musical organizations in Europe and the United States with which Toscanini was associated, and his anti-Fascist activities.The hundreds of correspondents include family members, composers, performers, conductors, and music critics; as well as Italian exiles, and U.S. and Italian political figures.

Biographical/Historical Note

Arturo Toscanini was born in Parma, Italy, on March 25, 1867, and died in Riverdale, New York, on January 16, 1957. Many regard him as one of the world's greatest conductors. In addition, Toscanini's anti-Fascist stance during World War II distinguished him as a symbol of freedom and humanity. His extraordinarily long career began in 1886, when Italian orchestral conductors were still relatively few in number, and extended into the 1950s, by which time his radio and television broadcasts had transformed him into a cultural icon.

Controlled Access Terms

• Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
• Bistolfi, Leonardo, 1859-1933.
• Cantelli, Guido.
• Casella, Alfredo, 1883-1947.
• Castelbarco, Wally Toscanini.
• Cranston, Alan MacGreegor.
• Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
• Fornaroli, Cia, 1888-1954.
• Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989.
• Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini.
• Lehmann, Lotte.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936.
• Salvemini, Gaetano, 1873-1957.
• Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.
• Storchio, Rosina, 1872-1945.
• Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
• Sturzo, Luigi, 1871-1959.
• Toscanini, Walfredo.
• Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971.
• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
• Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962.
• Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942.
• Grubicy de Dragon, Vittore, 1851-1920.
• Thode-von Bülow, Daniela, 1860-1940.
• Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• NBC Symphony Orchestra.
• New York Philharmonic.
• Teatro alla Scala.
• Orchestral music -- Scores and parts.
• Operas -- Scores.
• Operas -- Vocal scores with piano.
• Anti-fascist movements.
• Pictures.
• Photographs.
• Silver gelatin prints.
• Artifacts.
• Books.
• Catalogs.
• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Librettos.
• Music.
• Newspapers.
• Pamphlets
• Periodicals.
• Posters.
• Programs.
• Scores.
• Scrapbooks.
• Group portraits.
• Portrait photographs.
• Conductors (Music).

Additional Creator Names

• Bistolfi, Leonardo, 1859-1933.
• Cantelli, Guido.
• Casella, Alfredo, 1883-1947.
• Castelbarco, Wally Toscanini.
• Cranston, Alan MacGreegor.
• Downes, Olin, 1886-1955.
• Fornaroli, Cia, 1888-1954.
• Grubicy de Dragon, Vittore, 1851-1920.
• Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989.
• Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini.
• Lehmann, Lotte.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936.
• Salvemini, Gaetano, 1873-1957.
• Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.
• Storchio, Rosina, 1872-1945.
• Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
• Sturzo, Luigi, 1871-1959.
• Thode-von Bülow, Daniela, 1860-1940.
• Toscanini, Walfredo.
• Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971.
• Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962.
• Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942.
• American Music Collection.