Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971.
2. Grauer, Ben.
3. Gillis, Don, 1912-1978.

Found in

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 61 min.) : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Includes fragments of the account of Arturo Toscanini's biography for program no. 94 covering the period in his life between the debut in Rio de Janeiro at the age of nineteen and his appointment as the leading conductor of La Scala at thirty one. Walter Toscanini is the narrator with Don Gillis, the producer of the series, coaching. Also comments from program 130, excerpts from rehearsals with Herva Nelli in Riverdale and orchestral rehearsals with Toscanini singing. Excerpts of Herva Nelli broadcast recording.

Uniform title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Subject

1. Conductors (Music)
2. Classical music radio programs
3. Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
4. Radio programs

Genre/Form

1. Classical music radio programs.

Contents

1. tracks 1-8. Excerpts of the intermission feature for program no. 94, "The years in between" (Biography in sound 3) -- tracks 9-31. Excerpts of the intermission feature for program no. 130, "Maestro and his singers."

Call number

1. *LDC 37656

Note

1. Compact disc.

Access (note)

1. Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

1. Recorded for an intermission feature for the radio program Toscanini: the man behind the legend, Feb. 12, 1965.

Terms of use (note)

1. No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Source (note)

1. Toscanini family;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.

Title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend [sound recording] : unedited tapes for programs 94 and 130.

Imprint

1. Feb. 12, 1965.

Event

1. Recorded for an intermission feature for the radio program Toscanini: the man behind the legend, Feb. 12, 1965.

Access

1. Access to original items restricted.

Performer

1. Walter Toscanini, narrator ; Don Gillis, interviewer ; Ben Grauer, broadcast announcer.

Terms of use

1. No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Original version

1. Digitized at NYPL from original tapes : original tape reels (7 sound tapes: analog, full track mono ; 10 in.) available on service CD.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.

Source

1. Gift; Toscanini family; 1983.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971. Commentator
2. Grauer, Ben. Commentator
3. Gillis, Don, 1912-1978. Commentator
4. Toscanini family. Donor NN-RHA

Added title

1. Toscanini: the man behind the legend (Radio program)
2. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Found in:

1. Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings.

Research call number

1. *LDC 37656