CONDUCTOR

Arturo Toscanini

1867 - 1957

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Arturo Toscanini (; Italian: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arturo Toscanini has received more than 1,141,826 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Arturo Toscanini is the 3rd most popular conductor (up from 4th in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Italy (up from 428th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Conductor.

Arturo Toscanini was a conductor, composer, and violinist. He is most famous for being the conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra for more than thirty years.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Arturo Toscanini ranks 3 out of 128. Before him are Herbert von Karajan, and Claudio Abbado. After him are Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Zubin Mehta, Sergiu Celibidache, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Karl Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Arturo Toscanini ranks 8. Before him are Józef Piłsudski, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Luigi Pirandello, Frank Lloyd Wright, Emily Greene Balch, and Edgar de Wahl. After him are Emil Nolde, Mary of Teck, Käthe Kollwitz, John Galsworthy, Natsume Sōseki, and Prince Maximilian of Baden. Among people deceased in 1957, Arturo Toscanini ranks 12. Before him are Diego Rivera, Christian Dior, Nikos Kazantzakis, Humphrey Bogart, Johannes Stark, and Wilhelm Reich. After him are Oliver Hardy, Henry van de Velde, Constantin Brâncuși, Gichin Funakoshi, Gerty Cori, and Gabriela Mistral.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Arturo Toscanini ranks 424 out of 5,161. Before him are Vittorio De Sica (1901), Pope Sergius I (650), Philolaus (-470), Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807), Geta (189), and Ludovico Ariosto (1474). After him are Louis II of Italy (825), Poppaea Sabina (30), Andrea Doria (1466), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Pope Martin I (590), and Pietro Badoglio (1871).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Italy

Among conductors born in Italy, Arturo Toscanini ranks 2. Before him are Claudio Abbado (1933). After him are Riccardo Muti (1941), Carlo Maria Giulini (1914), Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946), Riccardo Chailly (1953), Victor de Sabata (1892), Claudio Scimone (1934), Daniele Gatti (1961), and Fabio Luisi (1959).

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