The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-03
ARTURO TOSCNNINt

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canini. Aud this includes not ~
operate conductors, but orrb.s.
trail as wen. His lie is SO, to bo /
written, but when it is. t viii .
make vastly good reading. Fo,
this conductor belongs 90 tina,
class which is called "i,,.por,.
mental" and man or vum5, .
Of temperament, occasionally I'm. /
controlled, is very disturbing IN .
his friends and enemies. bu, moq
interesting to the public al large
Toscanini was born iu psrr,
In 1867 and was graduated from .
the Parma conservatory with ,bs /
first prize for cello playing. Asa
ccllist he began his musical cs.
reer, and in that capacity Io wa,
engaged for the orchestra Of IN.
Teatro Don Pedro II. lu Rio |
Janeiro. on the second night a,
his engagement. however. no va. |
precipitatcd into his turBuls,, /
career as q conductor M |
Italian who was directing tho ~ |
formanco OF aida" was mot 40. I
ing a very good Job Tho audience
stood II ns long rs the Latin tenn. /
perameut would allow. uud then
rose IN it, wrath and Missed tho F,
poor conductor OFF at tho end ~
the prelude. Toscanini Jumped
into the conductors box. took Mn |
the baton and finished tho opers |
lie did So good a job that the
audience gave him an ovation a,
the end, and he was immcdiately
engaged as "A regular conductor.
After that he got further cr.
pcrienCe in opera houses a' Turin.
Troviso, Bologna. and Genoa. and
in 1898 Mr.. Gatti-Casazza, who
was beginning his term as man,
agcr Of La Scala in Milan, made
Toscanint principal conductor
During this period he also tried
his hand at symphony concerts
and scored "A great success with
them. In 1908 Mr.. Gau-1.
sazza. who hsS become director
general OF the metropolitan
opera house. sent Tor Tosconiri
and made him principal conduc.
tor of the New York institution
His debut in Aida" was a grca,
success.
Toscarini. being an Italian, was
supposed to have nothing 70 do
with German operas. How could
Latin, it was argued, especially
oy the Germans, know anything
| about Wagner Toscgniui showed
| them, however. for after his frs,
| Wagner opera in this country
| Die Goetterdaemmerung, the
| critics waXed superlativc.
lie remained at the Mctropoll.
tan until 1915, when he went
back to Italy and Immediately
plunged into war work, He placed
his talents unrcservedly al the
service of the Italian government
| for patriotic and charitable pur-
| poses and threw himself into his
work with as whole n heart as
| he did into anything else. Com
duCting bands and orchestras and
| orchestras and choruses Of var
liable quality, he did noteworthy
service in keeping up the morale
and encouraging the troops.
AS the result OF one OF his er-
ploits a silver medal for valor
was given him. He had been en-.
| trusted with the task of arranging
| concerts for the soldiers. When
he heard that Monte Santo had
| been captured, he begged and re-
| ceived permission TO ascend the
| mountains. lie climbed II to-
wards evening, when the enemy
was shclling IL with lombard
ment. Toscanini. among the
rocks Of the peak, came upon a
divisional band, sheltering itseN
as well as It could until u was
ordered to a less dangerous posi-
The appearance OF the great con-
ductor had the same effect on the
handsmcn that the appearance o'
| great general would on troops
| He took command OF them, ana
| then, in the moonlight, began a
| remarkable concert. The Mares
| Reale," "Carribald's Hymn
"Mamcli's Hymn and other pa
| triotic airs followed with an ac.
| compartment OF the thunder @,
| explosions and the whistling OF
| shells. Cheers came from the
| valley below and Toscaniuis naI
| in the defense was rewarded WIZ
the medal. b
When he was at the Metropol'
| tan it had always been his desire
| to show the public what he coua
| do at n symphony concert, ana III
| the early spring of 1915 he gave
| Beethoven's Ninth SYMPHONY
| Cthe choral symphony with
| WaEner's Faust" Wagner
Faust" overture and Strauss
9TH Eulenspiegcw on the same
program. II was a trcnleh'
| dOus success and established MN
at once as a great symphonic con-
| ductor. II is as "A symphonic con-
| ductOr that he makes this tour W
| the United states. His orchestra
| is the picked band which no mas
| got together for the famous S,aa
| opera house. which is now under,
going a complete renovation, ana
| which will not be opened uni"
| next fall. His concerts iuciude
plentiful excerpts from WagnrA
| for Wagner is, strange 10 say, nv
| ravorite composer, and he scehs
| to catch the spirit of the muse
as no other conductor alive can
! do. The pre-emin"Uco ol ID,
Scala among the opera houses OF
Europe is unchallcngcd, and l,s
orchestra always stands farorao''
comparison with even the sym
phony orChcstras OF the continent
All his artistic successes have
placed him in a unique posiuoh
in the musical world, There ha'
| never been any conductor VINO
has so succeeded In imprcssng
| bis nnrEnnnlLiN on Now YORK ~