Arturo Toscanini's Batons
date: label: date made
content: ca 1939
label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: user; performing artist
content: Toscanini, Arturo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Internationally renowned conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) fled fascist Italy for the United States in 1937. That year, the National Broadcasting Company created a symphony orchestra for him to lead. The orchestra was featured on weekly radio broadcasts and popular sound recordings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Music
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: 1939 exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Natalia A. Bolognini
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0192.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0192
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0192.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: batons (5) w/ case
label: Object Name
content: batons, framed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (case top material)
label: Measurements
content: baton 1: 18 3/4 in; 47.625 cm
label: Measurements
content: baton 2: 20 in; 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: baton 3: 22 1/4 in; 56.515 cm
label: Measurements
content: baton 4: 18 7/8 in; 47.9425 cm
label: Measurements
content: baton 5: 17 1/4 in; 43.815 cm