Born 150 years ago, the Italian maestro dominated the gramophone age, making a huge impact across Europe and America. Richard Osborne pays tribute to the musician who defined what it was to be a ...

The rehearsal was over; the guest conductor stepped down from the podium. Said Maestro Toscanini, who had been sitting quietly in a back seat scrutinizing the score: “Now! That man really knows how to ...

To most U.S. music listeners, Milton Katims is not a familiar name, but it soon may be. No one else his age (38) has managed to link his career with the top names in two musical fields: Toscanini and ...

Once upon a time, the work of great musical performers died with them. It is true that, for a few years after the death of these giants, the memories of admirers served to grant these titans a ...

NOT altogether unexpected, but still the best sort of news: Mr. Toscanini will be with us once more next season. This means (1) that there will be more opportunities to hear music performed as it ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Erich Salomon Collection consists ...

Brahms: Concerto No. 2 (Alexander Uninsky, piano; Willem Van Otterloo conducting Hague Philharmonic Orchestra; Epic EC-3303: 12”). For no very good reason, Van Otterloo protracts his opening measures ...

In 1948, only one in 10 Americans had ever seen a television. There were no more than 350,000 sets in the entire country, and more than half of those were in the New York area. Still, a good deal of ...