Happy 158th Birthday Maestro Toscanini!

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don1rice

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Mar 25, 2025, 2:26:34 PM3/25/25
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25 March 1867   158 years ago. (If my math is correct)
I hope all of you are well and can enjoy the day.
DonR

Laurence Levine

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Mar 25, 2025, 4:44:10 PM3/25/25
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Hi All Just got the Pasadena concert. Ordered a new copy of Toscanini in Texas.
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Ronald Carlson

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Mar 25, 2025, 4:54:04 PM3/25/25
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Hi Don,

Thank you for reminding us that today is Maestro Toscanini's 158th birthday.

I shall never forget Maestro's birthday anniversary on March 25, 1966.  A friend and I drove into Chicago from my parents' house in La Porte, Indiana to attend a performance of Mahler's "Symphony No. 3" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Martinon.  It was an unfortgettable experience.  Maestro Toscanini was in my thoughts during the performance even though he never conducted Mahler.

Best wishes,

Ron

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Ezio Maria Ferdeghini

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Mar 25, 2025, 6:06:07 PM3/25/25
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Today March 25th I had at least three eventd: Toscanini's 158th birthday, my former boss, still alive at 96, and... Pisa' s New year event. Yes, here in Pisa we are already in 2026!

Happy Toscanini day to all the Toscanini Friends

Ezio


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don rice

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Mar 25, 2025, 7:38:27 PM3/25/25
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Well, I'm 85 and old enough to remember seeing a live tv broadcast when I was a kid (10 or 11 - 1950 or 51) of Toscanini conducting. I don't remember WHAT the orchestra was playing  because I only had patience enough to watch for about 3 minutes ..... Ahhh, youth!! But the image of him on the tv screen remains engraved in my memory.
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Laurence Levine

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Mar 28, 2025, 5:25:22 AM3/28/25
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A book written about Toscanini's transcontinental tour.
On Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 03:46:24 PM CDT, Ronald Carlson <carl...@verizon.net> wrote:


What is "Toscanini in Texas?"

Cheers,

Ron

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Ronald Carlson

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Mar 28, 2025, 5:25:22 AM3/28/25
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What is "Toscanini in Texas?"

Cheers,

Ron

Dr. Ronald C. Carlson
301-237-6282 (M)


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chez_toscanini

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Mar 28, 2025, 10:32:59 AM3/28/25
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Caniell says, in the booklet of the Pasadena concert, that there are more concerts recorded during the Tour. I hope that they will come out.
Ezio

epea_pt...@ybb.ne.jp

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Mar 28, 2025, 8:50:14 PM3/28/25
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I remember to have read somewhere that “Dixie” was played for encore (bis).

Cheers,

Ken

Alan Tindall

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Apr 1, 2025, 4:55:41 AM4/1/25
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Only in the former Confederate states; Sousa’s Stars & Stripes Forever was used elsewhere and I remember reading that Harry Glantz and the trumpeters played standing for the climax “as if it was Radio City Music Hall”.
Best
Alan

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