Arturo Toscanini Quotes

Arturo Toscanini — Italian Musician born on March 25, 1867, died on January 16, 1957

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and of the 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra , and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire... (wikipedia)

To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.

When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.

Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore', and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!

I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.

God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.