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Toscanini

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Arturo Toscanini, an Italian conductor of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries famed for his precise, intense style.

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Toscanini conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra in numerous celebrated radio broadcasts.

Music historians still study Toscanini's interpretations of Beethoven's symphonies.

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Toscanini is remembered as one of the most influential orchestral conductors of the twentieth century, known for demanding rehearsals.

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