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Toscanini

Toscanini

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An Italian conductor famous for leading major orchestras around the world
  • proper noun
  • /ˌtɒskəˈniːni/
: Toscanini
  • During his career, Toscanini conducted orchestras across Europe and America.
  • Arturo Toscanini

He's with the NBC Symphony, Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini, which was a very big thing.

Examples

  • Maestro Toscanini is here.

    Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

  • Do I need to remind you that Madam Florence is a very close personal friend of Arturo Toscanini's?

    Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

  • Not only did Toscanini agree to their deal, he stayed with them for over fifteen years until he retired from conducting.

    Blog text (28)

  • It's Toscanini, the conductor.

    Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

  • In 1940, Arturo Toscanini engaged him to make his New York conducting debut with the NBC Symphony, and thereafter he became equally well known in this country.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Stokes uses the example of the Italian conductor, Toscanini, who, during a rehearsal of Debussy's La Mer, was unable to iterate the effect he wanted from a musical passage.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Arturo Toscanini was known for his passionate interpretations of classical music.

  • Many consider Toscanini as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Toscanini is an Italian family name that comes from Toscano, meaning 'from Tuscany', and the ending -ini is a small ending that often means 'little' or 'family', so the name can be thought of as 'little Tuscan' or 'a Tuscan family'. That's why the conductor Arturo Toscanini had a name showing his family's origin in Tuscany.