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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1Strauss, Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, Roy Harris, Howard Hanson, etc. In his social philosophy, he was intransigently democratic; he refused to conduct in Germany under the Nazi regime. He militantly opposed Fascism in Italy, but he never abandoned his Italian citizenship, despite his long years of residence in America. —Bibliography: G. M. Ciampelli, Arturo Toscanini (Milan, 1923); E. Cozzani, Arturo Toscanini (Milan, 1927); T. Nicotra, Arturo Toscanini (transl. from the Italian, N. Y., 1929); D. Bonardi, Toscanini (Milan, 1929); Paul Stefan, Arturo Toscanini (Vienna, 1936; in English, N. Y., 1936); L. Gilman, Toscanini and Great Music (N. Y., 1938); S. W. Hoeller, Arturo Toscanini (pictorial biography; N. Y., 1943); A. Della Corte, Toscanini (Vicenza, 1946); G. M. Ciampelli, Toscanini (Milan, 1946); D. Nives, Arturo Toscanini (Milan, 1946); A. Segre, Toscanini: the First Forty Years, and H. Taubman, Toscanini in America, in the 'Mus. Quarterly' (April, 1947); F. Sacchi, Toscanini (Milan, 1951; publ. in English under the title The Magic Baton: Toscanini's Life for Music, N. Y., 1957, with supplementary data); David Ewen, The Story of Arturo Toscanini (N. Y., 1951); H. Taubman, The Maestro: the Life of Arturo Toscanini (N. Y., 1951); S. Chotzinoff, Toscanini: An Intimate Portrait (N. Y., 1956); R. C. Marsh, Toscanini and the Art of Orchestral Performance (Philadelphia, 1956); also articles in every book on conductors publ. in the 20th century.
3Toselli, Enrico, Italian pianist and composer; b. Florence, March 13, 1883; d. there, Jan. 15, 1926. He studied with Sgambati and Martucci; gave concerts in Italy as pianist, and composed a number of songs; of these, Serenata became enormously popular; also wrote the symph. poem Fuoco (after d'Annunzio) and an opera, La Principessa bizzarra (Milan, 1913). In 1907 he married the former Crown Princess Luise of Saxony, creating an international furor; wrote an account of this affair, Il mio matrimonio con Luisa di Sassonia (Milan, 1918).
5Tosi, Pier Francesco, Italian contralto (castrato) and singing teacher; b. Bologna, 1647; d. Faenza, April, 1732. He studied with his father, Giuseppe Felice Tosi; sang successfully in Italy, Dresden, etc., and in 1692 settled in London, where he gave regular concerts, and was highly esteemed as a vocal teacher. He owes his fame chiefly to the work Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni o sieno osservazioni sopra il canto figurato (Bologna, 1723; in English [Galliard], 1742, as Observations on the Florid Song, etc.; in German [Agricola] as Anleitung zur Singkunst, 1757; in French [Lemaire] as L'Art du Chant, Opinions …, 1774. The Italian ed. was reprinted in 1904; the English, 1906).
7Tosti, Sir Francesco Paolo, Italian singing master and vocal composer; b. Ortona, Abruzzi, April 9, 1846; d. Rome, Dec. 2, 1916. He was a pupil, from 1858, of the Collegio di S. Pietro a Majella, Naples, and was appointed sub-teacher (maestrino) by Mercadante. He visited London in 1875, had great success in concerts, and settled there as a teacher, becoming singing master to the Royal Family in 1880, and prof. of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1894; was knighted in 1908. In 1913 he returned to Italy, taking up his residence in Rome. Besides many original songs, both English and Italian, he published a collection of 'Canti popolari abruzzesi.' His songs were highly popular; some of the best-known are Forever, Goodbye, Mattinata, and Vorrei morire. —Cf. E. A. Mario, Francesco Paolo Tosti (Sicna, 1947).
9Totenberg, Roman, violinist; b. Lodz, Poland, Jan. 1, 1913. Pupil of Michalowicz at the Chopin Music School in Warsaw, of Flesch at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, and of Enesco in Paris; début with the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1925; won the Mendelssohn Prize in 1932. Made his American début at N. Y. in 1935; 1935-36, toured with K. Szymanowski (q.v.); 1937-38, toured the U. S. and South America. In 1947 he became head of the violin dept. of the Santa Barbara, Cal., Music Academy, but continued his career as concert violinist.
11Tottmann, Albert (Karl), German violinist and writer on music; b. Zittau, July 31, 1837; d. Leipzig, Feb. 26, 1917. He studied in Dresden, and at the Leipzig Cons. (with Hauptmann); was a violinist in the Gewandhaus Orch. —Publications: Kritisches Repertorium der gesammten Violin- und Bratschen-Litteratur (1873; 3rd ed., 1900, as Führer durch die Violin-Literatur; a compendious and valuable work); Abriss der Musikgeschichte (1883); Der Schulgesang und seine Bedeutung für die Verstandes und Herzensbildung der Jugend (1887; 2nd ed., 1904); Das Büchlein von der Geige (1890; 2nd, augmented ed., 1904); Mozart's Zaubertöte (1908); many essays in journals, etc.; composed a melodrama, Dornröschen, for soli, chorus, and orch.; sacred and secular choruses; songs.
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