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Born March 25, , in Parma, Italy; died of complications from a stroke, January 16, , in Riverdale, the Bronx, NY; son of Claudio and Paola (Montani) Toscanini; married Carla dei Martini, ; children: Walter, Wally, Wanda.

Education: Studied music at Parma Conservatory of Music,

For more than half a century, Arturo Toscanini was one of the world's most respected conductors, a musical powerhouse whose performances packed orchestra halls--and filled the radio waves--in every major city in the United States.

Toscanini dominated the classical music world, leading the debut performances of numerous important operas and symphonies.

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In a time when the majority of Americans craved popular music and novel trends, Toscanini did more than any other artist to increase the audience for classical symphonies and operatic works. A New York Times reporter noted that the fiery conductor "represented absolute, uncompromising integrity.

He strove earnestly to realize as exactly as possible the compos