The Other Toscanini, Volume 13: The Life and Works of H馗tor Panizza (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781574417746)

Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music - 2020 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence

The Other Toscanini is the only book in English about the Argentine conductor and composer H ctor Panizza (1875-1967). Known all over the world by his Italian name --Ettore-- the maestro was in fact born in Buenos Aires and developed an astonishing international career, becoming music director of, successively, Covent Garden, la Scala (where he conducted alongside Arturo Toscanini), Teatro Col n, and the New York Metropolitan Opera. At the Met between 1934 and 1942, he was in charge of the Italian repertoire and started the first radio broadcasts, whose recordings are his most well-known. He conducted widely in Europe and the Americas and devoted part of his energies to composing, recording, and organizing musical institutions. Now virtually forgotten, Panizza's name is being revived in this definitive biography, which describes both his life and his legacy, strongly associated with that of the great Arturo Toscanini.

The book also describes Panizza's important accomplishments as a composer. In his native Argentina, he is known for the patriotic "Canci n de la Bandera," based on a text by Luigi Illica, Puccini's librettist. But Panizza also wrote operas, orchestral works, chamber music, and songs, widely performed in their day and still worthy of frequent revivals.

Author: Sebastiano de Filippi, Daniel Varacalli Costas
ISBN-10: 1574417746
ISBN-13: 9781574417746
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d