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Toscanini : the maestro / a coproduction of Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. and The Center for Non-Broadcast Television in association with BRAVO, Rainbow Programming ; produced and directed by Peter Rosen.
LIBRA Music Videorecording 148
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
- Toscanini, Arturo.
- Conductors (Music)--Biography.
- Conductors (Music).
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Toscanini the maestro
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, [1993]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- A portrait of the man who pioneered the concept that the conductor's function is to express the composer's intentions. Toscanini's life and career are told through the use of interviews, documentary film clips, home movie footage, and the recollections of friends, family and colleagues.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Alexander Scourby ; host, James Levine.
- Participants: Walfredo Toscanini, Jarmilá Novotná, Milton Katims, Robert Merrill, et al...
- Credits:
- Written by Harvey Sachs ; advisor, Walfredo Toscanini ; co-producer, Martin Bookspan ; creative consultant, Allan Steckler ; editor, Peter Rosen ; cameramen, Alan Palmer, Bill Magabs ; research Mary Hilliard.
- Notes:
- Biographical documentary.
- Originally produced and copyrighted in 1985.
- OCLC:
- 40529832
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 928 Films for the Humanities
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