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The Other Toscanini is the only book in English about the Argentine
conductor and composer Hector 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
Colon, 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 "Cancion 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.
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