The Conductor Who Owned Nothing
In 1954, Arturo Toscanini stepped down as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra after seventeen years. He had shaped one of the most celebrated ensembles...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Chronicles 29:11.
In 1954, Arturo Toscanini stepped down as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra after seventeen years. He had shaped one of the most celebrated ensembles in American history. Critics called him a genius. Audiences revered him. Yet in his final years, Toscanini was known to say something that startled his admirers. He would gesture toward the orchestra and insist, "I am nothing.…
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