ARTUROTOSCANINI

Who quipped God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way

• Conductor of the world premiere of La boh

• Former Met maestro

• He conducted the premiere performances of Pagliacci and La Boh

• He conducted the world premiere of Pagliacci

• Longtime La Scala conductor

• Memorable conductor

• Memorable Met conductor

• NBC Symphony conductor, 1937-54

• Onetime La Scala musical director

• Onetime NBC Symphony director

• Parma's gift to music