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Title:

Arturo Toscanini conducting music of Giuseppe Verdi [motion picture] / produced by U.S. Office of War Information, Overseas Branch.

Format:

[motion picture] /

Publisher:

U.S. Office of War Information :

Copyright Date:

1944

Description:

1 film reel (27 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.

Subject:

Orchestral music.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
World War (1939-1945)
Military campaigns.
Orchestral music.
Italy.
1939 - 1945
Nonfiction films.
Short films.

Other Authors:

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.
Hackensmid, Alexander.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Westminster Choir.
United States. Overseas Operations Branch. Overseas Operations Branch.
United Films.

Notes:

The NBC Symphony, Jan Peerce, The Westminster Choir. Credits from: British official films in the Second World War / F. Thorpe and N. Pronay ; and, Documentary film classics produced by the United States government / National Audiovisual Center. Intended audience: Adult.

Summary:

A tribute to Arturo Toscanini made right after the Allied liberation of Italy. In this studio concert, Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony in music by Verdi to celebrate the liberation. Musical excerpts include the overture to La Forza del Destino and Hymn of the Nations. This is the only authorized film ever made of Toscanini and was nominated for an Academy Award, Best Documentary-Short Subject, 1944.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)8314346

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)