Arturo Toscanini was back in the U.S. last week after five months in Italy, steaming to get back to his NBC Symphony podium. To his extreme annoyance, he came down with a touch of flu, and his doctor told him he would have to postpone his opening concert this week. At 86, the Maestro still hates to miss a curtain.*
Flu or no flu. he is the same passionate, reflective, tempery, sweetly mannered man as ever. And he is fresh from a busy and sociable vacation.
Buttons & Bows. Toscanini has a special fondness for his...
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