Toscanini

[ tos-kuh-nee-nee; Italian taws-kah-nee-nee ]

/ ˌtɒs kəˈni ni; Italian ˌtɔs kɑˈni ni /

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noun

Ar·tu·ro

[ahr-toor-oh; Italian ahr-too-raw], /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/, 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.

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Words nearby Toscanini

to save one's life, to say nothing of, to say the least, Tosca, Toscana, Toscanini, Toscanini, Arturo, tosh, to some degree, to spare, to speak of

How to use Toscanini in a sentence

Mr. Toscanini does not eat before a performance, and his family wait with the evening meal until he joins them.
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Mr. Toscanini wanted a nip of brandy, but the innkeeper insisted that he try some very special wine of the house's own making.
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Those who know Mr. Toscanini intimately find in those six simple words the key to his character.
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Since 1926 he and Mrs. Toscanini have occupied an apartment in the Astor—the same suite of four smallish rooms.
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Mr. Toscanini had been right about the Beethoven Concerto and had correctly remembered the purely orchestral numbers as well.
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British Dictionary definitions for Toscanini

Toscanini

/ (ˌtɒskəˈniːnɪ) /

noun

Arturo (arˈtuːro). 1867–1957, Italian conductor; musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony orchestra (1937–57) in New York

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