Toscanini, Arturo - Baton used in Rehearsal! Programs Music Unsigned Conductors Austrian soprano (1859-1910)

Austrian soprano (1859-1910)

long associated with the English National Opera

ALSO INCLUDED is his personal card

ink stamps and mounting marks on verso

concert in memoriam of Wilhelm Furtwangler (who passed away in November 1954)

Toscanini, Arturo - Baton used in Rehearsal! Programs Music Unsigned Conductors Austrian soprano (1859-1910)Star Italian conductor (1867 1957), considered one of the greatest of all times. Baton used by Toscanini in a rehearsal, from the collection of conductor Lloyd Shaffer (1901 1969). Shaffer ran a small orchestra & supper club in Connecticut, and was a great admirer of Toscanini. According to his daughter Kay D. Salberg, Shaffer was presented this baton by a fellow musician and friend who played in both Mr. Shaffers and the NBC Symphony Orchestra under