Word: maestro
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...small-town notary who finally brought the small boy to live with him. For eleven years, however, Leonardo was not much more than another mouth at the notary's table. At 16, he was shipped to Florence and put to the painter's trade with Maestro (Andrea del Verrocchio because he had shown some flair for the palette...
...screen with Bright Victory are two very amusing pieces. One, entitled Calling Bulldog Drummond, features Walter Pidgeon as the Scotland Yard maestro. Bulldog raises pigs and catches rats. Very interesting for the animal lover...
...posterity.* When a recording session scheduled for this week was canceled, he demanded to know why. Told that the hall was available only after midnight, he said: "Oh. Perhaps the musicians will be too tired." Replied NBC Music Director Samuel Chotzinoff: "I wasn't thinking of them, Maestro, I was thinking of you." Said Toscanini: "Then we'll record." The truth seems to be that the old man, even though his son Walter and family are living with him, cannot bear the new loneliness of his big house overlooking the Hudson...
...Victor even has hopes of releasing a Toscanini performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9; several renderings have been recorded, but, because of minor imperfections, the maestro has refused to approve any of them, for release...
...assistant conductor of the Dartmouth band will continue the concert with, "As the Backs Go Tearing By," and "Dartmouth's in Town Again."--Another big event will be a conducting competition for girls from the audience, and the winner will be the maestro who draws the loudest applause. Band officials predict stage technique may be more important than a careful rendering of the score...