[78-L] trivia

DAVID BURNHAM burnhamd at rogers.com
Mon Jul 13 20:55:25 PDT 2009


Hmm..he had a difference of opinion or two with Mussolini, but I'm thinking 
that this occurred in the 1920s after he'd already toured the US with the La 
Scala Orchestra.

dl


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Don't forget, the disagreement I'm thinking of probably saved Toscanini's life.  His disagreements with Mussolini, (which, I think, actually took place in the 1940s), placed him in peril.

db



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