How Long to Read Understanding Toscanini

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding Toscanini?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Understanding Toscanini by Joseph Horowitz

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

As America's symbol of Great Music, Arturo Toscanini and the "masterpieces" he served were regarded with religious awe. As a celebrity personality, he was heralded for everything from his unwavering stance against Hitler and Mussolini and his cataclysmic tantrums, to his "democratic" penchants for television wrestling and soup for dinner. During his years with the Metropolitan Opera (1908-15) and the New York Philharmonic (1926-36) he was regularly proclaimed the "world's greatest conductor ." And with the NBC Symphony (1937-54), created for him by RCA's David Sarnoff, he became the beneficiary of a voracious multimedia promotional apparatus that spread Toscanini madness nationwide. According to Life, he was as well-known as Joe Dimaggio; Time twice put him on its cover; and the New York Herald Tribune attributed Toscanini's fame to simple recognition of his unique "greatness." In this boldly conceived and superbly realized study, Joseph Horowitz reveals how and why Toscanini became the object of unparalleled veneration in the United States. Combining biography, cultural history, and music criticism, Horowitz explores the cultural and commercial mechanisms that created America's Toscanini cult and fostered, in turn, a Eurocentric, anachronistic new audience for old music.

How long is Understanding Toscanini?

Understanding Toscanini by Joseph Horowitz is 532 pages long, and a total of 134,064 words.

This makes it 180% the length of the average book. It also has 164% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding Toscanini Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 12 minutes to read Understanding Toscanini aloud.

What Reading Level is Understanding Toscanini?

Understanding Toscanini is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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