Arturo Toscanini, 1867-1957: Toscanini Memorial Concert (English poster distributed in Beirut)
A memorial-concert poster for conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), with a large photograph of him conducting. The A.U.B. Music Club presents a free event on Friday, 1 February at West Hall, with a talk by Anis Fuleihan, recordings and film of Toscanini conducting Schubert, Verdi and Beethoven, and an exhibit. The tell is transfer: the conductor's reputation is attached to the event and, by sponsorship of the materials, to the American recordings and orchestra shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 1, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, February 1, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948769, 306-PPB-20).
Text on the object
Arturo Toscanini 1867-1957 A. U. B. MUSIC CLUB presents a Toscanini Memorial Concert Friday, February 1, at 6:30 p.m., West Hall The public is cordially invited (Admission Free) PROGRAM "Toscanini: An Appreciation" by Anis Fuleihan, Director, "Conservatoire National de Musique" of Beirut Slide film, drawings and photographs of Toscanini Recording of Toscanini conducting Schubert's Ninth Symphony Film of Toscanini conducting the overture to Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" (NBC Symphony Orchestra) Recording of Toscanini conducting the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale) Exhibit: "The life and music of Toscanini"
No U.S. government imprint is printed on the sheet.
