Alfredo Antonini
Alfredo Antonini (May 31, 1901 – November 3, 1983) was a leading Italian-American symphony conductor and composer who was active on the international concert stage as well as on the CBS radio and television networks from the 1930s through the early 1970s. In 1972 he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Religious Programming on television for his conducting of the premiere of Ezra Laderman's opera And David Wept for CBS television during 1971. In addition, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1980
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| You may listen to Alfredo Antonini with tenor Nestor Mesta Chayres and the CBS Pan American Orchestra performing Agustin Lara's bolero Granada in 1946 here |
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| Born | Alfredo Antonini May 31, 1901 |
| Died | November 3, 1983 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, Composer, Musical Director |
| Years active | 1921–1977 |
| Spouse | Alexandra Catherine Pasimeni (m. 1948) |
| Awards | Emmy Award Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
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