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Arthur Fiedler

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Arthur Fiedler · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor (Boston Pops)

When

1894, Boston, Massachusetts, United States — 1979, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Arthur Fiedler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor (Boston Pops)

How & why

Arthur Fiedler was the long-serving conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, leading it for half a century and, through concerts, recordings and free public performances, doing more than almost anyone to bring orchestral music to a mass American audience. He was born in Boston to a family of Austrian Jewish musicians and is Jewish. His Boston Pops recordings were among the best-selling in classical music.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor (Boston Pops)

1894

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music