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1855–1922 Hungarian conductor Principal conductor at the Leipzig Opera in 1879, Nikisch became conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 10 years later, and conductor of both the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1895 until his death. He performed the works of many contemporary composers, including Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Strauss. Introduction | ...

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1889–1983 English conductor Boult studied under Nikisch at the Leipzig Conservatory before joining the music staff at Covent Garden in 1914. In 1918 he conducted the first performance of Holst’s The Planets, soon becoming known as a champion of contemporary English music. He was musical director of the newly formed BBC Symphony Orchestra 1930–50 and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra ...

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Again due to hostility, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies were not played in Bruckner’s lifetime. The turning point came with the successful premiere of the Seventh Symphony under Arthur Nikisch (1855–1922), and similar acclaim for the Eighth under Richter. At long last Bruckner’s fame was assured. In his last years he was accorded the honours and accolades he so richly ...

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1875–1962 American violinist Kreisler’s international career began with the Berlin Philharmonic under Nikisch in 1899. His London debut was in 1902. Elgar wrote his Violin Concerto for him, and he gave the first performance in 1910. He was known for the perfection of his playing and the pieces that he composed and passed off as the work of eighteenth-century composers. ...

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in 1885–86, at the German Theatre in Prague, he scored his first great successes conducting operas by Mozart and Wagner; in 1886–88 he was a junior conductor under Nikisch in Leipzig. There he was entrusted with the completion of Weber’s opera sketch Die drei Pintos (‘The Three Pintos’) by the composer’s grandson, and through the Weber family he ...

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San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52, raising its international reputation. His last appointment was with the London Symphony Orchestra, 1961–64. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Arthur Nikisch | Modern Era | Classical ...