Arthur Fiedler

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Arthur Fiedler was a bona fide superstar of classical music, the kind of character whose death is mourned around the world -- as indeed his was. Born in 1894 to Austrian parents, Fiedler's father was a violin player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and his mother was a gifted pianist. It was only a matter of time before the young Fiedler joined the BSO himself in 1915. Although he joined as a violinist, Fiedler was a musical polyglot -- he also played viola, percussion, organ and piano for the symphony. A few years later, he formed the acclaimed Boston Sinfonietta and began giving his first free concerts. In 1930, Fiedler was asked to lead the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the rest is history. His musical adventurousness and his commitment to free outdoor concerts brought orchestral music to more people than any other musician had. The Boston Pops became the most recorded symphony in the world under his direction, and The Guinness Book of World Records states that Fiedler conducted the largest classical music concert ever - a performance on July 4, 1976, for over 400,000 people. Fiedler was an internationally loved character, a true man of the people with a boundless enthusiasm for his work. He died in 1979.

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Arthur Fiedler Discography (31titles)

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BUY NOW	Dimension Vol. 19: Gershwin - Orchestral Music 10/23/01 74321680192 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops Play the Beatles 3/7/00 09026636642 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Stars And Stripes Forever 6/14/99 09026608382 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Carmen Ballet, Carnaval Overture, Incidental Music To "Hamlet" 3/9/99 09026633082 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Pops Stoppers 3/9/99 09026633042 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Rhapsody in Blue 6/17/97 09026687922 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; The Tales of Hoffmann: Intermezzo 11/7/95 09026683662 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Christmas At The Pops 8/15/95 09026682662 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Classics For Children 7/18/95 09026681312 CD Longplay BUY NOW	100 Fiedler Favorites 10/11/94 09026626982 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue 10/12/93 09026617272 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Gaité Parisienne 8/10/93 09026618472 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Broadway's Greatest Hits 7/13/93 09026615422 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Pops Roundup 5/11/93 09026616662 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Stars And Stripes 5/11/93 09026615012 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Marches In Hi Fi 5/11/93 09026612492 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Tchaikovsky: Suites From The Nutcracker/Swan Lake 9/15/92 07863552332 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Leroy Anderson Favorites 8/25/92 09026612372 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Opera Without Words 5/12/92 09026609312 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Grieg: Greatest Hits 9/24/91 608322RG CD Longplay BUY NOW
Irish Night At The Pops 2/12/91 09026607462 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Fiedler's Favorite Marches 11/6/90 607002RG CD Longplay BUY NOW	BUY NOW
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Excerpts 1/31/89 78792RV CD Longplay BUY NOW	BUY NOW	Classics For Children - Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite 2/2/88 67182RG CD Longplay BUY NOW
A Christmas Festival 9/1/87 64282RG CD Longplay BUY NOW