Arthur Fiedler (born December 17, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died July 10, 1979, Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American conductor who was maestro of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 50 seasons and the best-selling classical conductor of all time; his recordings with the Pops sold some 50,000,000 discs. (The Boston Pops Orchestra is the Boston Symphony minus its principal players.) Fiedler, whose principal aim was “to give audiences a good time,” led the Pops in performances of popular tunes, show music, and classics.
From 1911 to 1915 Fiedler studied violin, piano, and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin before joining the Boston Symphony as a member of the second violin section. He played in the viola section from 1918 to 1930. He also was proficient on the celesta, piano, and organ. Fiedler organized the Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta (1924), a chamber symphony, when he was refused the conductorship of the Pops. In 1929 he organized the Esplanade concerts, in which symphonic music was played outdoors in Boston for the first time. In 1930 he became conductor of the Pops, a post he held until his death in 1979.
As conductor of the Boston Pops, Fiedler developed a varied and light-hearted repertoire that struck a responsive chord with the public. He excelled at adapting popular dance music and other songs to performance by a symphonic orchestra. Fiedler was viewed by many critics as a highly able technician and a superb showman rather than as a first-rate interpreter of classical music, however.
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FESTIVAL OF PERTH – ARTHUR FIEDLER – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16 1971
Arthur Fiedler the internationally famous conductor of the Boston Pops concerts will conduct the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for two concerts during the Festival. The concerts should be known as Fiedler concerts, will be held at Winthrop Hall on Saturday, February 13 and Tuesday, February 16. Mr Fiedler’s connection with the Boston Symphony Orchestra goes back to 1915 when he joined it as a violinist. In 1930 he was appointed the 18th conductor of the Boston Pops concerts a feature of Boston musical life since 1885. Record sales which have helped to make the Boston Pops Orchestra famous now total more than 47 million. Mr Fiedler will be appearing by arrangement with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Soloists at the Fiedler concerts will be David Bollard and clarinet and harmonica player Jack Harrison who is a Churchill fellowship winner for 1971.