Word: nikisch
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...professor of philology in Münster, toured the U. S. in 1908-10; 2) Julia Gulp, a Dutch contralto (originally a violinist as well as a singer), who visited the U. S. in 1913; and 3) Elena Gerhardt, a pupil of the late great Conductor Artur Nikisch, who came...
Louis Persinger's career holds no breathless tales of splendor or of revolution as did his aged predecessor's. He was born in Rochester, Ill., spent his early years in Oklahoma and Colorado. But his musical grounding was of the best. He studied in Europe with Nikisch and Ysaye, served as concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, gave many successful recitals throughout the Continent. When he settled in the U. S. it was as concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony. From San Francisco, home of Menuhin and Ricci, spread his first fame as a teacher...
...name to nationwide concertgoers, but his musical lineage is a proud one. He was born 35 years ago in Boston, the son of Boston Symphonist Emmanuel Fiedler, who played second violin in the famed Kneisel Quartet. Fiddler Fiedler named his boy after the late great violinist Artur Nikisch, onetime Boston Symphony conductor. Aged 6, the boy studied violin with his father, piano with his mother. Later he went to Boston Latin School and studied piano with Carl Lamson, longtime accompanist to Fritz Kreisler...
...Eisenstadt in 1761 while Haydn was Kapellmeister under the patronage of the Prince of Esterhazy. It is the oldest autograph score by the composer in existence and lay hidden for many years after its conception. It was revived a few years ago by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Nikisch...
...Wilhelm Gericke is to resume the leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra next year. He was the second leader of the orchestra, taking it after Mr. Henschel in 1884 and keeping it until 1889. He was succeeded by Mr. Nikisch, and then by Mr. Emil Paur, who gave his last concert in Music Hall on Saturday. Mr. Gericke has been living in Dreden and Vienna since he left Boston; as he is in many ways the greatest leader the Symphony has had, his return is welcomed...