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| Nikisch, Arthur |
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(är´t r n ´k sh) (KEY) , 1855–1922, Hungarian conductor and violinist, grad. Vienna Conservatory, 1873. He played in Wagner’s orchestra at the dedication of the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth and with the Vienna court orchestra. In 1878 he became conductor of the Leipzig Opera, remaining until 1889, when he became conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He conducted (1893–95) the Budapest Opera and afterward was conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Berlin Philharmonic until his death. |
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