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Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, who was its director and financial backer until 1918. The orchestra performed at the Old Boston Music Hall for nearly 20 years until Symphony Hall was built in 1900; its concerts continue to be held there. The Boston Symphony's outstanding conductors have included Sir George Henschel Lillian June (Bailey) Henschel, 1860–1901, was an American soprano. She made her debut in Boston in 1876, then studied (1878) with Viardot-Garcia in Paris and later with Henschel, whom she married in 1881.
..... Click the link for more information. (1881–84), Arthur Nikisch Nikisch, Arthur (är`t
..... Click the link for more information. (1889–93), Karl Muck (1906–08; 1912–18), Pierre Monteux Monteux, Pierre (pyĕr môNtö`), 1875–1964, French-American conductor, studied at the Paris Conservatory.
..... Click the link for more information. (1919–24), Serge Koussevitzky Koussevitzky, Serge (Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky) (sĕrzh k
..... Click the link for more information. (1924–49), Charles Munch (1949–62), Erich Leinsdorf Leinsdorf, Erich (ĕr`ĭkh līz`dôrf, līnts`–), 1912–93, American conductor, b. Vienna.
..... Click the link for more information. (1962–69), William Steinberg (1969–73), Seiji Ozawa Ozawa, Seiji (sā`jē ōzä`wä), 1935–, Japanese conductor, b. Manchuria.
..... Click the link for more information. (1973–2002), and James Levine Levine, James, 1943–, American conductor, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. A piano prodigy, he was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony at the age of 10. After extensive musical studies, he served (1964–65) as an apprentice to George Szell with the Cleveland
..... Click the link for more information. (2004–) .One of America's oldest orchestras, it has summer activities that include the Berkshire Festival Berkshire Festival (bûrk`shər, –shĭr)
..... Click the link for more information. at "Tanglewood" and the Boston Pops Concerts. The Pops orchestra, which began with "Promenade" concerts in 1885 and has had its present title since 1900, has been conducted by Arthur Fiedler Fiedler, Arthur, 1894–1979, American conductor, b. Brookline, Mass. Fiedler, who ultimately became a grandfatherly American musical icon, studied violin with his father, a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra .
..... Click the link for more information. (1930–79), John Williams (1980–93), and Keith Lockhart (1995–).

Bibliography

See M. A. De Wolfe Howe, The Boston Symphony Orchestra (1931); H. E. Dickson, Gentlemen, More Dolce, Please (1969).