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Arthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979)[1] was a long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra

Fiedler was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Emanuel and Johanna Fiedler. His father was a Polish-born violinist who played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and his mother was a pianist and musician. He grew up in Boston, and attended Boston Latin School until his father retired (in the early 1900s), and they moved to Vienna, Austria, in 1910. The family soon moved again, to Berlin, where from 1911 to 1915 young Fiedler studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music (Hochschule für Musik Berlin) under Willy Hess. Fiedler returned to Boston at the beginning of World War I. In 1915 he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Karl Muck as a violinist. He also worked as a pianist, organist, and percussionist. Fiedler was appointed the eighteenth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1930. While the position of conductor of the Boston Pops both prior to and after Fiedler tended to be a phase of a conductor's career, Fiedler made it his life's work, having the position for a half-century.

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Zino Francescatti birthday August 9, 1902

René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (August 9, 1902 - September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist.
Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had studied with Camillo Sivori. Zino studied violin from age three and was quickly recognized as a child prodigy. He began performing at the age of five and made his debut at age 10, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto.[citation needed]
In 1927 he went to Paris to teach at the École Normale de Musique; he also conducted the Concerts Poulets. He made his first world tour in 1931 and his American debut with John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic in 1939, playing Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1. His recording of the concerto is still regarded as one of the best. At the end of World War II in 1945, he pursued an outstanding international career until his retirement in 1976.[citation needed]
A violinist of outstanding technical ability, Francescatti played all of the great concerti. His performances of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3, Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, and others, are highly regarded.
Francescatti made many renowned recordings, including the Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano with Robert Casadesus. He performed on the celebrated "Hart" Stradivarius of 1727. Upon his retirement, he sold the instrument and established the Zino Francescatti Foundation, to assist young violinists, in La Ciotat. In 1987 an international violin competition was organized in his honor in Aix-en-Provence.[citation needed]
He died in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, aged 89.

Jean Fournet

The French conductor was born in Rouen 14 April 1913 – died in Weesp 3 November 2008.
Fournet’s father was a flutist who gave him some instruction on the flute and music theory. Fournet was then trained at the Conservatoire de Paris in flute by Gaston Blanquart and Marcel Moyse, and conducting by Philippe Gaubert (himself a flutist). He performed on the flute at age fifteen with the Orchestra of the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen. He first established himself as a conductor in his native country conducting in Rouen 1936-1940, Marseilles 1940-1944, and then as director of the Paris Opéra-Comique 1944-1957. He was also a professor of conducting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris 1944-1962.
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Performers Index ~ F

Faerber, Jorg (yerg FAIR ber) ( - ) Con

Fagius, Hans (hahns FAH gee oos)( - )Organist

FAILONI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (Budapest) (FY lohn ee)

Faircloth, David ( - )Am=Bar

Falcon, Ruth(New Orleans - )Am=Sop, MET 1989

Falletta, Joanne (joh ANN fuh LEH tuh) ( - ) =Cond

Falu,
Eduardo (ed WAHR doo fah LOO) ( 1923 - )Arg=Guitar

Fampas, Dimitri (Lafkos, 22 DEC 1921 - 3 MAY 1996) Greek=comp-guitarist-teacher

Fampas, Eva( - )Greek Guitarist

Concert artist site

Fanning, John (Barrie - )Canada=Bar, MET 1998

Fantini, Norma (Cuneo, IT - )Soprano. MET Debut 1999-2000

Farina, Franco (Bridgeport - )Am=Ten, MET 1990

Farley, Carole (La Mars, Iowa - )Am=MET-Sop 1975

Farnon, Robert(24 JUL 1917 - )Can=Con-Com

Farrell, Eileen (Willimantic, CT 1920 - Park Ridge, NJ 23 MAR 2002 )Am=Sop

Farrell

Ananova Obit

Houston Chronical, obit

BOOK:I Can't Help Singing

EILEEN FARRELL Obit, AP

Verdi ON CD

Farrell, Tim (16 OCT 1956 - )AM=G

Farrenc, Jean-Louis (Fah RENK')

Fassbaender, Brigitte
(Brih
GEE tuh FAHS bayn der) (3 JUL -
)Ger=MezSop

Faulkner, Julia (St. Louis - )Am=Sop, MET 1994

Faure, Gabriel (1845 - 1924)Fr=P-Comp

Fedoseyev, Vladimir (vlah DEE meer feh DOH' say ev) (5 AUG 1932 -
)Rus=Con

Fellegi, Adam (AH dahm FEH lay gee)

Feltsman, Vladimir (vlah DEE meer FELTS muhn) ( - )Rus=Am-P

Fennell, Frederick (Cleveland, Ohio 2 JUL 1914 - Florida, 7 DEC 2004)Am=Con

FERENC ERKEL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (FEH rents ER kel)

Ferencsik, Janos (YAH nosh fair EN cheek) ( - )Czech=Con

Ferrante, Arthur and Lou Teicher (fay RAHN tay and TI' ker)

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Ferrari,
Fabrizio ( - )violin

Ferras, Christian (kree styahn fer rahs) ( - ) V

Fernandes, Cremilde (krah MIL' deh fer nan DEZ') ( - ) P

Fernandez, Eduardo (ed WAHR doh fir NAHN dez) ( - )Sp=G

Ferrier,
Kathleen (FEH ree er) (22 MAR - )Eng=Contralto

Feurermann, Emanuel (FOY er mahn)

Feves, Julie, =Bassoon

Fevrier, Jacques (zhahk fev ree YAY)( - )FR=P

Fiedler, Arthur (FEED ler) (Boston, 17 DEC 1894 - Brookline, MA;
10 JUL 1979)Am=Cond-Violinist-Fire engine chaser (Boston 'Pops', 1930 - 1978)

Field, H (14 MAY - )Welsh=sop

Fierro, Charles (FYEH roh) ( - )Am=P

Filippeschi, Mario (MAH' ree oh fee leep PEHS' skee) ( 1907 - 1979 ) tenor

Finckel, David ( - )Am =CEL

Fingerhut, M (30 MAR - )Eng=P

Fink, Richard Paul (Massillon, OH - )Am=Bar, MET 1998

Finnie, L (9 MAY - )Scot=MezSop

Fiorentino, Sergio ( 22 DEC 1927 - 22 AUG 1998) It=P

Fiorito, John (NYC, - )Am=Bar, MET 1965

Firestone, Adria ( -
)=Mez-Sop

Firkusny, Rudolph (FEER' kush nee) (11 FEB 1912 - NY, 19 JUL 1994)Czech-Am=P

Fischer, Adam (9 SEP - )Hung=Con

Fischer, Edwin (ED vin FEH sher) (6 OCT 1886 - 1960 )Swiss=P

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich (DEE' trik FEE' sher DEES' kow) (28 MAY
1925 - )Ger=baritone-Con
READ: Biography by Hans A. Neunzig, Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau : A Biography Whitton
trans. Amadeus
Press (1998 312pg)

Fischer, Julia ( ) = V

Fisher, Annie ( 1914 - 1995 )Hung.=P

Fisher, Ivan (EE vahn FEH cher) ( - )=P

Fisher, S (18 APR - )Australian=Sop

Fistoulari, Anatole (AH' nah toll fees too LAH' ree) ( 1907 - )=con

Fitch, Bernard (Toronto, 1917 - )Canada=Ten, MET 1989

Fitch, John ( - ) =Music Educator=Lecturer=Editor

Flagello, Nicholas ( - )P (Longines Symphonette)

Flagstad, Kirsten (KEER sten FLAGH stahd) (12 JUL - )NOR=SOP Museum

Flanigan, Lauren ( - )Am=Sop

Fleezanis, Jorja ( - ) =V, Concertmaster, Minnesota Orch

Fleming, Amaryllis
( 1926 - 1999 ) Eng=Cellist

Fleming, Renee (Indiana, PA; 14 FEB - )Am=Sop, MET 1991

Flesch, C (9 OCT - )Ger=V-teacher

Fletcher, P (12 DEC - )Eng=con-com

Fleischer, Leon (LEE ahn FLY sher) ( 1928 - )=P

Flor, C. Peter (16 MAR - )Ger-con

FLORILEGIUM (floor eh LEE gee um)

Fodor, Eugene ( - ) AM=V

Fondary, Alain (Paris, - )Fr=Bar, MET 1988

Fontanarosa, Patrice (Male) (pah TREEZ fohn tah nah ROH zah) ( - )V

Forbis, Cliffton (Nashville - )Am=Ten, MET 1996

Ford, Bruce ( - ) ten

Forest, Michael (Redhouse, VA - )Am=Countertenor, MET 1986

Forrester, Maureen (maw REEN FAW ruh ster) ( - )

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Forsberg, Bengt
(FORSH Bry ah) (Edsleskog, 1952 - )Swed=P

Forst, Judith (Victoria -
)Canada=Mez-Sop, MET 1968

Foster, Jennifer =SOP

Foster, Lawrence (23 OCT - )Am=Cond.

LA OPERA Page

Fourestier, Louis (loo ee for res tyay)

Fournet, Jean (zhan for NAY) ( - )Fr=con

Fournier, Andre (Ahn DRAY foor nyay) ( - )

Fournier, Serge ( - ) Cond.

Fournier, Pierre (pee yair foor nyay) (24 JUN - )Fr=Cel

Fowke, P (28 JUN - )Eng=P

Fowler and Branca Duo

Fowler, John (Charlotte - )Am=Ten, MET 1982

Fox, Virgil ( - )Am=Organist

Virgil Fox Society

Fracker, Richard (Jackson, MS - )Am=Ten, MET 1989

Frager, Malcolm (MAL kum FRAY ger) ( - )=P

Francaix, Jean (jhohn frahn seh)FR=Con=Comp

Francescatti, Zino (ZEE' noh fran chay SKAHT' tee) ( 9 AUG 1902 - 17 SEP 1991 )Fr=V

Francheschi, Vera (frahn CHAY' skee)

Francis, Alun ( - ) ENG=C

FRANCONIA - GERMANY - Northern Bavaria, but don't call them "Bavarians"

Frank, Claude ( - )AM=P, (father)

Frank, Pamela ( - )AM=V (Daughter)

Frankl, Peter (2 OCT - )Hung-Eng=P

Franova, Tatjana (TAH tyah nah FRAH noh vah) ( - )Czech

Franssen, Olga (OHL gah FRAHN sehn) ( - )

Frantz, Justus (YOUS stoos FRAHNTZ) ( - )

Frautschi, Jennifer ( - ) V

Laurel Festival

Freccia, Massimo (MAHS see moh FREH chah) ( - )It

Frederick, Kurt (1907 - 1997)Austrian-AM=Cond.

Freire, Nelson (FREE' air) Pianist

Fremaux, Louis (LOO' ee Fray MOH') (13 Aug 1921 - )Fr=con

Freni, Mirella (mee REL ah FRAY nee)(27
FEB 1925 - )It=Sop

Fricsay, Ference (FEHR' ench FRICK' shoy)( - )Hung=Con

Fried, M (9 SEP - )Roumania-Israeli=V

Friedberg, Carl Rudolph Hermann (1872 - 1955)P-Comp

Friedheim, Arthur (1860 - 1932)P-Cond.-Teacher-Writer

Friend, L (13 MAR - )Eng=con

Friesen, Eugene ( - ) AM=CEL

Fritz, Malin (Northfield, MN - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1998

Froment de, Louis (loo EE duh froh MAHN) ( - )Fr=Con

Frontali, Roberto (Rome - )It=Bar, MET 1992

Fruhbeck de Burgos, Rafael (RAH fy el FRU bech de Burgos) (15 SEP -
)Sp=Con

Fu, Haijing (Dalian - )China=Bar, MET 1990

Furi, Thomas (FER ee) ( - ) V-Con

Furtwangler, Wilhelm
(VIL'helm FURT vahng' ler) (Fuertwaengler=correct spelling in German) (Berlin, 25 JAN 1886-Baden-Baden, 30 NOV 1954 )GER=Cond

The Wilhelm Furtwangler Society of
America

Futral,
Elizabeth (Smithfield, NC - ) Am=Sop, MET 1998

Interview

BIOG.

Futral, San Diego Opera

Composer Lucas Foss Dies

Lukas Foss was born as Lukas Fuchs assumed on August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany, and died February 1, 2009 in New York City. He was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and professor. He studied with Julius Goldstein. He moved to Paris in 1933 where he studied piano with Lazare Lévy, composition with Noël Gallon, orchestration with Felix Wolfes, and flute with Louis Moyse. In 1937 he moved to America and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, with Sergei Koussevitzky during the summers from 1939 to 1943 at the Berkshire Music Center, and, as a special student, composition with Paul Hindemith at Yale University from 1939 to 1940

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Leon Fleisher at 80

Leon Fleisher will celebrate his 80th birthday this week doing two of his favorite things - playing the piano and conducting. Joining him onstage for an all-Mozart program will be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which shares with Fleisher a long, strong history.

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Johan Franco birth centennial

12 JULY 1908 Birth of Dutch composer and pianist Johan Henri Gustave FRANCO in Zaandam, Netherlands. The son of architect, S. Franco, and artist, Margaretha Gosschalk, who was also a singer and pianist, Johan began improvising on the piano at age four. He composed his first piece, Fantasy about Princess Erea, when he was ten and a half. He attended the Amsterdam Conservatory from 1929-1934 and studied with Dutch composer Willem Pijper for five years. During this same time period he studied law at the University of Amsterdam and then architecture and furniture design at the Kunstniverheid Institute. His First Symphony premiered in Rotterdam in 1934.
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