Arthur Nikisch (or Nikitsch) (October 12, 1855 – January 23, 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed mainly in Germany. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ... Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (help· info) (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайкóвский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ...

Born in Lébényi Szentmiklós, Hungary, Nikisch studied at the Vienna Conservatory, where he won prizes for composition and performance on violin and piano. However, he was to achieve most of his fame as a conductor. In 1877 he moved to Leipzig and became principal conductor of the Leipzig Opera in 1879. He gave the premiere of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony in 1884. The Konservatorium Wien is the music conservatory in Vienna. ... Musical composition is: an original piece of music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Oper Leipzig is an opera house and opera company in Leipzig, Germany. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner (September 4, 1824 – October 11, 1896) was an Austrian composer. ... Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Later he became conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and then in 1895 he succeeded Carl Reinecke as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. In the same year he became principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and held both positions until his death. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (born June 23, 1824 in Hamburg, Germany; died March 10, 1910 in Leipzig, Germany), musician. ... The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is a German orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. ... The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (a. ...

He was a pioneer in several ways. In 1912 he took the London Symphony Orchestra to the United States, a first for a European orchestra. In 1913, he made the first commercial recording of a complete symphony, Beethoven's 5th, with the Berlin Philharmonic. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The London Symphony Orchestra (frequently abbreviated to LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethovens Symphony No. ...

He died in Leipzig in 1922, and was buried there. Immediately after his death, the square where he had lived was renamed Nikischplatz, and in 1971 the city created the Arthur Nikisch prize for young conductors. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

His legacy is as one of the founders of modern conducting, with deep analysis of the score, a simple beat, and a charisma that let him bring out the full sonority of the orchestra and plumb the depths of the music. Nikisch's conducting style was greatly admired by Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Sir Adrian Boult, and Fritz Reiner, among others. Reiner said, "It was [Nikisch] who told me that I should never wave my arms in conducting, and that I should use my eyes to give cues."^[1] Sheet music is written representation of music. ... See also the beat disambiguation page. ... Leopold Stokowski Leopold Stokowski (April 18, 1882 - September 13, 1977) (born Antoni Stanisław Bolesławowicz) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. ... Arturo Toscanini was featured on the cover of Time magazine on April 26, 1948 Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was considered by many of his contemporaries — critics, fellow musicians, and the public alike — as the greatest conductor of his era. ... Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (April 8, 1889 - February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

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1. Hart, Philip. Fritz Reiner: A Biography. Evanston, Ilinois: Northwestern University Press, 1994. Page 16. ISBN 0-8101-1125-X