Arthur Nikisch (Hungarian: Nikisch Artúr) (October 12, 1855 – January 23, 1922) was a Hungarian conductor who performed mainly in Germany. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Anton Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Franz Liszt. Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist.
Biography
Nikisch was born in Lébény Szentmiklós, Hungary to a Hungarian father and a mother from Moravia. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Moravia (Morava; Morawy Moravie Moravia is a historical region in central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. Nikisch studied under Felix Otto Dessoff, Johann von Herbeck, and Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. at the Vienna Conservatory, where he won prizes for composition and performance on violin and piano. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Felix Otto Dessoff ( January 14 1835 &ndash October Johann Ritter von Herbeck ( 25 December 1831 &ndash 28 October 1877) was an Austrian musician born in Vienna. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Josef “Pepi” Hellmesberger Jr The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ( Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) is an Austrian University located in Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new However, he was to achieve most of his fame as a conductor. In 1878 he moved to Leipzig and became second conductor of the Leipzig Opera in 1878 and 1882 promoted as principal conductor. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Oper Leipzig is an Opera house and Opera company in Leipzig, Germany. He gave the premiere of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in 1884. Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824 &ndash 11 October 1896 was an Austrian composer known primarily for his symphonies, masses, and Motets Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No 7 in E major is one of his best known symphonies
On 1 July 1885 Nikisch married Amelie Heussner (1862-1938), a singer and actress, who had been engaged the preceding years at the Kassel court theatre with Gustav Mahler. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Their son Mitja (1899-1936) later became a noted pianist. Mitja Nikisch, a classical pianist and dance band leader was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 21 1899 and died in Venice, Italy on August 5
Nikisch later became conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and from 1893 to 1895 director of the Royal Opera in Budapest. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based at Symphony Hall in Boston Massachusetts, USA In 1895 he succeeded Carl Reinecke as director of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke ( June 23, 1824 &ndash The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ( Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) is a famous German Orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. In the same year he became principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, and held both positions until his death. The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker) is an Orchestra based in Berlin, Germany.
He was a pioneer in several ways. In 1912 he took the London Symphony to the United States, a first for a European orchestra. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 1913, he made the first commercial recording of a complete Symphony No. 5 of Beethoven with the Berlin Philharmonic, a performance later reissued on LP and CD by EMI. Ludwig van Beethoven 's Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 was written in 1804–08 The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in He also made a series of early recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, some of which display the portamento characteristic of early twentieth century playing. The London Symphony Orchestra ( LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. Portamento is a Musical term primarily denoting a vocal slide between two pitches and its emulation by instruments such as the violin and in 16th century
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.
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. Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of Musical notation; like its analogs -- books pamphlets etc A beat is the basic Time Unit of a piece of Music; for example each tick sounded by a Metronome would correspond to a beat Nikisch's conducting style was greatly admired by Leopold Stokowski, Arturo Toscanini, Sir Adrian Boult, and Fritz Reiner, among others. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Leopold Stokowski (born Leopold Anthony Stokowski though on occasion WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Adrian Cedric Boult CH ( 8 April 1889 WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Frederick Martin “Fritz” Reiner ( December 19, 1888 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. "
References
- Hart, Philip (1994). Fritz Reiner: A Biography. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, p. 16. ISBN 081011125X.
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| NAME | Nikisch, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikisch, Artúr |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Hungarian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lébényi Szent-Miklós, Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1922 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Leipzig, Germany |
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