#arthur fiedler

Happy Birthday, Arthur Fiedler!

Arthur Fiedler was born in Boston on December 17, 1894. He attended Boston Latin School, until his family moved to Austria in 1910. Fiedler returned to Boston around 1915, when he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a violinist.

In 1930, Fiedler became the conductor of the Boston Pops, a position he held for almost half a century, until 1979. This photograph shows Fiedler with Mayor Kevin White at a 1977 birthday party thrown for Fiedler.

Mayor Kevin H. White with Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler at Fiedler’s 1977 birthday party, December 1977, Mayor Kevin White photographs, Collection 02455.002, Boston City Archives