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Adrian Cedric Boult, c. 1930.
Adrian Cedric Boult, c. 1930.

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult

British musician
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April 8, 1889, Chester, Cheshire, England
Died:
February 23, 1983, Kent (aged 93)
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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (born April 8, 1889, Chester, Cheshire, England—died February 23, 1983, Kent) was an English conductor who led the BBC Symphony and other major orchestras during a career that spanned six decades. He received his first musical training at Christ Church, Oxford, and continued his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he was influenced by the fluid technique and minimal rehearsal habits of the Hungarian conductor Arthur Nikisch. Boult returned home in 1913 to join the staff of the Covent Garden Opera. In 1919 he was given a season at the Royal Philharmonic. A year later he ...(100 of 251 words)

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