Arthur Nikisch: Connecting Cultures in a Fragmenting World

by Roger Allen

Considers Nikisch as a primary link between the later nineteenth century performance practice, and the twentieth-century 'fetishisation' of the superstar conductor as a commercially driven phenomenon.

The Hungarian-born conductor Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) was among the first of the new breed of virtuoso conductors who came to prominence in the immediate aftermath of Wagner. As a youthful violinist in the Vienna Court Orchestra, he played under...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837650047
• ISBN13: 9781837650040
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 224 Pages