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It's nice to eat a good hunk of beef but you want a light dessert, too.... (more Arthur Fiedler quotes)
He made the Boston Pops into one of the most famous and recorded orchestras in the United States, conducting it for nearly 50 years (1930-1979).
Pictured on one of a set of eight 32? US commemorative postage stamps in the "Legends of American Music" series, issued 12 September 1997, celebrating "Classical Composers & Conductors". Others honored in this issue are Leopold Stokowski, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, ... (more Arthur Fiedler trivia)
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