"But that happens. That's part of the deal." Arthur Fiedler was a 35-year-old viola player in the Boston Symphony when he was hired to conduct the Pops in 1930.

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The Boston Pops and its conductor for 50 years,Arthur Fiedler, had a lot to do with its popularity, according to John Williams, the Hollywood composer who followed in Fiedler's footsteps.

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She remembers catching the attention of Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler in 1969, when she was 25.

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