1. Tymoteusz "Timothee" Adamowski was a Polish-born American conductor, composer, and violinist.
13 Facts About Timothee Adamowski
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Timothee Adamowski served as the first conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.
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Timothee Adamowski's father, Wincenty Adamowski, was an artist and music lover, who worked as a civil engineer and an administrator, and settled in Warsaw to a life of public philanthropy.
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Timothee Adamowski began instruction in violin at the age of 7.
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Timothee Adamowski later studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Apolinary Katski and at the Paris Conservatory under Lambert Massart.
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Timothee Adamowski served as the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1884 to 1908.
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Timothee Adamowski was first violinist, Emmanuel Fiedler was second violinist, Daniel Kuntz was violist, and Giuseppe Campanari was cellist.
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The quartet was reformed in 1890, with Arnold Moldauer, Max Zach, and Josef Timothee Adamowski replacing the other three artists.
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Timothee Adamowski led the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1890 until 1894, serving as its first conductor.
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Timothee Adamowski taught at the New England Conservatory of Music from 1885 until 1886, where his students included composer and violinist Elise Fellows White.
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Timothee Adamowski joined the faculty in 1907, remaining there until 1933.
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Timothee Adamowski traveled frequently to Paris and London, and conducted in Warsaw as well.
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Timothee Adamowski died April 18,1943, at the age of 86 in Boston, Massachusetts and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.