[PAR] [TLE] Symphony No. 7 (Bax) [SEP] The Symphony No. 7 by Arnold Bax was completed in 1939 and dedicated to "The People of America".  The work received its first performance in Carnegie Hall, New York City, by the New York Philharmonic on 10 June 1939 under the baton of Sir Adrian Boult.  It was commissioned by the British Council to be played at the 1939 New York World's Fair, along with Arthur Bliss's Piano Concerto in B-flat, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus". [PAR] [TLE] Adrian Boult [SEP] Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH ( ; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was an English conductor.  Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company.  His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924.  When the British Broadcasting Corporation appointed him director of music in 1930, he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor.  The orchestra set standards of excellence that were rivalled in Britain only by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), founded two years later.
[PAR] [TLE] Symphony No . 7 ( Bax ) [ SEP ] The Symphony No . 7 by Arnold Bax was completed in 1939 and dedicated to " The People of America " . The work received its first performance in Carnegie Hall , New York City , by the New York Philharmonic on 10 June 1939 under the baton of Sir Adrian Boult . It was commissioned by the British Council to be played at the 1939 New York World 's Fair , along with Arthur Bliss 's Piano Concerto in B - flat , and Ralph Vaughan Williams ' " Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus " . [PAR] [TLE] Adrian Boult [ SEP ] Sir Adrian Cedric Boult , CH ( ; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983 ) was an English conductor . Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family , he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig , Germany , with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev 's ballet company . His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924 . When the British Broadcasting Corporation appointed him director of music in 1930 , he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor . The orchestra set standards of excellence that were rivalled in Britain only by the London Philharmonic Orchestra ( LPO ) , founded two years later .
The conductor of the first performance of Symphony No. 7 was born in what year?
The conductor of the first performance of Symphony No . 7 was born in what year ?
1889
1889