* Arthur Davison; Shared Love of Music With Children

Arthur Davison, 73, a conductor and violinist who worked to instill a love for music in children. In 1966, he founded the Arthur Davison Concerts for Children, which later became the Arthur Davison Family Concerts. From 1966 to 1990 he was director and conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He conducted the Investiture Week Symphony concert when Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir to the throne, was invested by his mother as Prince of Wales in 1969. He earned a Gold Disc from EMI in 1977 for the sale of 1 million classical records. Davison conducted many recordings on EMI’s Classics for Pleasure bargain-price label in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1956, he founded an orchestra called the Little Symphony of London, from which arose in 1970 a much-lauded group of instrumentalists called the Virtuosi of England. Davison worked occasionally with the New York City Ballet on his visits to the United States. In London on Sunday of cancer.