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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1MACHAULT—MAGGINI
3C. Potter, and his brother (comp.). From 1846, pf.-prof. at the R. A. M., of which inst. he is a Fellow. From 1873-80 he conducted the Academy Concerts; has also acted as director and treasurer of the Philharm. Soc. He has given many pf.-recitals and lectures in London, Bristol, and elsewhere; also a series of orch.1 concerts in 1882. Works: A symphony in Bb; 7 overtures; a Concertstück in E, f. pf. and orch.; 3 pf.-trios; 2 sonatas f. pf. and violin; 1 sonata f. pf. and 'cello; 4 Romances f. pf. and violin; a great variety of pf.-music (3 Suites de pièces; 6 "Illustrations of Tennyson's Heroines"; Allegro appassionato; Allegro cantabile; Rondinos, Caprices, Tarantellas, Scherzos, Impromptus, Gavottes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, etc.); a cantata, The Song of the Sunbeam; services and anthems, songs and part-songs.—Has edited Mozart's pf.-works; Beethoven's Sonatas; "Popular Classics"; "Morceaux classiques"; etc.
5Machault (or Machau, Machaud, Machaut), Guillaume [Guillelmus] de Mascandio, probably a native of Machau in the Champagne, lived about 1284-1370; troubadour in the service of Joanna of Navarre, Johann of Luxembourg, and Charles V. of France. A mass, motets, rondos, chansons and ballads are preserved, besides many poems.
7Mächtig, Karl, b. Breslau, Jan. 10, 1836; d. there May 2, 1881. Taught by Brosig and Lüstner, he succeeded Ad. Hesse as 1st organist at the Berhardinerkirche.—Publ. pf.-music and songs.
9Maciro'ne, Clara Angela, composer, pianist, and teacher; b. London, Jan. 20, 1821. Pupil, at the R. A. M., of Potter and Holmes (pf.), Lucas (comp.), and Negri (voice). Associate of the Philharm. Soc.; teacher of pf. at the R. A. M.; then head music-mistress (1872-8) of Aske's School for Girls, Hatcham, later at the Ch. of England High School for Girls, in Baker St.; success as a teacher remarkable. Now (1899) living in retirement.—Works: Te Deum and Jubilate, sung at Hanover Chapel (first service by a woman ever sung in the church); anthem "By the waters of Babylon" (sung at Canterbury, Ely, and other cathedrals); numerous part-songs (her most popular and successful comp.s), and songs; "Suite de pièces" in E min., f. vln. and pf.; Rondino in G, and other pf.-music.
11Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell, b. Edinburgh, Aug. 22, 1847. Pupil of Ulrich (pf.) and Stein (comp.) at Sondershausen Cons., 1857-61, when he entered the Ducal orch.; won the King's scholarship at the R. A. M., 1862, and studied under Sainton, Jewson, and Lucas; from 1865 in Edinburgh as a teacher and conductor, concert-violinist, and quartet-player. Hon. Mus. Doc., Univ. of St. Andrews, 1886; of Cambridge, 1888; of Edinburgh, 1896. Knighted in 1894. He is a distinguished and active member of various societies and musical associations. Since 1888, Principal of the R. A. M., succeeding Macfarren; since 1892, cond. of the Philharm. Concerts.—Works: 3 operas, Colomba (1883), The Troubadour (1886), and His Majesty, or The Court of Vingolia (1897; comic); the oratorios The Rose of Sharon (1884), and Bethlehem (1894); the cantatas The Bride, Jason, The Story of David, The New Covenant, The Dream of Jubal, The Cotter's Saturday Night, and Veni, creator spiritus; incidental music to Ravenswood and Marmion; also to Barrie's The Little Minister (1897).—For Orchestra: A Scherzo; 2 Scottish Rhapsodies; a ballad, "La belle dame sans merci"; overtures ("Cervantes," "To a Comedy," "Tempo di ballo," "Twelfth Night," "Britannia"); a concerto, and a "Pibroch," f. violin and orch.; "Scottish Concerto" f. pf. and orch.;—also a pf.-quartet (op. 11, in E); "From the North" (9 pieces f. violin w. pf.-acc.); other music f. violin and for pf.; anthems, songs, and part-songs. one of two readings
12Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell, b. Edinburgh, Aug. 22, 1847. Pupil of Ulrich (pf.) and Stein (comp.) at Sondershausen Cons., 1857-61, when he entered the Ducal orch.; won the King's scholarship at the R. A. M., 1862, and studied under Sainton, Jewson, and Lucas; from 1865 in Edinburgh as a teacher and conductor, concert-violinist, and quartet-player. Hon. Mus. Doc., Univ. of St. Andrews, 1886; of Cambridge, 1888; of Edinburgh, 1896. Knighted in 1894. He is a distinguished and active member of various societies and musical associations. Since 1888, Principal of the R. A. M., succeeding Macfarren; since 1892, cond. of the Philharm. Concerts.—Works: 3 operas, Colomba (1883), The Troubadour (1886), and His Majesty, or The Court of Vingolia (1897; comic); the oratorios The Rose of Sharon (1884), and Bethlehem (1894); the cantatas The Bride, Jason, The Story of David, The New Covenant, The Dream of Jubal, The Cotter's Saturday Night, and Veni, creator spiritus; incidental music to Ravenswood and Marmion; also to Barrie's The Little Minister (1897).—For Orchestra: A Scherzo; 2 Scottish Rhapsodies; a ballad, "La belle dame sans merci"; overtures ("Cervantes," "To a Comedy," "Tempo di ballo," "Twelfth Night," "Britannia"); a concerto, and a "Pibroch," f. violin and orch.; "Scottish Concerto" f. pf. and orch.;—also a pf.-quartet (op. 11, in E♭); "From the North" (9 pieces f. violin w. pf.-acc.); other music f. violin and for pf.; anthems, songs, and part-songs. one of two readings
14McLean, Alick, composer; b. Eton, England, July 20, 1872.—Works: The 3-act opera Quentin Durward (London, 1895); the 1-act opera Petruccio (Covent Garden, June 29, 1895; won the Moody-Manners prize of £100); songs.
16Ma'der, Raoul (Maria), b. Pressburg, Hungary, June 25, 1856. Law-student at Vienna Univ. 1874-8; studied in the Vienna Cons., 1879-82, under Schmitt and Schenner (pf.), Bruckner (harm.), and Krenn (comp.), taking first prizes for pf.-playing and pf.-composition, and (1880) the great silver medal and the Liszt prize as best pianist in the Cons. From 1882-95, 1st "Sologesangscorrepetitor" ("coach" for solo singers) at the Vienna court opera, also conducting ballets and minor operas; 1891-5 also chorus-master of the Academical Gesangverein. Since 1895, chief conductor at the Royal Opera, Pesth.—Works: The 3-act comic opera Die Flüchtlinge (Court Opera, Vienna, 1891); 1-act fantastic ballet Die Sireneninsel (ibid., 1892; v. succ.); 1-act ballet Die Hochzeit im Frisirsalon (ibid., 1893); 3-act operetta Coeur d'ange (Carltheater, Vienna, 1894); fant. ballet Die rothen Schuhe (Pesth, 1897); fant. ballet She [after Rider Haggard] (Pesth, 1898); a parody on Mascagni's Cav. rustica (Th. an der Wien, 1892); and the ballet Tanzblut (Lindentheater, Berlin, 1898); choruses, songs, etc.
18Maggi'ni, Giovanni Paolo, (also Magini, Magino,) b. Botticino-Marino, Italy, 1580; d. Brescia, about 1631. Famous violin-maker at Brescia. His violins, violas, 'celli, and double-basses are prized almost equally with Stradivari's
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