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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1ing and St. A. Emery at New England Cons., Boston, Mass. For some years instructor in N. E. Cons.; since 1891, head of vocal dept. in Boston Training School of Music. B. is teacher and examiner for the Tonic Sol-fa Colleges of London and America, and an active promoter of Tonic Sol-fa in the U. S. Has also been organist, etc., at various Boston churches; 1894, Mus. Dir. of Walnut Av. Congr. Ch., Roxbury (Boston). He is widely and favorably known as a conductor and founder of choral societies and conventions.
3Benvenuti, Tommaso, dramatic comp.; b. Venice, 1832, and still lives there. Operas: Valenzia Candiano (Mantua, 1856), Adriana Lecouvreur (Milan, 1857), Guglielmo Shakespeare (Parma, 1861), La Stella di Toledo (Milan, 1864), Il Falconiere (Venice, 1878), and the op. buffa Le baruffe Chiozzotte (Florence, 1895; mod. succ.).
5Berardi, Angelo, b. Sant'Agata, Bologna; 1681, prof. of comp. and m. di capp. at Spoleto; 1687, canon at Viterbo; 1693, m. di capp. at the Basilica of S. Maria in Trastevere. An eminent theorist; works publ. 1683–1706 at Bologna. He composed a Requiem Mass (1663), 2- and 4-p. motets (1665), psalms (1675), offertories (1680); etc.
7Bérat, Frédéric, b. Rouen, 1800; d. Paris, Dec. 2, 1855. Vocal comp., intimate with Béranger, many of whose poems he set to music. His romances and chansonettes are still popular: À la frontière, Bibi, La Lisette de Béranger, Le départ, Ma Normandie, etc.
9Berbiguier, Benoît-Tranquille, b. Caderousse, Vaucluse, Dec. 21, 1782; d. Pont-Levoy, n. Blois, Jan. 29, 1838. Flute-virtuoso; pupil of Wunderlich at Paris Cons. His works f. flute, which are classics, include 15 books of duos f. 2 flutes; 2 do. do. f. flute and vln.; 6 gr. solos or études; 10 concertos; 7 books of sonatas, w. acc. of 'cello or vla.; 8 variations, w. pf. or orch.; 6 airs and var.s; 6 books of trios f. 3 fl.; 1 do. f. 2 fl. and vla.; 1 do. f. fl., vln., and vla.; several suites of easy duos; grand duo concertant f. fl. and pf.; fantasias, romances, arrangements, etc.
11Berchem (or Berghem), Jachet de (also Jaquet, Jacquet, and Giachetto di Mantova), b. Berchem(?), n. Antwerp, abt. 1500; d. 1580; famous contrapuntist, maestro to the Duke of Mantua abt. 1535–65. Publ. many masses, motets, madrigals, etc.
13Berens, Hermann, b. Hamburg, Apr. 7, 1825(?); d. Stockholm, May 9, 1880. Excellent pianist, pupil of his father, Karl B. [1801–57], of Reissiger (Dresden) and Czerny. Went to Stockholm in 1847, and founded celebrated Quartet Soirées; 1849, royal mus. director at Örebro; 1860, conductor at the "Mindre" Th., Stockholm; later court-conductor, teacher of comp. at the Academy, and prof. and member of ditto.—Works: The Greek drama Kodros; 1 opera, Violetta, and 3 operettas, Ein Sommernachtstraum, Lully und Quinault, Riccardo; overtures f. orch., quartets, trios, pf.-pcs., songs and part-songs, and a successful "Neueste Schule der Geläufigkeit" f. pf.
15Beret'ta, Giovanni Battista, b. Verona, Feb. 24, 1819; d. Milan, Apr. 28, 1876. For several years director of Bologna Cons.; then devoted himself to completing the great "Dizionario artistico-scientifico-storico-technologico-musicale" begun by A. Barbieri (publ. Milan, Luigi di Giacomo Pirola), but reached only the letter G. He also wrote a treatise on harmony, and another on instrumentation and orchestration; he comp. instrumental and sacred music.
17Berg, Adam, music-printer at Munich 1540–99; publ. the "Patrocinium musicum" in 10 vol.s, 5 being devoted to Orlandus Lassus.
19Berg, Johann von, music-printer of Ghent; settled in Nuremberg, and became (1550) Ulrich Neuber's partner.
21Berg, Konrad Mathias, b. Kolmar, Alsatia, Apr. 27, 1785; d. Strassburg, Dec. 13, 1852. Violinist and pianist, pupil of Paris Cons. 1806–7, settled as pf.-teacher in Strassburg, 1808.—Works: 4 string-quartets; 10 pf.-trios; 3 concertos; sonatas, variations and effective 4-hand pcs. f. pf. His essay "Ideen zu einer rationellen Lehrmethode der Musik mit Anwendung auf das Klavierspiel" ("Cäcilia," vol. xvii, 1835), created a sensation; also an "Aperçu historique sur l'état de la musique à Strasbourg pendant les 50 dernières années" (1840).
23Berger, Ludwig, b. Berlin, Apr. 18, 1777; d. there Feb. 16, 1839. Studied harm. and cpt. under J. A. Gürrlich (Berlin, 1799) and pf. under Clementi (St. Petersburg, 1804), being also strongly influenced by Field's playing. Went to Stockholm in 1812, and thence to London, rejoining Clementi and meeting Cramer. From 1815, settled at Berlin as a pf.-teacher; among his pupils were Mendelssohn, Henselt, Taubert, and Fanny Hensel. With Klein, Reichart, and Rellstab he founded the junior "Liedertafel" (1819). His pf.-works, especially the Studies, a Toccata, and a Rondo, are highly esteemed; he also composed the opera Oreste (not performed), cantatas, male quartets, songs, etc. A full and sympathetic account of his career was publ. by L. Rellstab in the "Berlinische Zeitung" of Feb. 12, 1839.
25Berger, Francesco, b. London, June 10, 1834; pupil of Luigi Ricci (Trieste) for harmony, and of Karl Lickl (Vienna) f. pf.; later private pupil of Hauptmann and Plaidy (Leipzig). Prof. of pf. at R. A. M. and Guildhall Sch. of Mus.; for some years director, now hon. secretary, of the Philharmonic.—Works: An opera and a mass (prod. in Italy); songs; many part-songs and pf.-pcs. Wrote "First Steps at the Pianoforte."
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