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1(1740-91), was also an organist, and publ. several anthems (1773-6).
3Alday, family of French musicians. The father (b. Perpignan, 1737) was a mandolinist. His two sons made their reputation as violinists; A. le vieux (b. 1763) was a composer of merit, and wrote a Method f. vln., of which several editions appeared; A. le jeune (b. 1764), a pupil of Viotti, in Paris, was the finer player of the two; he went to England, and settled in Edinburgh, where (1806) he was a conductor, teacher, and composer of many light and pleasing vln.-pcs., now forgotten.
5Alden, John Carver, b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 11, 1852; pupil, in Boston, of Carl Faelten; in Leipzig, of Paul, Plaidy, and Papperitz. For some years associate-teacher (with Faelten) at the N. E. Cons.; now (1899) head of the piano dept. at the Quincy Mansion School, Wollaston, Mass.—Works: A pf.-concerto in G minor, and other pf.-music; songs ("Du bist wie eine Blume"); anthems, etc.—A. is known as a very successful pf.-teacher.
7Aldovrandi'ni, Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo, b. Bologna, 1665; d. (?). Cpt. pupil of G. A. Perti; 1695, a member, and 1702, "principe," of Bologna Philh. Acad.; also for a time m. di c. to the Duke of Mantua, and do. at the Acad. of the Spirito Santo at Ferrara. Wrote 11 operas, besides much church-music (oratorios, concertos, motets, sinfonie, etc.), some of which were publ.
9Aldrich, Henry, b. Westminster, 1647; d. Oxford, Dec. 14, 1710; a man of versatile attainments, being, besides a good musician, a theologian, historian, and architect. He was educated in Christ Church (Oxford), of which he became the Dean in 1689; thus he had great influence on musical instruction and practice in the college. He wrote learned works: "On the Commencement of Greek Music," "Theory of Organ-building," "Theory of Modern Instr.s," etc.; composed many services and anthems, some of which are still sung; also wrote catches, and the like. The collections of Boyce, Arnold, and Page contain numerous compositions of his.
11Alembert, Jean le Rond d', mathematician and writer; b. Paris, Nov. 16, 1717; d. there Oct. 29, 1783. His works on musical science were "Éléments de musique théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de M. Rameau," a treatise giving R.'s theories in luminous detail (1st ed. 1752); "Recherches sur la courbe, que forme une corde tendue mise en vibration"; "R.'s sur les cordes sonores"; "R.'s sur la vitesse du son"; "Histoire de la musique française"; most of which were also publ. in German. He contributed many articles on mus. subjects to the great "Dictionnaire encyclopédique" edited by himself and Diderot (Paris, 1751-72, in 28 vol.s).
13Alessan'dri, Felice, dramatic composer and conductor, b. Rome, 1742; d. Berlin [or in Italy (?)], 1811. Studied music at Naples; m. di capp. at Turin; then lived in Paris (1768), London, St. Petersburg (1784), and various Italian towns; from 1789-92 was 2nd Kapellm. of the Berlin opera, where his Il Ritorno di Ulisse had great success; a satirical opera made him many enemies, whose intrigues finally cost him his position; he lived thereafter in retirement. His 26 operas are quite forgotten.
15Alessan'dro Merlo (or Aless. Romano), called della Viola, b. Rome (?), abt. 1530; pupil of Goudimel; singer in the Pope's chapel abt. 1570; later Olivetan monk.—Publ. works: 2 vol.s of Canzoni alla Neapolitana (1572-5); 1 of Madrigals (1577); 1 of Motets a 5 voci (1579); and others in collections of the period.
17Alfara'bi, or Alphara'bius, properly El Farabi (abbr. Farabi), so named from his birthplace Farab (now transoxine Othrâx). Famous Arabian mus. theorist; b. 900 (?); d. Damascus, 950. His works contain descriptions of the different Arabian mus. instr.s, of the mus. scales, and of the different systems of music. He vainly attempted to introduce the Greek system into his own country.
19Alfié'ri, Abbate Pietro, Camadulian monk, prof. of singing at the English college, Rome; b. Rome, June 29, 1801; d. there June 12, 1863. His fine collection of 16th-cent. church-music (mostly by Palestrina), "Raccolta di Musica Sacra," in 7 vol.s, is very valuable, and is supplemented by later and less extensive ones: "Excerpta ex celebrioribus de musica viris" [Praenestino, Vittoria, Allegri] (Rome, 1840); "Raccolta di Mottetti" [Palestrina, Vittoria, Avia, Anerio] (Rome, 1841), etc.; his essays on plain song: "Accompagnamento col l'Organo" (1840); "Ristabilimento del Canto e d. Mus. eccl." (1843); "Saggio storico … d. Canto Gregoriano" (1855); "Prodromo sulla restaur. de' libri di Canto detto Greg." (1857); and many other articles in mus. periodicals on eccl. music, are of noteworthy historical interest; as also his biogr. sketches of N. Jommelli (1845), B. Bittoni, and others.
21Algarot'ti, Francesco, b. Venice, Dec. II, 1712; d. Pisa, March 3, 1764; a man of versatile ability and wide knowledge, a favorite of Frederick the Great, who induced him to come to Berlin in 1746, and gave him the title of Count. His musical monument is the "Saggio sopra l'opera in musica," publ. 1755, and in many later editions, and transl. into German and French.
23Alkan, Charles-Henri-Valentin (Alkan l'aîné), b. Paris, Nov. 30, 1813; d. there March 29, 1888; a pupil of Zimmerman in the Paris Cons., to which he was admitted when but 6 years of age; took the first piano-prize at 10, and after 1831 occupied himself with composi-
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