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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1900
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1the operas and other stage-pieces which had been produced, with notes on the authors, musicians, and actors.
3Beaulieu [properly Martin], Marie-Désiré, French composer and author; b. Paris, Apr. 11, 1791; d. Niort, Dec., 1863. Promoter of the grand "Association musicale de l'Ouest," to which he bequeathed 100,000 francs; founder of the Paris society for classical music. Voluminous comp.: Operas Anacréon, Philadelphie; lyric scenes Jeanne d'Arc, Psyché et l'Amour; oratorios l'Hymne du matin, l'Hymne de la nuit, l'Immortalité de l'âme; masses, hymns, songs, pcs. for orch., violin-fantasias, etc. He also wrote: "Du Rythme, des effets qu'il produit et de leurs causes" (1852); "Mémoire sur ce qui reste de la musique de l'ancienne Grèce dans les premiers chants de l'Église"; "Mémoire sur le caractère que doit avoir la musique d'Église . . ." (1858); "Mémoire sur quelques airs nationaux qui sont dans la tonalité grégorienne" (1858); "Mémoire sur l'origine de la musique" (1859).
5Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin-Caron de, b. Paris, Jan. 24, 1732; d. there May 19, 1799. A brilliant dramatist and poet, from whose comedies, Le Barbier de Séville and Le Mariage de Figaro, were drawn the libretti of Rossini's and Mozart's famous operas.
7Beauquier, Charles, French writer, b. abt. 1830. Wrote "Philosophie de musique" (1865), and the libretto of Lalo's Fiesque. Long a contributor to the "Revue et Gazette Musicale."
9Beccateli, Giovanni Francesco, Florentine writer; d. 1734. He was m. di capp. at Prato; publ., in the "Giornale dei letterati d'Italia" (33rd year, 3rd Supplement), a number of papers on music; others (praised by Padre Martini) are in MS.
11Bech'er, Alfred Julius, b. Manchester, England, Apr. 27, 1803; d. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1848. St. at Heidelberg, Berlin, etc.; 1840, teacher of harm. at R. A. M., London, but removed to Vienna, where he edited the revolutionary paper, "Der Radikale," and where he was shot, after trial by court-martial, for sedition.—Works: A symphony; string-quartets; pf.-pcs.; and songs (many printed); miscellaneous writings; and 2 pamphlets, "Das niederrheinische Musikfest, aesthetisch u. historisch betrachtet" (1836), and "Jenny Lind: eine Skizze ihres Lebens" (1847).
13Bech'er, Joseph, b. Neukirchen, Bavaria, Aug. 1, 1821. Composer of over 60 masses, and much other sacred music.
15Bech'stein, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, pianoforte-maker; b. Gotha, June 1, 1826. Worked in German factories, also with Pape and Krügelstein, London; set up for himself in Berlin in 1856, and has now one of the largest and best-known factories on the Continent, employing over 500 workmen, and turning out 2,600 pianos yearly (in 1890).
17Beck, David, organ-builder at Halberstadt, Germany, abt. 1590. The organs at Grünigen (1592-6), and in St. Martin's ch., Halberstadt, are his work.
19Beck, Reichardt Karl, living in Strassburg abt. 1650, publ. (1654) a book of sarabands, courants, allemandes, ballets, etc., f. 2 vlns. and harp.
21Beck, Johann Philipp, edited a book of dance-music f. viola da gamba (1677).
23Beck, Michael, b. Jan. 24, 1653, at Ulm, and prof. there of theology, etc.; publ. a treatise "Über die musikalische Bedeutung der hebräischen Accente" (1678, 1701).
25Beck, Gottfried Joseph, b. Podiebrad, Bohemia, Nov. 15, 1723; d. Prague, Apr. 8, 1787; organist, Dominican friar (later Provincial), and prof. of philos. at Prague. Wrote church-music and instr. comp.s.
27Beck, Christian Friedrich, b. abt. 1755; lived in Kirchheim. Publ. (1789-94) concertos, sonatas, variations, etc., f. pf.
29Beck, Franz, b. Mannheim, 1730; d. Bordeaux, Dec. 31, 1809. Violinist, and a favorite of the Prince Palatine; a fatal duel caused his flight to Paris, whence he went to Bordeaux in 1777, and became concert-director in 1780.—Works: 24 symphonies; violin-quartets; pf.-sonatas; church-music.
31Beck, Friedrich Adolph, publ. (Berlin, 1825) "Dr. M. Luther's Gedanken über die Musik."
33Beck, Karl, the "creator" of the rôle of Lohengrin at Weimar, Aug. 28, 1850; b. 1814; d. Vienna, Mar. 3, 1879.
35Beck, Johann Nepomuk, b. Pesth, May 5, 1828; d. Vienna, in April (?), 1904. Dramatic baritone, and fine actor of great versatility; voice "discovered" at Pesth, where he first sang; début at Vienna procured eng. at Frankfurt; he also sang in Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mayence, Würzburg; revisited Vienna, 1853, and sang in Court Opera till retirement on pension (1885). He died insane.—Rôles: Tell, Don Giovanni, Alfonso, Hans Sachs, Alberich, etc. one of two readings
36Beck, Johann Nepomuk, b. Pesth, May 5, 1828; d. Vienna, in April (?), 1904. Dramatic baritone, and fine actor of great versatility; voice "discovered" at Pesth, where he first sang; début at Vienna procured eng. at Frankfort; he also sang in Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mayence, Würzburg; revisited Vienna, 1853, and sang in Court Opera till retirement on pension (1885). He died insane.—Rôles: Tell, Don Giovanni, Alfonso, Hans Sachs, Alberich, etc. one of two readings
38Beck, Joseph, son of preceding; b. June 11, 1850; fine baritone, singing in Austria, Berlin (1876), and Frankfort (1880).
40Beck, Johann Heinrich, b. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1856. Violinist; pupil (1879-82) of Leipzig Cons. (Reinecke, Jadassohn, Hermann, etc.). Settled in Cleveland; founder of the "Schubert Quartet."—Works: Overtures to Byron's Lara, and to Romeo and Juliet; string-sextet (D min.); string-quartet (C min.); cantata Deukalion [Bayard Taylor]; violin-music, son.
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