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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1900
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1rêves de Marguerite; a burlesque symphony; an overture; trios, quartets, quintets and septets f. strings, with and without pf.; pf.-pcs.
3Blanchard, Henri-Louis, b. Bordeaux, Feb. 7, 1778; d. Paris, Dec. 18, 1858. Violinist and composer; conductor (1818-29) at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris; 1830-3 manager of the Théâtre Molière. Later he became a distinguished mus. critic.—Works: 2 operas; concertini, and airs variés, f. vlc.; quartets f. vlns.; do. f. violas; duos f. vlns.; etc. Some of his chamber-music is valuable.
5Blangi'ni, Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice, b. Turin, Nov. 18, 1781; d. Paris, Dec. 18, 1841. In 1789, choir-boy at Turin cathedral; at 12 he played the cathedral organ, composed sacred music, and was a skilful 'cellist. In 1797 the family moved to the south of France, and in 1799 to Paris; B. gave concerts, wrote fashionable romances, and came into vogue as an opera-composer in 1802, when he completed Della-Maria's La fausse duègne; as a singing-teacher he was also in request. After producing an opera in Munich (1805), he was app. court Kapellm. (1806), and Princess Borghese made him her Director of Music. King Jérôme app. him General Music-Director at Kassel, 1809; he returned to Paris in 1814, and was made superintendent of the King's music and composer to the Court, and also prof. of singing at the Cons.; but in 1830 he lost all his places at Court, and passed the remainder of his days in comparative obscurity. He wrote 30 operas, 4 masses w. orch., 170 notturnos f. 2 voices, and 174 romances f. one voice. M. de Ville-marest edited his autobiography: "Souvenirs de F. Blangini" (Paris, 1834).
7Blan'kenburg, Quirin van, b. Gouda, Holland, 1654; d. The Hague, 1749, as org. of the Reformed Church. He wrote "Elementa musica" (1739), and "Clavicembel en Orgelboek der Psalmen en kerkgezangen" [of the Ref. Ch.] (1732; 3rd ed., 1772).
9Blan'kenburg, Christian Friedrich von, b. Kolberg, Pomerania, Jan. 24, 1744; d. Leipzig, May 4, 1796. Prussian officer, retired on pension in 1777. Publ. a musical supplem. to Sulzer's "Theorie der schönen Künste" (in the 2nd ed., 1792-4).
11Bla'ramberg, Paul I., b. Orenburg, Russia, Sept. 26, 1841. Pupil of Balakirev. Law-student, government statistician, and journalist, since 1870 editor of the Moscow "Russian Gazette"; has composed the operas Maria Tudor (St. Petersburg, 1882); The first Russian Comedian (ibid.); Tuschinsky (Moscow, 1895; v. succ.); also music to Ostrovski's Voivode; and a cantata, The Demon (after Lermontov).
13Bla'sius, Mathieu-Frédéric, b. Lauterburg, Alsatia, Apr. 23, 1758; d. Versailles, 1829. Violinist, clarinettist, flutist, and bassoonist; 1791-1816, conductor at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, and 1795-1802 prof. of wind-instr.s at the Cons.—He wrote 3 operas; 3 melodramas; string-quartets; 3 violin-concertos, etc.; but his most popular comp.s were for the above wind-instr.s in various combinations. one of two readings
14Bla'sius, Mathieu-Frédéric, b. Lauterburg, Alsatia, Apr. 23, 1758; d. Versailles, 1829. Violinist, clarinettist, flutist, and bassoonist; 1791-1816, conductor at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, and 1795-1802 prof. of wind.-instr.s at the Cons.—He wrote 3 operas; 3 melodramas; string-quartets; 3 violin-concertos, etc.; but his most popular comp.s were for the above wind-instr.s in various combinations. one of two readings
16Blass'mann, Adolf Joseph Maria, b. Dresden, Oct. 27, 1823; d. Blasewitz, n. Dresden, June 30, 1891. Pianist, pupil of Ch. Mayer and Liszt; at first teacher at Dresden Cons.; then (1862-4) cond. of the "Euterpe," Leipzig; 1867, court Kapellm. at Sondershausen, whence he returned to Dresden.—Works: Minor pf.-pcs.
18Blatt, Franz Thaddäus, b. Prague, 1793, d. (?). Clarinettist, pupil of Farnick and Dionys Weber (comp.) at Prague Cons., where he was app. asst.-teacher (1818), and regular teacher in 1820.—Works: "Complete Method f. Clarinet"; 12 caprices in étude-form, f. clar.; trios f. clar., op. 3; 3 duos concertants f. clar., op. 29; variations, caprices, études, etc., f. clar.
20Blau'waert, Emiel, bass-baritone concert-singer; b. St. Nicholas, Belgium, June 13, 1845; d. Brussels, Feb. 3 (2?), 1891. Pupil of Brussels Cons. (Goossens and Warnots); début 1865 in Benoît's Lucifer as the "Spotgeest" (mocking spirit); also sang the rôle of Gurnemanz in Parsifal at Bayreuth.
22Blaze [called Castil-Blaze], François-Henri-Joseph, the father of modern French musical criticism; b. Cavaillon, Vaucluse, Dec. 1, 1784; d. Paris, Dec. 11, 1857. Taught by his father, Henri-Sébastien Blaze [1763-1833], in early youth; he went to Paris to study law, but kept up his musical studies, and finally (1820) devoted himself wholly to music. His work "L'Opéra en France" (1820), a telling arraignment of contemporary French opera-production, won him first of all the post of critic on the "Journal des Débats"; his articles, signed "XXX," made him a power among musicians. During 40 years of uninterrupted literary activity, he publ. many works on music: "Dictionnaire de musique moderne" (1821, 2 vol.s; 2nd ed., 1825; 3rd ed., edited by J. H. Mées, with historical preface, and a supplement of Netherland musicians, 1828, 1 vol.); "Chapelle musique des Rois de France" (1832); "La Danse et les Ballets depuis Bacchus jusqu'à Mademoiselle Taglioni" (1832); "Mémorial du grand Opéra" (from Cambert, 1669, down to and incl. the Restauration); "Le Piano; hist. de son invention, etc." (in the "Revue de Paris," 1839-40); "Molière musicien" (1852); "Théâtres lyriques de Paris" (2 vol.s on the Grand Opéra [1855], and on the Italian opera 1548-1856 [1856]). His translations of German and Italian opera-libretti (Der Freischütz, Don Giovanni, Figaro, Il Barbiere, Fidelio, La gazza ladra, and many others) gave a great and needed impetus to the production of these operas in France. He composed 3 operas, and several skilfully contrived "pastiche"; a collection of "Chants de la Provence"; chamber-music, romances, etc.
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