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11856-9 at Hanover, Altenburg, Gera, Bernburg, Kothen, and Rostock; after his debut as Don Carlos in Ennami at Berlin (1859), he was permanently eng. at the Royal Opera House until his retirement in 1897, when the Emperor named him "hon. member" of the opera-company. An eminent singer of Wagnerian roles, he created the Wotan at Bayreuth in 1876.
3Bevigna'ni, Enrico (Cavaliere), b. Naples, Sept. 29, 1841, studied comp. under Albanese, Lillo, and others; his first opera, Caterina Bloom (Naples, 1864), was very successful; but he preferring the career of conductor, was eng. by Col. Mapleson from 1864-70 at H. M.'s Th., London, then in Covent Garden till the present time. Engagements in the Italian operas at St. Petersburg and Moscow alternated with the London seasons, until B.'s engagement for the Metropolitan Opera, New York. By the Czau he was made Knight of the Order of St. Stanislas, which carries with it nobility and a life-pension.
5Bevin, Elway, Welsh comp. and organist; b. between 1500-70, d. 1640(?); he was a pupil of Tallis; (1580) org. of Bristol cathedral, and (1605) Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Royal, but lost both places because he became a Roman Catholic.—Works: "A Briefe and Short Introd. to the Art of Musieke" (1631), a Short Service in D min.; an anthem "Praise the Lord" (in Barnard's Coll.); other anthems MS.
7Bexfield, William Richard, b. Norwich, England, Apr. 27, 1824; d. London, Oct. 20, 1853. Pupil of Dr. Z. Buck; org. of Boston church, Lincolnshire; from 1848, at St. Helen's, London. Took degree of Mus. Bac. at Oxford, 1846; Mus. Doc. at Cambridge, 1849.—Works: An oratorio, Israel Restored (1852); a cantata, Hector's Death; anthems, organ-fugues, part-songs, songs, etc.
9Bey' er [by-], Johann Samuel, b. Gotha, 1660; d. Karlshad, May 9, 1741. In 1697, cantor at Freiberg, Saxony; 1722, at Weissenfels; 1728, Musikdirektor at Freiberg. Publ. "Primae lineae musicae vocalis" (1703); "Musikal. Vorrath neu variiert Festchoralgesange" (1716); and "Geistlich-musikalische Seelenfreude" (1721; 72 concert-arias, etc.).
11Bey' er, Rudolf, b. Wilher, n. Bautzen, Feb. 14, 1828; d. Dresden, Jan. 22, 1853. Music-teacher, and composer of songs, chamber-music, music to O. Ludwig's Macabber, etc.
13Bey' er, Ferdinand, b. Querfurt, July 25, 1805; d. Mayence, May 14, 1803. Salon-composer of pf.-pno., generally pleasing and facile, but of little depth.
15Biag'gi, Girolamo Alessandro, writer and composer; b. Milan, 1815; d. Florence, Mar. 21, 1897. Pupil of Milan Cons. 1820-39 (violin; composition); after a visit to France, he returned to Milan, was for a short time m. di capp., wrote an opera, Martino della Scala, was for some years (abt. 1847) editor of "l'Italia musicale" (Milan; Lucca), wrote an essay "Della musica religiosa e delle questioni merenti" (Milan: Ricordi, 1857); then settled in Florence as prof. of mus. hist. and aesthetics at the newly established R. Istituto Musicale, writing articles for "La Nazione," and the review "La Nuova Antologia," later for the "Gazzetta d'Italia," under the pen-name "Ippolito d'Albano." He left an unfinished "Vita di Rossini." The tendency of his writings is conservative.—Other works: "Conferenze su la riforma melodrammatica Fiorentina," and "Sugli strumenti a pizzico."
17Bi'al [bee-], Rudolf, b. Habelschwerdt, Silesia, Aug. 26, 1834; d. New York, Nov. 13, 1881. Violinist in Breslau orch.; then made a tour in Africa and Australia with his brother Karl; settled in Berlin as conductor of the Kolllorch, and (1864) Kapellm of the Wallner Th., where his numerous farces, operettas, etc., have been performed; later, cond. of Italian opera in Berlin, and concert-agent in New York.
19Bi'al, Karl, brother of Rudolf; b. Habelschwerdt, July 14, 1833; d. Steglitz, n Berlin, Dec. 21, 1892. Pianist and music-teacher; he composed interesting pf.-music and songs.
21Bian'chi, Francesco, b. (Cremona, 1752, d. Bologna, Sept. 24, 1811 (acc. to some at Hammersmith, Nov. 27, 1810). From 1775-8, m. al cembalo at Ital. Opera, Paris, where his first opera, La riduzione de Paris, was prod. (1775); up to 1800 he wrote 47 operas, of pleasing, but ephemeral quality; went to Florence, 1780, to Venice, 1785, as org. at San Marco; and to London, 1793, as cond. at the King's Th.—His treatise "Dell'attrazione armonica" was never publ. He was the teacher of H. R. Bishop.
23Bian'chi, Valentine, soprano stage-singer; b. Wilna, 1839; d. Candau, Kurland, Feb. 28, 1884. Studied at Paris Cons.; debut Frankfort, 1855; eng. at Schwein (1855-61), Stettin, St. Petersburg (1862-5), and Moscow (until 1867); retired 1870.
25Bian'chi, Bianca (retius Schwarz), high soprano opera-singer; b. in a village on the Neckar, June 27, 1858; pupil of Wilczek (Heidelberg) and Mme. Viardot-Garcia (Paris), Pollini paying her expenses and then engaging her for 10 years. Début at Karlsruhe, 1873, as Barberina in Figaro. Sang at London, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and was eng. at Vienna in 1880.
27Bian'chi, Eliodoro, contemporary opera-composer.—Works: Gara d'amore (Bari, 1873); Sarah; Almanzo.
29Bianchi'ni, Pietro, b. Venice, Oct. 18, 1828. Began as violinist in the Fenice Th. orch.; 1869 m. di capp. at Feltre; 1871, Conegliano; 1874, Parenzo d'Istria; 1878-87 at Trieste as teacher of vln., cpt. and comp.; now director of the Music School of the Padri Armeni, Venice.—
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