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A Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1nearly 30 operas, ballets, vaudevilles, etc., and was the first to bring the vaudeville on the German stage. His vocal and instrumental music is forgotten.
3Blumenfeld, Felix, b. Kovalevska, (ovt. of Cherson, Russia, Apr. 7, 1863; from 1881-5, pf.-pupil of Th Stein at St Petersburg Cons.; took gold medal. Since 1885, prof. at Cons. Works f. pf.: Allegro de concert, w. orch., op. 7; Variations caractér., op. 8; 24 Preludes, op. 17; etc.
5Blumenthal, Joseph von, b Brussels, Nov. 1, 1782; d. Vienna, May 9, 1850. Violinist and composer; pupil of Abbé Vogler in Prague and (1803) Vienna, where he became choirmaster in the Church of the Piarists—Works. An opera, Don Sylvio de Rosalba (1805); music to several other stage-pcs; a ballet; symphonies, string-quartets, duos and other violin-music, also a Method for violin.
7Blumenthal, Jacob [Jacques], pianist, b. Hamburg, Oct. 4, 1826; pupil of Grund (Hamburg), of Bocklet and Schchter (Vienna), and of Herz and Halévy (Paris Cons., 1846). Settled in London, 1848; pianist to the Queen, and successful teacher. B. has written many melodious and effective salon-pcs. f. pf; also music f. 'cello and vln., and numerous songs.
9Blumenthal, Paul, b. Steinau-on-Oder, Silesia, Aug. 13, 1843; pupil of the R. Acad., Berlin. Since 1870, organist in Frankfort-on-Oder; 1876, created "R. Music-director."—Works: Masses, motets, orchestral music.
11Blumer, (Dr.) Martin, b. Fürstenberg, Mecklenburg, Nov. 21, 1827. Pupil of S. W. Dehn in Berlin (1847); 1853, vice-conductor, 1876, regular cond. of the Berlin Singakademie. He is a vocal composer in the strict style. The titles of "R. Music-director" and "Prof." have been conferred on him.—Works: 2 oratorios, Abraham (1860), and Der Fall Jerusalems (1881); cantata Columbus (1853); Te Deum in 8 parts; motets, psalms, Lieder, etc. one of two readings
12Blümner, (Dr.) Martin, b. Fürstenberg, Mecklenburg, Nov. 21, 1827. Pupil of S. W. Dehn in Berlin (1847); 1853, vice-conductor, 1876, regular cond. of the Berlin Singakademie. He is a vocal composer in the strict style. The titles of "R. Music-director" and "Prof." have been conferred on him.—Works: 2 oratorios, Abraham (1860), and Der Fall Jerusalems (1881); cantata Columbus (1853); Te Deum in 8 parts; motets, psalms, Lieder, etc. one of two readings
14Blüthner [blüt-], Julius Ferdinand, b. Falkenhain, n. Merseburg, March 11, 1824. Celebrated piano-maker. Founded his establishment at Leipzig, 1853, with 3 workmen; has now (1897) over 500, and turns out some 3000 pianos yearly. Has taken many first medals.
16Boccherini, Luigi, b. Lucca, Italy, Feb. 19, 1743; d. Madrid, May 28, 1805. Pupil of Abbate Vannucci, and studied later in Rome. Being a fine 'cellist, he undertook a long concert-tour with the violinist Mansfiedi; in 1768 they were in Paris, and B. publ. his op. 1 (6 string-quartets), also 2 books of trios f. 2 vlns. and 'cello. These charming works established his fame as a chamber-composer. In 1769 he settled in Madrid as chamber-virtuoso to the Infante Luis, and later to the King. In 1787 he dedicated a work to Friedrich Wilhelm II. of Prussia, who thereupon conferred on him the title of chamber-composer, with a salary which ceased at the King's death in 1797. After this, excepting a brief period under the munificent patronage of Lucien Bonaparte, B.'s affairs went from bad to worse, and he died in extreme poverty. He was a prolific chamber-composer (2 octets, 16 sextets, 125 string-quintets, 12 pf.-quintets, 18 quintets f. strings and flute [or oboe], 91 string-quartets, 54 string-trios, 42 trios, sonatas and duets f. vln., etc. Also 20 symphonies, an opera, an orchestral suite, a 'cello-concerto, sacred music, etc.). Monograph on Boccherini's life and works by L. Picquot (1851); also by H. M. Schletterer (Leipzig, Br. und II.)
18Boch, Franz de, b. Potenstein, Bohemia, Feb. 14, 1808. 'Cellist, pupil of Prague Cons.; he joined the court orch. at Stuttgart in 1835, and taught in the Cons. from 1856.
20Bochkoltz-Falconi, Anna (properly Bockholtz), b. Frankfort, 1820; d. Paris, Dec. 24, 1870. Vocalist, pupil of Brussels Cons. Settled in Paris, as a teacher, in 1856. She publ. songs and vocal studies.
22Boch'sa, Karl, b. Bohemia; d. Paris, 1821, as a music-seller. He was previously oboist in Lyons and Bordeaux theatres.—Works: 9 quartets f. clar. and strings; 9 quartets f. oboe and strings; 6 duos concertants f. 2 oboes; a clar.-concerto; 2 quintets; a Method f. Flute; do. f. Clarinet.
24Boch'sa, Robert-Nicolas-Charles, son of Karl B.; b. Montmédy, Meuse, Aug. 9, 1780; d. Sydney, Australia, Jan. 6, 1856. At first his father's pupil, he played in public at 7, wrote a symphony at 9, and an opera at 16. He studied under Fr. Beck (Bordeaux), and Méhul and Cantel at Paris Cons. (1806); Nadermann and Marin were his harp-teachers, but he devised novel methods; he became harpist to Napoleon, and also to Louis XVIII. Detected in forgeries, he fled to London (1817); Parish-Alvars and Chatterton were his pupils here. With Smart he inaugurated the Lenten oratorios in 1822, conducting them alone from 1823. He was harp-prof. at the Acad. of Music from 1822-7, when he was dismissed; from 1826-32 he conducted Ital. opera at the King's Th.; in 1839 he eloped with Sir Henry Bishop's wife, made long concert-tours with her in Europe and America, and finally went to Australia.—Works: 9 French operas, one prod. in Lyons (1804), the rest in Paris, (1813-16); 4 ballets; an oratorio; orchestral music, etc.; very many compositions of all kinds f. harp; and a Method f. Harp (a standard work).
26Böckeler, Heinrich, b. Cologne, July 11, 1836; in 1862 vicar-choral and conductor of cathedral-choir at Aix-la-Chapelle; since 1876, editor of the "Gregorius-Blatt."—Works: Church-music; choruses f. men's voices.
28Böckh, August, b. Karlsruhe, Nov. 24, 1785; d. Berlin, Aug. 3, 1867. Philologist and antiquarian; prof. at Berlin Univ. Wrote a scholarly treatise, "De metris Pindari" (introd. to his ed. of Pindar, 1821).
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