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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1Gallico, Paulo, accomplished pianist; b. Trieste, May 13, 1868. When 15, he gave a recital at Trieste; then st. at Vienna Cons. under Julius Eppstein, graduating at 18 with highest honors—first prize (gold medal), also the "Gesellschafts"-medal. After successful concerts in Italy, Austria, Russia, Germany, etc., he settled in New York in 1892 as concert-pianist and teacher.—Has publ. pf.-pieces and songs.
3Galliculus, Johannes, a Leipzig contrapuntist contemporary with Luther; motets and psalms by him are in collections by Graphäus, Petrejus, and Rhaw. He also publ. "Isagoge de compositione cantus" (1520; the editions of 1538 and '46 as "Libellus de comp. cantus"; the ed.s of 1548, etc., again as "Isagoge," and with musical examples in block-print).
5Galli-Marié, Célestine (née Marié de l'Isle), b. Paris, Nov., 1840. Dramatic mezzo-soprano. Her father was an opera-singer. She made her début at Strassburg, 1859; sang in Toulouse, 1860, and in Lisbon, 1861 (Italian opera). Sang the Bohemian Girl at Rouen, 1862, with such success that she was immediately eng. for the Paris Opéra-Comique. Début there (1862) as Serpina in La Serva padrona. She created the rôles of Mignon (1866) and Carmen (1875), also several others, singing in upwards of 20 operas from 1862-78, and again in 1883-5.
7Galilus, Jacobus, a native of Carniola, whose real name was Jacob Händl (or Handl, Hähnel); b. abt. 1550; d. Prague, July 4, 1591. Kapellm. to the Bishop of Olmütz, later imperial Kapellm. at Prague. As a comp. he was an eminent contemporary of Palestrina and Orl. Lassus. Besides detached pieces in Bodenschatz's "Florilegium Portense," Proske's "Musica divina," and coll.s of Schöberlein, Zahn, Becker, Rochlitz, and others, the following printed works are extant; "Missae selectiores" (1580, a 5-8, four books), "Musici operis harmoniarum, 4, 5, 6, 8 et plurium vocum" (1st part 1586; 2nd, 3rd, 1587; 4th, 1590); "Moralia 5, 6 et 8 vocibus concinnata" (1586); "Epicedion harmonicum … , Caspari Abb. Zabrdovicensis" (1589), "Harmoniae variae 4 vocum" (1591), "Harmoniarum moralium" [4 voc.] (1589-90, 3 parts), "Sacrae cantiones de praecipuis festis 4-8 et plurium vocum"(1597), "Mottettae quae praestant omnes" (1610). Händel borrowed G.'s motet, "Ecce quomodo moritur justus," for his "Funeral Anthem."
9Galilus, Johannes (Jean le Cocq, Maître Jean, Mestre Jhan), a Dutch contrapuntist; d. before 1543. He was m. di capp. to Duke Ercole of Ferrara. Many pieces were publ. in coll.s, and in a vol. of motets printed by Scotto (1543). He was long confounded with JHAN GERO.
11Galilus. See MEDEIRITSCH, JOHANN.
13Galup'pi, Baldassare, surnamed il Buranel'lo from the island of Burano, n. Venice, on which he was b. Oct. 18 [correct], 1706; d. Venice, Jan. 3, 1784. A pupil of his father, a barber and violin-player; in 1722 he brought out at Vicenza an opera, La fede nell' incoslanza, which, though a failure, attracted attention to his talent; he now studied hard under Lotti, and in 1729 prod. Dorinda (Venice, Teatro S. Angelo) with brilliant success. His forte was comedy-opera, which he cultivated with such success as to earn the title of "padre dell' opera buffa." He was also a distinguished player on, and composer for, the harpsichord. In 1741 he visited England; from 1762-4 he was maestro at S. Marco, director of the Cons. degli Incurabili, and organist at various churches. From 1765-8 he acted as maestro to the Russian court (Catherine II.); then resuming his post as director of the Incurabili at Venice. His 54 operas are now obsolete. He also wrote oratorios, a cantata, and other sacred music (all in MS.); one fine sonata for harpsichord is included in Pauer's "Alte Klaviermusik."
15Gamba'le, Emmanuele, Milanese music-teacher, wrote "La riforma musicale …" (1840), advocating a basic scale of 12 semitones (Ger. transl. by Häser, 1843); this "reform" he practically exemplified in his "La prime parte della riforma musicale …" (1846), wherein are études written out in his new notation. He transl. Fétis' work on Harmony into Italian.
17Gambi'ni, Carlo Andrea, pianist; b. Genoa, Oct. 22, 1819; d. there Feb. 14, 1865.—Over 150 works, among them 4 operas; an oratorio; La Passione (by Manzoni) f. 4-part ch. and orch.; a symphonic ode, "Cristoforo Colombo"; masses and other church-music; many pf.-pcs., a pf.-trio, etc.
19Gamuc'ci, Baldassare, b. Florence, Dec. 14, 1822; d. there Jan. 8, 1892. Pupil of C. Fortini (pf.) and L. Picchianti (comp.). In 1849 he founded the "Società Corale del Carmine," which later became the "Scuola Corale" of the Mus. Inst. at Florence, G. still remaining director.—Works: Masses, a requiem, psalms, etc., and pf.-pcs.; also publ. "Intorno alla vita ed alle opere di Luigi Cherubini …" (Florence, 1869); "Rudimenti di lettura musicale …," several times reprinted; many essays for the reports of the Institute, one of special interest being: "Perchè i greci non conoscevano la molteplicità delle voci"; also contributions to various mus. journals.
21Ganas'si, Silvestro, b. Fontego, n. Venice, about 1500, and hence named "del Fontego," wrote two rare and valuable works: "La Fontegara, la quale insegna di suonare il flauto …" (Venice, 1535; is a method for the 7-holed flûte-à-bec, and explains the graces); and "Regula Rubertina che insegna suonare de viola d'arco tastada" (1542-3, in 2 parts; a Method f. viola and bass-viol). Both were printed by G. himself; only one copy of each is extant (in the Liceo Filarmonico at Bologna).
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