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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1"Little Boy Blue," "Vos yeux," "Mignon," "Say yes!" "Tristesse," "True-love Land," "Almond-blossoms," "Quand on aime," and "A Bunch of Violets." Calvé, Melba, Plançon, and others, have made striking concert-success with these songs. Mme. d'Hardelot resides in London; she has visited America once, with Mme. Calvé. Her sole attempt in larger forms is the operette Elle et Lui.
3Hark'nes. See Senkrah.
5Harm'ston, John William, b. London, 1823; d. Lübeck, Aug. 26, 1881. St. w. Sterndale Bennett, and in 1848 settled as mus.-teacher in Lübeck.—Much pf.-music (op. 193, "Le jet d'eau"; op. 211, "Les Naïades"; etc.); pieces for vln. and 'cello; songs, etc.
7Harper, Thomas, trumpet-virtuoso; b. Worcester, Engl., May 3, 1787; d. London, Jan. 20, 1853. St. w. Elvey; entered the service of the East Indian Company for 18 yrs., and was app. their mus. inspector for life. From 1821, principal soloist at Drury Lane Th., the King's Th., Ital. Opera, Philharmonic, and Ancient Concerts, etc.—Left 3 sons: Thomas, who succeeded him; Charles, distinguished horn-player; and Edward, pianist.
9Har'raden, Samuel, b. Cambridge, Engl., 1821 (?); d. Hampstead, July 17, 1897. Pupil of Walmisley; 1841, org. of St. Luke's, Manchester; in 1846, at the "Old Mission Ch.", Calcutta. His influence was great on the mus. life of the town; he founded the first Glee Club, became an enthusiastic student of Hindoo music, prof. at the Hindoo Coll. of Mus., and at the Free School. For his attainments in Hindoo music he was made "Mus. Doc." by the Bengal R. Acad. of Mus.
11Harriers-Wippern, Luise (née Wippern), operatic singer; b. Hildesheim, 1837; d. Gröbersdorf, Silesia, Oct. 5, 1878. Début 1857, Royal Opera, Berlin, as "Agathe" in Der Freischütz. Also sang in Vienna, and London, but permanently engaged for Berlin. Her superb voice was heard to advantage both in dramatic and lyrical parts. In 1868, after long illness, she retired with a pension.
13Harris, (Sir) Augustus, b. Paris, 1852; d. Folkestone, Engl., June 22, 1896. One of the most celebrated and successful impresarii of the 19th century. An actor by profession, he was engaged, soon after his début as Macbeth, at Manchester, 1873, by Col. Mapleson as stage-manager. In 1879 he leased Drury Lane Th., where he won brilliant success with spectacular plays and pantomimes; in 1887, he took up Italian opera, and secured control successively of H. M.'s Th., the Olympia, and various provincial stages. He also cultivated French and English opera with almost uniform success.
15Harris, William Victor, song-composer; b. New York, Apr. 27, 1869. Pupil of Charles Blum (pf.), 1879-86; of Wm. Courtney (voice), 1887-91; of Fred.k Schilling (harm. and comp.), 1890-92; and of Anton Seidl (conducting), 1895-96. From 1889-95, org. at various churches in Tuxedo Park, Brooklyn, and New York; 1893-4, cond. Utica Choral Union; 1892-5 répétiteur and coach at Metropolitan Opera, N. Y.; 1893-4, cond. Utica Choral Union; 1895-6, asst.-cond. to Seidl at the Brighton Beach Summer Concerts. Now (1899) living in N. Y. as a vocal instructor, accompanist, and composer. In MS. he has a pf.-suite; several songs; a cantata f. soli, ch., and org.; and an operetta, Mlle. Maie et M. de Sembre; has publ. 4 quartets f. women's voices, 2 f. men's voices, and a score of songs which are well-known and well-liked.
17Harrison, Annie Fortescue (wife of Lord Arthur William Hill), English contemporary composer.—Works: The lost Husband, operetta (London, 1884); a cantata, The Ferry-girl (St. George's Hall, 1883); many patriotic songs, and others; pf.-music.
19Harriss, Charles Albert Edwin, comp. and organist; b. London, Dec. 15, 1862. At eight he was chorister at St. Mark's, Wrexham, where his father (Edwin H.) was organist. Ouseley scholar at St. Michael's Coll., Tenbury, in 1875; asst.-org. at St. Giles', Reading, in 1880; org. at Welshpool, and private org. to the Earl of Powis, in 1881. Since 1883 he has lived with his father at Montreal, Canada; at first as org. and regens chori at Christ Ch. Cathedral, later at the Ch. of St. James the Apostle, now famed for excellent music. Also founded a glee and madrigal society.—Works: Opera Torquil (Montreal, 1896); cantata Daniel before the King (1890); many anthems; pf.- and org.-music, songs, etc.
21Hart, James, bass singer and comp.; d. May 8, 1718. To 1670, singer at York Minster, then Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and lay vicar of Westminster Abbey. Comp. several songs publ. in "Choice Ayres, Songs, and Dialogues," 1676-84; "The Theater of Musik," 1685-87; "Banquet of Music," 1688-92.—His son (presumably),
23Hart, Philip, organist of various London churches; d. abt. 1749; comp. anthems, org.-fugues, mus. f. Hughes' "Ode in Praise of Musick" (1703), and for "The Morning Hymn" from Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book V (1729).
25Hart, John Thomas, English violin-maker; b. Dec. 17, 1805; d. London, Jan. 1, 1874. Pupil of Gilkes, he made a complete study of Italian violins, became a famous expert, and car-
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