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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1C. Potter, and his brother (comp.). From 1846, pf.-prof. at the R. A. M., of which inst. he is a Fellow. From 1873–80 he conducted the Academy Concerts; has also acted as director and treasurer of the Philharm. Soc. He has given many pf.-recitals and lectures in London, Bristol, and elsewhere; also a series of orch.1 concerts in 1882. Works: A symphony in Bb; 7 overtures; a Concertstück in E, f. pf. and orch.; 3 pf.-trios; 2 sonatas f. pf. and violin; 1 sonata f. pf. and 'cello; 4 Romances f. pf. and violin; a great variety of pf.-music (3 Suites de pièces; 6 "Illustrations of Tennyson's Heroines"; Allegro appassionato; Allegro cantabile; Rondinos, Caprices, Tarantellas, Scherzos, Impromptus, Gavottes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, etc.); a cantata, The Song of the Sunbeam; services and anthems, songs and part-songs.—Has edited Mozart's pf.-works; Beethoven's Sonatas; "Popular Classics"; "Morceaux classiques"; etc.
3Machault (or Machau, Machaud, Machaut), Guillaume [Guillelmus] de Mascandio, probably a native of Machau in the Champagne, lived about 1284–1370; troubadour in the service of Joanna of Navarre, Johann of Luxembourg, and Charles V. of France. A mass, motets, rondos, chansons and ballads are preserved, besides many poems.
5Mächtig, Karl, b. Breslau, Jan. 10, 1836; d. there May 2, 1881. Taught by Brosig and Lüstner, he succeeded Ad. Hesse as 1st organist at the Berhardinerkirche.—Publ. pf.-music and songs.
7Maciro'ne, Clara Angela, composer, pianist, and teacher; b. London, Jan. 20, 1821. Pupil, at the R. A. M., of Potter and Holmes (pf.), Lucas (comp.), and Negri (voice). Associate of the Philharm. Soc.; teacher of pf. at the R. A. M.; then head music-mistress (1872–8) of Aske's School for Girls, Hatcham, later at the Ch. of England High School for Girls, in Baker St.; success as a teacher remarkable. Now (1899) living in retirement.—Works: Te Deum and Jubilate, sung at Hanover Chapel (first service by a woman ever sung in the church); anthem "By the waters of Babylon" (sung at Canterbury, Ely, and other cathedrals); numerous part-songs (her most popular and successful comp.s), and songs; "Suite de pièces" in E min., f. vln. and pf.; Rondino in G, and other pf.-music.
9Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell, b. Edinburgh, Aug. 22, 1847. Pupil of Ulrich (pf.) and Stein (comp.) at Sondershausen Cons., 1857–61, when he entered the Ducal orch.; won the King's scholarship at the R. A. M., 1862, and studied under Sainton, Jewson, and Lucas; from 1865 in Edinburgh as a teacher and conductor, concert-violinist, and quartet-player. Hon. Mus. Doc., Univ. of St. Andrews, 1886; of Cambridge, 1888; of Edinburgh, 1896. Knighted in 1894. He is a distinguished and active member of various societies and musical associations. Since 1888, Principal of the R. A. M., succeeding Macfarren; since 1892, cond. of the Philharm. Concerts.—Works: 3 operas, Colomba (1883), The Troubadour (1886), and His Majesty, or The Court of Vingolia (1897; comic); the oratorios The Rose of Sharon (1884), and Bethlehem (1894); the cantatas The Bride, Jason, The Story of David, The New Covenant, The Dream of Jubal, The Cotter's Saturday Night, and Veni, creator spiritus; incidental music to Ravenswood and Marmion; also to Barrie's The Little Minister (1897).—For Orchestra: A Scherzo; 2 Scottish Rhapsodies; a ballad, "La belle dame sans merci"; overtures ("Cervantes," "To a Comedy," "Tempo di ballo," "Twelfth Night," "Britannia"); a concerto, and a "Pibroch," f. violin and orch.; "Scottish Concerto" f. pf. and orch.;—also a pf.-quartet (op. 11, in E♭); "From the North" (9 pieces f. violin w. pf.-acc.); other music f. violin and for pf.; anthems, songs, and part-songs.
11McLean, Alick, composer; b. Eton, England, July 20, 1872.—Works: The 3-act opera Quentin Durward (London, 1895); the 1-act opera Petruccio (Covent Garden, June 29, 1895; won the Moody-Manners prize of £100); songs.
13Ma'der, Raoul (Maria), b. Pressburg, Hungary, June 25, 1856. Law-student at Vienna Univ. 1874–8; studied in the Vienna Cons., 1879–82, under Schmitt and Schenner (pf.), Bruckner (harm.), and Krenn (comp.), taking first prizes for pf.-playing and pf.-composition, and (1880) the great silver medal and the Liszt prize as best pianist in the Cons. From 1882–95, 1st "Sologesangscorrepetitor" ("coach" for solo singers) at the Vienna court opera, also conducting ballets and minor operas; 1891–5 also chorus-master of the Academical Gesangverein. Since 1895, chief conductor at the Royal Opera, Pesth.—Works: The 3-act comic opera Die Flüchtlinge (Court Opera, Vienna, 1891); 1-act fantastic ballet Die Sireneninsel (ibid., 1892; v. succ.); 1-act ballet Die Hochzeit im Frisirsalon (ibid., 1893); 3-act operetta Cœur d'ange (Carltheater, Vienna, 1894); fant. ballet Die rothen Schuhe (Pesth, 1897); fant. ballet She [after Rider Haggard] (Pesth, 1898); a parody on Mascagni's Cav. rustica (Th. an der Wien, 1892); and the ballet Tanzblut (Lindentheater, Berlin, 1898); choruses, songs, etc.
15Maggi'ni, Giovanni Paolo, (also Magini, Magino,) b. Botticino-Marino, Italy, 1580; d. Brescia, about 1631. Famous violin-maker at Brescia. His violins, violas, 'celli, and double-basses are prized almost equally with Stradivari's
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