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A Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1modern notation. From 1510-24 he was a private music-teacher in Magdeburg; 1524, app. cantor at the first Lutheran school there. His friend and patron, Rhaw, of Wittenberg, printed several of his works, chief among which are "Musica figuralis deudsch," "Von den Proportionibus" (both without date or author's name, but reprinted together in 1532); "Musica instrumentalis deudsch" (chief work; 1528, '29, '32); "Rudimenta musices" (1539, '43; this 2nd ed. entitled "Quaestiones vulgariores in musicam"), "Duo libri musices" (1561, being the Rudimenta and De Proportionibus in one vol.); "Schola in musicam planam Wenceslai de Nova Domio" (1540), Virdung's "Musica getutsch" in verse, with the original illustrations; also a few collections of pieces, "Ein kurz deudsch musica" (1528); "Musica choralis deudsch" (1533); "Deutsche Musica und Gesangbüchlein" (1540); "Ein Sangbüchlein aller Sonntags-Evangelien" (1541).
3Agri'cola, Johann, b. Nuremberg abt. 1570; d. (?). Prof. of music at Gymnasium Augusti, Erfurt. Publ. Motets (Nuremberg, 1601), Cantiones (do.), 28 Motets (Erfurt, 1611).
5Agri'cola, Wolfgang Christoph, German composer. Publ. 8 masses, "Fasciculus musicalis" (Würzburg and Cologne, 1651), and a coll. of motets, "Fasciculus variarum cantionum"
7Agri'cola, Georg Ludwig, b. Grossfurra, n. Sondershausen, Oct. 25, 1643, d. Feb. 20, 1676, at Rotha, where he was Kapellm. from 1670. Publ. "Musikal. Nebenstunden" f. 2 vlns., 2 vlas., and bass (Mühlhausen, 1670), Sonatas, Preludes, etc. (1675); "Deutsche geistliche Madrigalien" (Rotha, 1675).
9Agri'cola, Johann Friedrich, b. Dobitschen, n. Altenburg, Jan. 4, 1720; d. Berlin, Nov. 12 (Dec. 1?), 1774. He entered the Univ. of Leipzig in 1738 as a law-student, but also studied music for three years with J. S. Bach, and later (1741) with Quantz in Berlin; was made court-composer (1750) and director of the Royal Chapel (1759), succeeding Graun. His compositions, which had no enduring success, were 8 operas (brought out 1750-72 at Berlin and Potsdam), and a variety of sacred music and arrangements of the King's compositions, except a psalm and some chorals, none was published. He was a good singing-teacher (transl. Tosi's "Method of Singing"), and was said to be the finest organist in Berlin. Under the pseudonym "Olibrio," he printed some polemical pamphlets directed against Marpurg, and made some valuable additions to Allung's "Musica mechanica organoedli."
11Ag'the [ahg'teh], Karl Christian, b. Hettstädt, 1762; d. Nov. 27, 1797, at Ballenstedt, as court-org. to the Prince v. Bernburg.—Works: 5 operas, 1 ballet, sonatas f. pf., songs, etc.
13Ag'the, Wilhelm Joseph Albrecht, son of preceding; b. Ballenstedt, 1790; d. after 1848. Pupil of Fischer in Erfurt, in 1810, music-teacher in Leipzig, and member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, 1823, teacher of Logier's method, in Dresden; 1826 in Posen (Theodor Kullak being one of his pupils); 1830 in Breslau, and 1832 in Berlin, where for 13 years he was director of a music-school. Some of his piano-pieces are of interest.
15Ag'the, Friedrich Wilhelm, b. Sangershausen, 1794; d. insane at Sonnenstein, n. Pirna, after 1828. Pupil of Muller and Riemann (Dresden), and Weinlig (Leipzig). Cantor of the Dresden Kreuzschule, 1822-8.
17Agua'do, Dionisio, famous guitar-player; b. Madrid, Apr. 8, 1784; d. there Dec. 20, 1849. Wrote various pieces and études for guitar, also a "Method" (publ. 1825; in French, 1827).
19Aguia'ri, Lucrezia. See AGUJARI.
21Aguile'ra de Heredia, Sebastiano, a monk, composer and maestro de musica at the cathedral in Saragossa early in the 17th century; publ. (1618) a coll. of Magnificats still sung there, and elsewhere in Spain.
23Aguja'ri [-yah'-], Lucrezia (known as La Bastardina, or Bastardella, being the natural daughter of a nobleman), a brilliant singer with phenomenal compass (c1-c4); b. Ferrara, 1743; d. Parma, May 18, 1783. Her father entrusted her instruction to P. Lambertini; in 1764 she made a triumphant début at Florence, followed by a succession of brilliant appearances in Milan and other Italian cities, also in London. Mozart wrote of her, that she had "a lovely voice, a flexible throat, and an incredibly high range." She sang by preference the music of Colla, a maestro di c., whom she married in 1780, then retiring from the stage.
25Ah'le, Johann Rudolf, b. Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Dec. 24, 1625; d. there July 8, 1673. A diligent composer of church-music and writer of theoretical works; his "Compendium pro tonellis" (1648) ran through 4 editions [2d (1673) as "Brevis et perspicua introductio in artem musicam"; 3d and 4th (1690 and 1704) as "Kurze und deutliche Anleitung . . ."]. Principal compositions, "Geistliche Dialoge," songs in several parts (1648); "Thüringischer Lustgarten" (1657); "Geistliche Fest- u. Communionandachten" (posthumous). Many of his chorals are still popular in Thuringia.—For a time he was cantor in Göttingen; in 1654, organist of St. Blasius, Mühlhausen; in 1661, elected burgomaster of the town.
27Ah'le, Johann Georg, son of the preceding; b. Mühlhausen, 1650; d. there Dec. 2, 1706; succeeded his father as organist, composed numerous works popular at the time, and was made poet-laureate by Emperor Leopold I. He wrote a method of composition, "Musikalische Frühlings-, Sommer-, Herbst- u. Win-
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