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1des Espingo, f. male ch. w. orch.; Vom goldenen Horn, a "turkisches Liederspiel" f soli, mixed ch., and pf. (op. 182); the ballades König Erich, op. 71, and Wittekind, op. 102, f. chorus w. pf.,—the symphonic tone-picture "Wallenstein," op. 10; the "Florentine" symphony; a symphonic fantasia, op. 79; overtures to Demetrius, op. 110, and The Taming of the Shrew, op. 17; a "Triumph-Ouverture"; organ-concerto w. strings and 3 horns (1885); organ-concerto No 2, in G min., op. 177, w. strings, 2 horns, trumpets, and kettledrums; pf.-concerto in A b, op. 94; a nonet f. flute, oboe, clar., bassoon, horn, and strings, op. 139; theme w. 50 var.s f. string-quartet, op 61; string-quartet, op. 147; pf.-quartet, op. 38, 1 string-trio; 2 pf.-trios; sonatas f. pf. and violin; pf.-sonatas ("symphonique," op. 47; in D b, op. 99; in E b, op. 135; "romantic," in F # min., op. 184); fine solo pieces f. pf. ("Waldmarchen," op. 8; Taientelle, op. 13; Toccatas, op. 12, 115; 4 Humoresques, op. 28; "Aus Italien," op. 29; Capriccio, Minuet, and Fugue f. left hand alone, op. 113; 3 Studies, op. 6); 18 organ-sonatas (No. 18 is op. 188).
3Ricca'ti, Count Giordano, b. Castelfranco, Treviso, Feb. 28, 1709; d. Treviso, July 20, 1790.—Writings: "Saggio sopra le leggi del contrapunto" (1762); "Delle corde ovvero fibre elastiche" (1777); a series of essays, in the "Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati d'Italia," on the mus. systems of Rameau (in vol. xxi), Tartini (in vol. xxii), and Vallotti (in vol. xxiii); and several dissertations on mus. acoustics in Cologera's "Raccolta d'opuscoli sientifici" (in vol. ix).
5Ric'ci, Federico, dram. composer; b. Naples, Oct. 22, 1809; d Conegliano, Dec. 10, 1877. Pupil of Furno, Zingarelli, and Raimondi, at the Royal Cons. di San Sebastiano. He prod. 19 operas, at least 4 of which were written in collaboration with his elder brother Luigi [see below]; these 4 were his first, Il Colonello (Naples, 1835), Il Disertore per amore (Venice, 1835), L'Amante di richiami (Turin, 1846), and Crispino e la comare (Venice, 1850). In 1838 his La prigione d'Edimburgo had great success in Trieste; Corrado d'Altamura was well received at La Scala, Milan, in 1841, and was prod. at the Th. Italien, Paris, in 1844. He was invited to St. Petersburg in 1853 as musical director of the Imperial theatres; in 1866 the fine comic opera Crispino e la comare had a warm welcome at the Th. Italien; in 1869 Una follia a Roma (as Une folie à Rome) had 77 consecutive representations at the Fantaisies-Parisennes, and was followed in that year by a French version (Le docteur Crispin) of Crispino, so that R. repaired to Paris in hopes of further good fortune; but his subsequent dramatic ventures failed, and in 1876 he retired to Conegliano. 6 masses, a cantata, and numerous smaller vocal works, were also written by him.—See the "Notice sur Luigi et Federico Ricci . . .," by F. de Villars (1866); and "I fratelli Ricci," by L. de Rada (1878).
7Ric'ci, Luigi, brother of the preceding; b. Naples, July 8, 1805; d. Prague, Dec 31, 1859. Eminent dram. composer, pupil of Furno and Zingarelli at the Cons di S. Sebastiano, Naples, also taking private lessons of Generali. His first stage-work was the opera buffa L'Impresario un angustie (Cons. theatre, 1823); he wrote in all about 30 operas, several in collaboration with his brother [see above]. In 1836 he was app. m. di capp. of the cathedral at Trieste, and chorusmaster at the theatre. In 1844 he married the singer Lina Stoltz, of Prague. Shortly after producing his last opera, Il diavolo a quattro (Trieste, 1859), symptoms of insanity developed, and he was sent to an asylum in Prague, where he died. Among his operas may be mentioned Il Colombo (Parma, 1829), Amma o l'Orfano di Ginevra (Rome, 1829), Chiara di Rosenberg (La Scala, Milan, 1831), Chi dura vince (Rome, 1834), Il Birraro di Preston (Florence, 1847), Crispino e la comare (with Federico; Venice, 1850), La festa di Piedignotta (Naples, 1852), and Il diavolo a quattro.—Also masses, a Requiem, choruses, songs, etc.
9Ric'cius, August Ferdinand, b. Bernstadt, Saxony, Feb. 26, 1819; d. Karlsbad, July 5, 1886. In 1849, dir. of the Kunterbe Concerts at Leipzig; 1854-64, Kapellm. at the City Th.; then at the Hamburg Th.; also mus. critic of the Hamburg "Nachrichten," and singing-teacher.—Works: Overture to Schiller's Braut von Messina; a cantata, Die Weihe der Kraft; incidental music to plays; pf.-music; choruses, vocal trios and duets, and songs.
11Ric'cius, Carl August, nephew of preceding; b. Bernstadt, July 26, 1830; d. Dresden, July 8, 1893. Pupil, in Dresden, of Wieck, Carl Krägen, and Schubert (pf. and violin); then at Leipzig Cons. of Mendelssohn, Schumann, David, etc., 1844-6; in 1847, violinist in Dresden court orch., rising to chorusmaster in 1863, third Kapellm. in 1887, and succeeding Fürstenau as librarian of the R. Mus. Library in 1889.—Works: The 2-act comic opera Es spukt (Dresden, 1871); music to Schneewittchen, Däumling, Aschenbrödel, Der gestiefelte Kater, Ella [farce by Röder], etc.; ballets; music to Schiller's "Dithyrambe" (1859). Publ. only pf.-pieces and songs.
13Rice, Fenelon B., b. Green, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1841. Studied in Boston, Mass., under J. W. Tufts, B. F. Baker, and Edwin Bruce; later in Leipzig under Papperitz, Moscheles, Richter, and Plaidy. Organist in Boston for 3 years; since 1871, Director of Oberlin, Ohio, Cons. of Music.—Degree of A.M. from Oberlin College; of Mus. Doc. from Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll.
15Richards, (Henry) Brinley, composer-pianist; b. Carmarthen, Wales, Nov. 13, 1817; d. London, May 1, 1885. Pupil of the R. A. M.,
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