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1Gand, Ch.-Nicolas-Eugène, b. about 1826; d. Boulogne-sur-Seine, Feb. 6, 1892. Renowned violin-maker.
3Gandillot, Léon, b. Paris, Jan. 25, 1862. A writer of comedies and composer of vaudevilles for minor Parisian stages; his last pieces, the vaudeville La Tortue (1897, Paris) and a 3-act vaudeville Madame Jalouette (Paris, Dec., 1897), have been fairly successful.
5Gandi'ni, Antonio, b. Modena, Aug. 20, 1786; d. Formigine, Sept. 10, 1842. Pupil of Mattei in Bologna. From 1814-42 he was maestro to the Ducal Court at Modena, and wrote 3 operas and several cantatas.
7Gandi'ni, Alessandro (cav.), b. Modena, 1807; d. there Dec. 17, 1871. Taught by his father, Antonio G., and in 1828 brought out his first opera, Demetrio, which was followed by 7 more. In 1842 he succeeded his father as maestro to the Duke of Modena. He wrote a "History of the Theatres of Modena from 1539 to 1871" (Modena, 1873; 3 vol.s), augmented by a fourth vol.—1875-83—compiled by Ferrari-Moreni and Tardini (Modena, 1883).
9Ganne, Louis-Gaston, born Buxières-les-Mines, Allier, Apr. 5, 1862. Pupil of Th. Dubois and Cl. Franck at Paris Cons.; a popular composer of ballets, pantomimes, and divertissements; also the vaudev. Tout-Paris (1891), a comic opera Rabelais (1892), and the vaudev.-operetta Les colles des femmes (1893). He has publ. about 50 light pf.-pcs., a dozen for 4 hands, numerous songs much in vogue, etc. He is chef d'orchestre of the balls at the Opéra, and 1st chef d'orchestre at the municipal Casino at Royan.
11Gäns'bacher, Johann, born Sterzing, Tyrol, May 8, 1778; died Vienna, July 13, 1844. In early youth he learned singing, the organ, piano, 'cello, and harmony; in 1801, at Vienna, he studied under Abbé Vogler and Albrechtsberger, and then devoted himself to composition. He visited Prague, and (1809) Dresden and Leipzig; in 1810, resumed study under Vogler, at Darmstadt, Weber and Meyerbeer being his fellow-pupils and friends; with Weber he went to Mannheim and Heidelberg, and rejoined him later in Prague. In Vienna G. also met Beethoven. He served in the war of 1813, led a roving life for several years, and finally (1823) settled in Vienna as Kapellm. of the cathedral (Stephankirche), as Preindl's successor. His 216 comp.s show little originality, but solid workmanship. Only 2 masses, 2 requiems, and several small church-works, also 3 terzettos f. 2 S. and T., Schiller's Erwartung, and some pf.-sonatas and trios, have been publ. Besides 15 other masses, and 2 other requiems, 2 Te Deums, offertories, etc., he wrote a symphony, serenades, marches, concerted pcs., pf.-pcs., a "Liederspiel," music to Die Kreuzfahrer (by Kotzebue), songs, etc.
13Gant'voort, Arnold J., b. Amsterdam, Holland, Dec. 6, 1857. Went to America in 1876; gave private lessons, and taught in various colleges (Bowling Green, Ky.; Oxford, O.; Piqua, O.); in 1894, head of dept. for prep. public-school music-teachers, Coll. of Mus., Cincinnati. Has publ. a series of music-readers for public-school children. Pres.t Ohio Mus.-Teachers' Assoc. 1891-4.
15Ganz, Adolf, b. Mayence, Oct. 14, 1796; d. London, Jan. 11, 1879. Violinist; 1819, cond. at Mayence; 1825, Kapellm. to the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt.—Of his 2 sons, Eduard (b. Mayence, 1827; d. 1869) was a pianist, pupil of Thalberg; and Wilhelm (b. Mayence, Nov. 6, 1833), also a pianist, a pupil of Eckert (Berlin) and Anschütz (Koblenz), is prof. at the London Guildhall Sch. of M.; he conducted the "Ganz" orchestral concerts in London from 1879-82, and has comp. fashionable salon-pcs. f. pf.
17Ganz, Moritz, 'cellist, brother of Adolf; b. Mayence, Sept. 13, 1806; d. Berlin, Jan. 22, 1868; joined the Berlin court orch. in 1827 as first 'cello. An excellent player, he has written good 'cello-music (concertos, fantasias, trios, duets, etc.).
19Ganz, Leopold, violinist, brother of Adolf, b. Mayence, Nov. 28, 1810; d. Berlin, June 15, 1869. After concert-tours with Moritz, he joined with him the Berlin court orch. in 1827, obtaining the title (1836) and position (1840) of Concertmeister (leader). Publ. duos f. vln. and 'cello.
21Garat, Pierre-Jean, famous concert-singer and teacher; b. Ustaritz, Basses-Pyrénées, Apr. 25, 1764; d. Paris, Mar. 1, 1823. His remarkable talent discovered itself early, and he had lessons in singing from Franz Beck in Bordeaux, whither the family had removed; but his father wished him to become a lawyer, and sent him to the Univ. of Paris in 1780. Music, however, had far greater attractions than the law; G. neglected his legal studies, and fell out with his father, but was happily aided by the Count d'Artois, who made him his private secretary and introduced him to Marie Antoinette, whose special favor he enjoyed up to the Revolution. Now obliged to earn his livelihood as a concert-singer, he accomp. Rode to Hamburg; after great successes, they returned to Paris in 1794, and G. sang (1795) at the Feydeau Concerts, where his triumphs speedily procured him a professorship of singing in the newly-opened Cons. For 20 years longer, his wonderful tenor-baritone voice, trained to perfection in coloratura, and of remarkable compass, rendered him the foremost singer on the French concert-stage in every department of vocal music. Nourrit, Levasseur, and Ponchard, were his pupils.
23Garaudé, Alexis de, b. Nancy, Mar. 21, 1779; d. Paris, Mar. 23, 1852. He studied theory under Cambini and Reicha, and singing under Crescentini and Garat; was a singer in the imp. (later royal) choir from 1808-30 and prof. of singing in the Cons. from 1816-41.—Publ. 3
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