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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1905
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1eral History of Music" (1886); "Jenny Lind, the Artist" (1891; with Canon Scott Holland); "Jenny Lind, her Vocal Art and Culture" (1894; w. Otto Goldschmidt); important contributions to Grove's "Dictionary," and to the "Mus. Times," "Mus. Society," etc.—He composed a sacred cantata, The Good Shepherd (Gloucester Fest., 1886), a 5-p. madrigal "O, too cruel fair" (Bach Choir, 1884), a ballet, Flora's Path (1891), an overture, songs, etc.; also publ. "Festival Psalter, Adapted to the Gregorian Tones"; "Accompanying Harmonies to the Ferial Psalter"; and "Harmonies for Additional Chants and the Ambrosial Te Deum."
3Ro'da, Ferdinand von, b. Rudolstadt, Mar. 26, 1815; died on the Bülow Estate, n. Kriwitz, Apr. 26, 1876. Pupil of Hummel; from 1842 in Hamburg, founding the Bach-Verein in 1855; in 1857, mus. director at Rostock Univ.—Works: Oratorio Der Sünder; cantata Theomela; a Passion music; "Das Siegesfest," and scenes from Faust, for chorus; excellent church-music; symphonies, pf.-music, etc.
5Rode, (Jacques-) Pierre (-Joseph), famous violinist; b. Bordeaux, Feb. 16, 1774; d. Château – Bourbon, n. Damazon, Nov. 25, 1830. Pupil of Fauvel; from 1787, of Viotti at Paris. Début 1790 in a concerto by Viotti, at the Th. Feydeau, where he was leader of the 2nd violins 1790-4; then, after tours in Holland and Germany, and a short visit to London, he was app. prof. of violin at the newly opened Cons. During a visit to Spain in 1799 he met Boccherini, who wrote concertos for him. In 1800, solo violinist to Napoleon; from 1803-8, with Boieldieu in Russia, becoming 1st violinist to Emperor Alexander. After 3 years in Paris, he toured Germany and Austria (at Vienna Beethoven wrote for him the Romance, op. 50); lived for a time in Berlin, where he married in 1814, then retiring to Bordeaux. His final appearance in Paris (1828) was a disheartening failure.—Biography by A. Pougin.—Works: 13 violin-concertos; Thèmes variés, w. orch.; ditto w. string-quartet; fantasia w. orch.; Cavatine et rondeau, w. quartet; the famed and indispensable "24 Caprices en forme d'études, dans les 24 tons de la gamme"; 12 études; 3 books of violin-duos; Romances françaises; and a "Méthode du violon" (with Baillot and Kreutzer).
7Ro'de, Johann Gottfried, b. Kirchscheidungen, n. Freiburg-on-Unstrut, Feb. 25, 1797; d. Potsdam, Jan. 8, 1857. Horn-virtuoso; from 1827 bandmaster of the "Gardejägerbataillon" in Berlin.—Works: "Die Hubertusjagd," a tone-painting; "Die freundliche Klänge der Jagd," ditto; concertos f. horn; do. f. trumpet; various pieces and arrangements f. horn.
9Ro'de, Theodor, son of preceding; b. Potsdam, May 30, 1821; d. Berlin, Dec. 12, 1883. Pupil of Berger, Elsler, and Dehn; singing-teacher at the Werder Gymnasium, Berlin. Publ. a "Theoretisch-praktische Schulgesangbildungslehre"; essays on Prussian military music, and Russian horn-music, in periodicals. Contr. to Mendel's "Mus. Konversationslexikon."
11Rö'der, Johann Michael, Berlin organ-builder, d. about 1740. Built the great organ in St. Maria Magdalena, Breslau (58 stops).
13Rö'der, Fructuosus, b. Simmershausen, Mar. 5, 1747; d. Naples, 1789, as master of the novices and school-director at the monastery of San Lorenzo. Fine organist; noted church-comp. ("Jesu Tod").
15Rö'der, Georg Vincent, b. Rammungen, Franconia, 1780; d. Altötting, Bavaria, Dec. 30, 1848. From 1805-24, court Kapellm. and opera-cond. at Würzburg; 1830, mus. dir. at Augsburg; 1839, Kapellm. at Munich to King Ludwig I.—Much church-music: Oratorio La Messiade; cantata Cäcilia; masses, psalms, motets, etc.; a symphony; and an opera Die Schweden (Prague, 1842).
17Rö'der, Carl Gottlieb, b. Stötteritz, n. Leipzig, June 22, 1812; d. Gohlis, Oct. 29, 1883. Founder of the great Leipzig establishment for engraving and printing music. He started in 1846 with one engraver's apprentice; to-day the business is probably the largest of its kind in the world, and does work for music-publishing firms the world over. A book-printing department has also been added. In 1872 R.'s sons-in-law C. L. H. Wolff and C. E. M. Rentsch became partners in the firm; R. himself retired in 1876.
19Rö'der, Martin, b. Berlin, Apr. 7, 1851; d. Boston, Mass., June 7, 1895. Pupil of the R. Hochschule, Berlin, 1870-1; chorusmaster at the Teatro dal Verme, Milan, 1873-80. In 1875 he organized the "Società del Quartetto Corale," which gave fine performances of classical music; also conducted opera in various cities. From 1880-1 he lived in Berlin as a singing-teacher; then taught at Scharwenka's Cons. until 1887, when he went to Dublin as prof. at the R. Acad. of Music; a position exchanged, in 1892, for the directorship of the vocal department in the New Engl. Cons., Boston. He was a musician of broad scholarship and versatile attainments, and a composer of marked ability.—Works: 3 operas, Pietro Candiano IV (not perf.), Giuditta (not perf.), and Vera (Hamburg, 1881); he also wrote the books for the last two; 2 mysteries, Santa Maria appiè della croce [after Tasso], and Maria Magdalena (libretto by R. himself); 2 symphonic poems, "Azorenfahrt" and "Leo-
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