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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1905
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1tique de musique et de chant" (1821-4), was followed by "Tableaux de lecture musicale et d'exécution vocale" (1827-32), "Nouveaux tableaux de lecture musicale et de chant élémentaire" (1835), "Manuel musical à l'usage des collèges, etc., comprenant, pour tous les modes d'enseignement, le texte et la musique en partition des tableaux de la méthode de lecture musicale et de chant élémentaire" (1836).—Biographical: Isouard (1842); E. Niboyet (1843); Lafage (1844).
3Wilhorski [Wielhorski], Count Matvei Jurjevitch, b. Volhynia, Oct. 19, 1787; d. St. Petersburg (?), 1863. Excellent 'cellist, pupil of B. Romberg; Director of the Imp. Russian Mus. Soc., St. Petersburg. To the Cons. he left his fine library, and to Davidoff his Stradivari 'cello.—His brother, Count Michail Jurjevitch, b. Volhynia, Oct. 31, 1788, d. Moscow, Aug. 28, 1856, comp. a string-quartet, variations f. 'cello, songs, etc.
5Wilke, Christian Friedrich Gottlieb, b. Spandau, Mar. 13, 1769; d. Treuenbrietzen, July 31, 1848. In 1791, organist at Spandau; 1809, at Neu-Ruppin; in 1820, "R. Mus. Dir."; in 1821, government expert on organ-building.—Publ. "Beiträge zur Geschichte der neuern Orgelbaukunst" (1846); "Ueber Wichtigkeit und Unentbehrlichkeit der Orgelmixturen" (1839); articles in the "Allgem. mus. Zeitung" and the "Cäcilia"; etc.
7Willaert [Wigliardus, Vigliar, Vuigliart], Adrian, called Adriano; b. Flanders, about 1480; d. Venice, Dec. 7, 1562. A pupil of Jean Mouton and Josquin Deprès, he went to Rome in 1516, thence to Ferrara, later entered the service of Ludovic II., King of Bohemia and Hungary, and was app. maestro at San Marco, Venice, on Dec. 12, 1527. Here he founded a music-school, among whose distinguished alumni were Zarlino, Cipriano de Rore, and Andrea Gabrieli; W., as the teacher of these famous pupils, is considered the founder of the great Venetian school of composition. He is also regarded as the creator of the style of writing for 2 choirs, prompted thereto by the 2 opposed organs at San Marco, preceding Agostini by over half a century.—Extant works: 5 masses a 4 (1533); 2 books of motets a 4 (1539, '45); motets a 6 (1542); 2 books do. a 4-7 (1561); "Canzone villanesche" a 4 (1545); madrigals a 5 (1548); "Fantasie o Ricercari" a 4-5, with de Rore (1549); vesper-psalms a 4-8, with de Berchem (1550; republ. '57, '63); madrigals a 6, with Verdelot (1561); hymns a 4 (1550); "Musica nova," motets a 4-7, and madrigals (1559); psalms for vespers and compline, a 4 (1571). Detached pieces are in Scotto's, Petrucci's, Montan-Neuber's, and other contemporary coll.s. (Cf. Eitner's monograph on W. in the "Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte," 1887.)
9Willent-Bordogni, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, b. Douai, Dec. 8, 1809; d. Paris, May 11, 1852. Bassoon-virtuoso; pupil of Delcambre at Paris Cons.; played at the Italian Opera, London, and the Théâtre Italien, Paris; in 1834 he married Bordogni's daughter at New York, travelled with her, was app. bassoon-teacher at the Brussels Cons., and in 1848 at the Paris Cons.—Works: Method f. bassoon; 4 Fantasias f. bassoon w. orch. (or pf.); a Concertante f. bassoon and clarinet; a Duo f. bassoon and oboe; he prod. the operas Le moine (Brussels, 1844), and Van Dyck (ibid., 1845).
11Wil'ling, Johann Ludwig, b. Kühndorf, n. Meiningen, May 2, 1755; d. Nordhausen, Sept., 1805, as organist of the Hauptkirche.—Publ. sonatas f. pf., f. violin, and f. 'cello; a 'cello-concerto, a violin-concerto, duos f. violins, 24 English Dances f. pf.; etc.
13Willis, Richard Storrs, brother of N. P. Willis; b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 10, 1819. A student (1837) at Yale, he was elected pres. of the "Beethoven Soc.," for which he wrote orch.1 pieces and choruses. Studied (1841) at Frankfort-on-Main under Schnyder von Wartensee (harm. and form), and at Leipzig under Hauptmann (cpt. and instrumentation). Returning to New York, W. contributed to the press, and later edited "The Musical Times," "The Mus. World," and "Once a Month"; publ. "Our Church Music"; and comp. much vocal music ("Church Chorals," "Student Songs," "Miscellaneous Lyrics," besides many patriotic songs afterwards collected as "Waif of Song," and publ. by Galignani, Paris, 1876). Now (1899) resides in Detroit; has publ. a vol. of lyrics, "Pen and Lute."
15Will'mers, Heinrich Rudolf, b. Berlin, Oct. 31, 1821; d. Vienna, Aug. 24, 1878. Fine pianist, pupil of Hummel at Weimar and Fr. Schneider at Dessau. After concert-tours (1838-53), he lived in Vienna until called to Berlin in 1864 as prof. at the Stern Cons.; resigned 1866, and returned to Vienna. His technical specialty was the trill; in the performance of "chains of trills" he was unrivalled.—Works: Pf.-quartet; sonata f. pf. and violin; brilliant pf.-solos: Op. 1, six études; op. 5, Sérénade érotique (for the left hand); op. 8, Sehnsucht am Meere; op. 27, Un jour d'été en Norvège; op. 28, two études de concert ("La pompa di festa" is No. 1); op. 29, Northern National Airs; op. 35, Tarantella giocosa; op. 49, La Sylphide; op. 69, Trillerketten; also fantasias, etc.
17Wilm, Nicolai von, b. Riga, Mar. 4, 1834. Pianist and composer; pupil 1851-6 of the Leipzig Cons. (Hauptmann, Richter, Rietz, Plaidy, etc.); from 1857-8, 2nd Kapellm. at the Riga City Th.; then went to St. Petersburg, becoming, in 1860, on Henselt's recommendation, teacher of pf. and theory at the Imp. "Nicolai" Inst., retiring 1875 to Dresden, and living from 1878 in Wiesbaden.—Works: Popular string-sextet, op. 27; sonata f. pf. and 'cello, op. 111; sonatas f. pf. and violin, op. 83, 92; suites f.
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