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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1Kunst d. mus. Composition . . . nach grieschischen Grundsätzen bearbeitet" (1858).
3Dro'bisch, Moritz Wilhelm, b. Leipzig, Aug. 16, 1802; since 1826 prof. of mathematics, and since 1842, of philos., at Leipzig Univ. He has publ. several valuable treatises on the mathem. determination of the relative pitch of mus. tones: "Über die mathem. Bestimmung d. musikal. Intervallen" (1846): "Über musikal. Tonbestimmung u. Temperatur" (1852); "Nachträge zur Theorie der musik. Tönverhältnisse" (1855); "Über ein zwischen Altem u. Neuem vermittelndes Tonsystem" (1871); "Über reine Stimmung u. Temperatur der Töne" (1877); in this last, Drobisch, who formerly championed the 12-semitone system, concurs in principle with Helmholtz's views.
5Dro'bisch, Karl Ludwig, brother of the preceding; b. Leipzig, Dec. 24, 1803; d. Augsburg, Aug. 20, 1854. A pupil of Dröbs and Weinlig, in Leipzig, from 1821; after the unsuccessful production of his oratorio Bonifacius at the Gewandhaus, in 1826, he withdrew to Munich, where he studied hard, also teaching. In 1837 he became Kapellm. of the Church of St. Anna, at Augsburg.—Works: 3 oratorios, Bonifacius, Des Heilands letzte Stunden, and Moses auf Sinai; 18 masses; 3 requiems; offertories, graduals, motets, and other church-music.
7Dröbs, Johann Andreas, b. n. Erfurt, 1784; d. Leipzig, May 4, 1825. An organist, and as such chiefly self-taught, he went to Leipzig in 1808, and was app. org. at the Petrikirche in 1810. He was an excellent teacher, and wrote sonatas, fugues, preludes, etc., f. org. and f. pf.
9Drouet, Louis-François-Philippe, b. Amsterdam, 1792; d. Bern, Sept. 30, 1873. A distinguished flutist, who, as a pupil of the Paris Cons., played there and at the Opéra when but 7 years old. From 1807–10, teacher to King Louis of Holland; 1811, solo flutist to Napoleon, afterwards to Louis XVIII. In 1815 he went to London, played in the Philharm. in 1816, and thereafter made long concert-tours throughout Europe. In 1836 he was app. Kapellm. at Koburg; visited America for a few months in 1854.—His works f. flute, over 150 in number, comprise 10 concertos, 2 fantasias f. pf. and fl. (op. 36, 37), 3 trios f. 3 flutes (op. 33), 3 waltz-duets (op. 24); ensemble sonatas, duets, variations, etc. He is said to have written the French popular air "Partant pour la Syrie" from Queen Hortense's dictation.
11Dryden, John, the famous English poet; b. Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, Aug. 9 (?), 1631; d. London, May 1, 1700. He wrote the libretto of King Arthur for Purcell, also the "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day," which Purcell, Händel, and others have set to music. Incidental music has also been written, by eminent English composers, to many of his stage-works.
13Dubois, (Clément-François-) Théodore, b. Rosnay, Marne, Aug. 24, 1837. After preliminary teaching at Rheims, he entered the Paris Cons. in 1853, studying under Marmontel (pf.), Benoist (org.), Bazin (harm.) and Ambroise Thomas (fugue and comp.), graduating (1861) as Grand prix de Rome with the cantata Atala, after having taken first prizes in all departments. From Rome he sent a solemn mass (perf. at the Madeleine in 1870), a dram. work, La prova di un opera seria (not perf.), and 2 overtures; returning to Paris, he settled there as a teacher, became m. de chap. at Sainte-Clotilde, and then succeeded Saint-Saëns as org. at the Madeleine. In 1871 he was made harmony-prof. at the Cons., succeeding Elwart; in 1891 he became Léo Delibes' successor as prof. of comp.; in 1894 he was elected to the chair in the Acad. left vacant by Gounod's death; in 1896 he succeeded Ambr. Thomas as Director of the Cons., and was made an officer of the Legion of Honor. Dubois' comp.s are very numerous; among them the 1-act comic opera La guzla de l'émir (1876, Athénée Th.), and Le pain bis, ou la Lilloise (1879, Op.-Com.); a 4-act grand opera Aben Hamet (1884, Italiens); a 3-act "idylle dramatique," Xavière (1895, Op.-Com.); the 3-act opera Circe (not perf.); the ballet La Farandole (1882, Opéra); the mimodrama Le Mort (Brussels, 1894); 3 oratorios: Les sept paroles du Christ (1867), Le Paradis perdu (1878; won the City of Paris prize), and Notre-Dame de la Mer (1897); several cantatas (l'Enlèvement de Proserpine, Hylas, Bergerette, Les vivants et les morts, Délivrance); several masses, and other ch.-mus.; many orchestral works (Concert-overture in D; 3 "airs de ballet"; 3 orchestral suites; 4 petites pièces; 3 petites pièces; Marche héroïque de Jeanne d'Arc; Fantaisie triomphale f. orch. and org.; Hymne nuptiale; "Méditation-Prière" f. strings, ob., harp and org.; Concerto-capriccio f. pf., and a 2nd pf.-concerto (1895); a violin-concerto; symphonic overture in C; overture to Frithioff: pf.-pcs. ("Chœur et danse des lutins"; 6 poèmes sylvestres); pcs. f. org. and f. harmonium; a cappella choruses; etc.
15Dubois, Léon, born Brussels, Jan. 9, 1849; won the Gr. prix de Rome at the Br. Cons. in 1885; second conductor at the Th. de la Monnaie, Brussels, since 1890.—Works: 3 operas, Son Excellence ma femme (1884), La revanche de Sganarelle (1886), and Mazeppa (not perf.); also the 1-act ballet Smylis (Brussels, 1891), a symphonic poem Atala, etc.
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