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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1Symphonic Ode to Byron, op. 35; Dedication March (dedication of Carnegie Hall, Pittsburg); Suite No. 2, op. 47; 2 arias f. sopr. and orch. — Also "Love-song" (op. 23), and "Hero and Leander," op. 44; 2 string-quartets (op. 33 and 43); and 2nd pf.-quartet, op. 40.
3Foglia'ni, Ludovici, theorist; b. Modena, 2nd half of 15th cent.; d. there abt. 1540. Famous for his book "Musica theorica . . ." (Venice, 1529), in which he preceded Zarlino in declaring the correct proportion of the major third to be 4:5, and in distinguishing between the major and minor (greater and lesser) semitones. In Petrucci's "Frottole" (1504-8) are some specimens of his compositions.
5Foignet, Charles-Gabriel, b. Lyons, abt. 1750; d. Paris, 1823. He composed some 25 comic operas for minor theatres in Paris; also taught singing, the harpsichord, and theory, and was for some years Dir. of the Th. des jeunes Artistes.
7Foignet, François, son of the preceding; b. Paris, abt. 1780; d. Strassburg, July 22, 1845. Prod. a number of comic operas, pantomimes, and melodramas after 1799; also sang in tenor and baritone rôles.
9Foley [Signor Foli], Allan James, bass singer; b. Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1842. Pupil of Bisaccia, Naples; from 1862-4 he sang in opera at Catania, Turin, Milan, and Paris. Sang at H. M. Th., London, in 1865; then for several years there, and in Covent Garden and Drury Lane; also in America, Austria, Russia, Australia (1892), South Africa (1893), and again in London in 1896. His voice is powerful, and of wide compass. He is likewise a favorite singer in oratorio and concert.
11Folville, [Eugénie-Émilie-] Juliette, born Liége, Belgium, Jan. 5, 1870. Her father, a distinguished lawyer and excellent musician, taught her from 1874 (pf., solfeggio), and was her sole teacher f. pf.; her first lessons on the violin were from Malherbes in Liége, and later she studied further with O. Musin and César Thomson. In 1879 Mlle. F. made her début at Liége as a concert-violinist, and in the following year began composing. She has had a very successful and brilliant career as concert-pianist and violinist, composer, teacher, and conductor, having given many concerts in towns in the North of France and in Belgium, etc., and frequently directing her own orchestral works; she passed the summer season of 1888 in London. Every year she conducts, at Liége Cons., a concert of ancient music, and has also given interesting clavecin-recitals; in January, 1898, she was app. prof. of pf. at Liége Cons.—Works (in chronological order): 2 Sonatas f. pf.; 2 books of songs ("Rappelle-toi" and "Berceuse"); pf.-quartet; 3 orchestral suites ("Scènes champêtres," "Scènes de la mer," "Scènes d'hiver"); a scène, "Noce au village," f. soli., ch., and orch.; Chant de Noël "Graduale pastorali," f. ch. and orch. (Liége Cath., 1887); vln.-concerto; "Berceuse" f. vln.; Suite poétique f. vln.; Esquisse symphonique f. orch.; Eva, dram. scene f. sopr. and ch. w. pf.; a 2-act opera Atala (Lille, 1892; Rouen, 1893; v. succ.); numerous pieces f. org.; pf.-music.
13Fontaine, Mortier de. See Mortier.
15Fontaine, Hendrik, bass concert-singer; b. Antwerp, Apr. 5, 1857; pupil of the Cons., and singing-teacher there since 1883; prominent in Lucifer, and other of Benoît's oratorios.
17Fonta'na, Giovanni Battista, very early comp. f. vln.; d. Brescia, 1630. Sonatas f. vln. w. bass, sonatas f. 2 vlns. w. bassoon, and one sonata f. 3 vlns. were publ. by Reghino in 1641.
19Foote, Arthur William, b. Salem, Mass., Mar. 5, 1853; pupil of B. J. Lang (pf.), S. A. Emery, and J. K. Paine (comp.); took degree of A.M. at Harvard (for music) in 1875. Since 1878, organist of the First Unitarian church, Boston.—Publ. Works: (1) For orch.: "In the Mountains," overture; "Francesca da Rimini," symphonic prologue; Suite f. strings, in E minor; Concerto f. cello; Suite f. orch.
20—(2) For ch. and orch.: "Farewell of Hiawatha" (male ch.); "The Wreck of the Hesperus" (mixed ch.); "The Skeleton in Armor."
21—(3) Chamber-music: Pf.-quintet in A min.; pf.-quartet in C; pf.-trio in C min.; sonata f. pf. and vln. in G min.; 2 string-quartets (G min. and E); detached pcs. f. vln. and 'cello w. pf.—(4) About 30 pf.-pcs., the principal ones being 2 suites (D min. and C min.).—About 40 songs.—Various miscellaneous comp.s, as vocal duets, quartets f. male voices, do. f. female voices; church-music; etc.
23Forberg, Robert, music-publ.r; b. Lützen, May 18, 1833; d. Leipzig, Oct. 10, 1880, where he was estab. since 1862.
25Forch'hammer, Theodor, b. Schiers, Gray Cantons, July 29, 1847. Pupil of Stuttgart Cons.; 1885, org. at Magdeburg cath., succeeding G. A. Ritter; 1888, "Royal Mus. Dir." Publ. (w. Brosig) a "Führer durch die Orgellitteratur" (1890); wrote an organ-concerto, and other organ-pcs., pf.-music, etc.
27Ford, Ernest A. C., b. London, Feb. 17, 1858. Pupil of Sullivan in R. A. M., and of Lalo in Paris. Conductor at the Empire Theatre, London.—Works: Daniel O'Rourke, opera (1884), Nydia, duologue (1889), Joan, opera (1890), Mr. Jericho, operetta (1893), Jane Annie, or The Good-Conduct Prize, comic opera (London, Savoy Th., 1893; mod. succ.); a cantata
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