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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1Landgrave of Hesse, and from 1877-80, was teacher at the Hoch Cons., Frankfort.—Comp.s: Pf.-concerto; also "Elfenspiel," "Mummerschanz," "Phantasiestücke," and other brilliant and effective pieces for piano.
3Heyne van Ghizeghem (also Hayne, or Ayne, "Henry"), a chapel-singer at the court of Charles the Bold of Burgundy about 1468; composed motets in Netherland contrapuntal style, some of which are printed in Petrucci's "Odhecaton" (1501).
5Hiebsch, Josef, violinist and teacher; b. Tyssa, Bohemia, Oct. 7, 1854; d. Karlsbad, May 10, 1897. Chorister of the Dresden Royal Chapel, 1866, and at the Leitmeritz Seminary, 1869. Vln.-pupil of Dont, Vienna. Settled as a music-teacher in Vienna.—Writings: "Leitfaden für den elementaren Violinunterricht" (1880; enlarged ed., 1884); 12 books of vocal duets of like character, "Methodik des Gesangunterrichts" (1882; 1893); "Methodik des Violinunterrichts" (1887); "Allgemeine Musiklehre" (1890); and "Lehrbuch der Harmonie" (1893).
7Hientzsch, Johann Gottfried, b. Mokrehna, n. Torgau, Aug. 25, 1787; d. Berlin, July 1, 1856. Pupil of the Thomasschule, and the Univ., at Leipzig. As a teacher, he lived for some years in Switzerland, with Pestalozzi, to learn that master's method. In 1817, app. mus.-teacher at the Neuzelle Seminary; in 1822, director of the Breslau Seminary; in 1833, at Potsdam; 1852-4, dir. of the Berlin Institute for the Blind. From 1828-37 he edited the Eutonia, an educational mus. journal and in 1856 commenced a new paper, Das musikalische Deutschland, which reached only 3 numbers. He publ. collections of church-melodies for school use; also treatises on singing.
9Hieronymus de Moravia, abt. 1260 Dominican friar of the Rue St.-Jacques monastery, Paris. One of the earliest writers on measured music. Coussemaker printed his treatise "De musica" in the "Scriptores," i.
11Hignard, (Jean-Louis-)Aristide, b. Nantes, May 20, 1822; d. Vernon, Mar. 20 (?), 1898. Pupil of Halévy in Paris Cons., 1845-50, taking the 2nd Gr. Prix de Rome. He was an earnest composer of lofty aims; but was able to bring out only works of secondary importance, with the exception of Hamlet, a "tragédie lyrique" prod. at Nantes, 1888. His other stage-works were the comic operas, Le Visionnaire (1 act; Nantes, 1851); Le Colin-Maillard (1 act; Paris, Th.-Lyr., 1853); Les compagnons de la Marjolaine (1 act; ibid., 1855); M. de Chimpanzé (1 act; Bouffes-Par., 1858); Le nouveau Pourceaugnac (1 act; ibid., 1860); l'Auberge des Ardennes (2 acts; Th.-Lyr., 1860); and Les Musiciens de l'orchestre (2 acts; Bouffes-Par., 1861). 2 "opérettes de salon," Le Joueur d'orgue and À la porte, and 2 more comic operas never perf., Les Mules de Fleurette and La mille et unième Nuit, complete the list. He also publ. "Valses romantiques" and "Valses concertantes" f. pf. 4 hands; choruses f. men's and women's voices; songs, etc.
13Hil'dach, Eugen, b. Wittenberge-on-the-Elbe, Nov. 20, 1849.—A fine baritone singer, he was twenty-four years of age before he began vocal lessons. Pupil at Berlin of Frau Prof. El. Dreyschock, he met and married another pupil,
15Hil'dach, Anna, née Schubert, a powerful mezzo-soprano; b. Königsberg, Prussia, Oct. 5, 1852. From 1880-6, both were teachers with Fr. Wüllner at the Dresden Cons. Now devote themselves to concert-singing.
17Hil'debrand, Zacharias, b. Saxony, 1680; d. 1743; a clever organ-builder, and G. Silbermann's best pupil. He built the organs of the Dresden Catholic ch., and of St. Wenceslaus, Naumburg. His equally eminent son, Johann Gottfried H., built the great organ of St. Michael's ch., Hamburg.
19Hiles, John, English organist, b. Shrewsbury, 1810; d. London, Feb. 4, 1882. Org. at Shrewsbury, Portsmouth, Brighton, and London. Comp. pf.-pcs. and songs; also wrote didactic works, catechisms of the pf., org., harm., thorough-bass, part-singing, and a Dictionary of Musical Terms (1871).
21Hiles, Henry, b. Shrewsbury, Dec. 31, 1826. Brother and pupil of the preceding. Filled various positions as organist. 1852-9, owing to ill-health, he spent in travelling. In 1862, Mus. Bac., Oxon; 1864-7, org. of St. Paul's, Manchester; Mus. Doc. in 1867. In 1876, app. lecturer on harm. and comp. at Owens College, Manchester; in 1879, at Victoria University. In 1882 was co-founder of the National Society of Professional Musicians; later, prof. of harm. and comp. at R. Manchester Coll. of Music. From 1885, editor of the Quarterly Musical Review. Writings: "Grammar of Music" (2 vol.s; 1879); "Harmony of Sounds" (3 editions, 1871, '72, '78); "First Lessons in Singing (1881); "Part Writing, or Modern Counterpoint" (1884); "Harmony versus Counterpoint" (1894). Comp.s: 2 oratorios, David (1860) and The Patriarchs (1872); the cantatas Fayre Pastoral, The Crusaders, and Watchfulness; psalms, anthems, services, part-songs; an operetta, War in the Household (1885); and an historic opera, Harold (1893; not perf.); also odes, and music f. org. and pf.
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