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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1Stockhausen, Julius, son of the harpist and comp. Franz S. [1792–1868]; eminent baritone vocalist and teacher; b. Paris, July 22, 1826. Pupil of Paris Cons., and of Manuel Garcia in London, soon winning renown as a concert-singer. From 1862–7, cond. the Philharm. Concerts and the Singakademie at Hamburg; 1869–70, chamber-singer at Stuttgart; 1874–8, cond. of the Stern Gesangverein at Berlin; 1878–9, teacher of singing at the Hoch Cons., Frankfort-on-Main; after Raff’s death in 1882 he resumed the professorship at the Cons., retiring in 1898, since when he has given private lessons only. He has publ. a Method of Singing, in 2 parts.—His brother,
3Stockhausen, Franz, b. Gebweiler, Alsatia, Jan. 30, 1839. Pupil of Alkan at Paris, and of Moscheles, Richter, and Hauptmann at Leipzig Cons., 1860–2; from 1868, cond. of the “Soc. de chant sacré” at Strassburg (resigned 1879), and mus. dir. at the cathedral; since 1871, Director of the Strassburg Cons. Received the title of “R. Professor” in 1892.
5Stojow’ski, Sigismund, b. Strelce, Poland, May 2, 1870. Pianist, pupil of L. Zelenski at Cracow, and of Diémer (pf.) and Delibes (comp.) at the Paris Cons. 1887–9, winning 1st prizes for pf.-playing and composition. St. later under Paderewski. At an orch.1 concert of his own works, given in Paris, 1891, he prod. a pf.-concerto in F# min. At present (1899) residing in Paris.—Works: Pf.-concerto; Suite f. orch.; Variations f. orch.; Var.s and Fugue f. string-quartet; Romance, op. 15, f. violin and orch.; graceful and effective pf.-music.
7Stoltz, Rosine, [recte Victorine Nöb,] b. Paris, Feb. 13, 1815. Fine mezzo-soprano; pupil of Choron’s school; sang at Brussels, and 1837–47 at the Grand Opéra, Paris. Other stage-names were “Mme. Ternaux” and “Mlle. Héloïse.”
9Stol’tzer, Thomas, b. Silesia, about 1490; d. Ofen, Aug. 29, 1526, as R. Kapellm.—Comp.s in Graphäus’ “Novum et insigne opus,” 1537; Petrejus’ Coll. of Psalms, 1538–9; Rhaw’s “Bicinia,” 1543; etc.
11Stöl’zel [Stölzl], Gottfried Heinrich, b. Grünstädtl, Saxony, Jan. 30, 1690; d. Gotha, Nov. 27, 1749. Pupil of cantor Umlauf at Schneeberg, and Melchior Hofmann at Leipzig; taught at Breslau, and there prod. his first opera, Narcissus, in 1711, followed by Valeria, Artemisia and Orion at Naumburg (all 1712).. After a journey to Italy, and a sojourn in Prague (bringing out Venus und Adonis, 1714; Acis und Galathea, 1715; and Das durch die Liebe besiegte Glück, 1716), he went to Bayreuth (Diomedes, 1717), Gera, and in 1719 became court cond. at Gotha (Der Musenberg, 1723).—Works: 22 operas; the pastoral Rosen und Dornen; 14 oratorios; 8 double sets of cantatas and motets for the church-year; masses; symphonies, serenades, and table-music; etc. (all MS.).
13Stol’zenberg, Benno, stage-tenor; b. Königsberg, Feb. 25, 1829. Pupil of Mantius and H. Dorn; début at Königsberg, 1852, as Almaviva; sang with great success on several stages, notably at Karlsruhe (“chamber-singer”), and Leipzig (from 1876); Director of Danzig City Th. 1878–82; then taught singing in Berlin, and in 1885 became teacher of solo singing at Cologne Cons.; since 1896, Dir. of a vocal school for opera and concert, at Berlin.
15Stö’pel, Franz (David Christoph), b. Oberheldrungen, Saxony, Nov. 14, 1794; d. Paris, Dec. 19, 1836. Noteworthy as the introducer (1822) of Logier’s method of pf.-teaching in Berlin; later in other cities, finally in Paris; nowhere with striking success.—Publ. “System der Harmonielehre” (after Logier; 1825); “Grundzüge der Geschichte der modernen Musik” (1821); “Beiträge zur Würdigung der neuen Methode des gleichzeitigen Unterrichts einer Mehrzahl Schüler im Pianofortespiel und der Theorie der Harmonie” (1823); “Ueber J. B. Logiers System der Musikwissenschaft” (1827); etc.
17Stör, Karl, b. Stolberg, Harz, June 29, 1814; d. Weimar, Jan. 17, 1889. Violinist; pupil of Götze and Lobe at Weimar; in 1827, court musician; in 1857 he was app. court cond., but in a few years failing eyesight compelled his resignation.—Works: Opera Die Flucht (Weimar, 1843); “Tonbilder zu Schillers Lied von der Glocke,” f. orch.; overtures; ballets; a Ständchen f. ’cello w. orch.; male choruses; songs.
19Storace, Stephen, b. London, 1763; d. there Mar. 19, 1796. Pupil of his father, a noted double-bass player, and of the Cons. di S. Onofrio at Naples. Brought out a comic Italian opera at Vienna; lived in London as composer to the principal theatres. He prod. 18 stage-works, besides adaptations of Dittersdorf’s Doctor und Apotheker and Salieri’s Grotta di Trofonio.—His sister, Anna Selina (1766–1817), was a famous stage-soprano (coloratura), a pupil of Sacchini in Venice.
21Storch, M. Anton, b. Vienna, Dec. 22, 1813; d. there Dec. 31, 1888. Kapellm. at the Carl and Josephstädter Theatres. Wrote many favorite quartets for male voices (“Letzte Treue,” “Grün”); also music to burlesques.
23Stö’we, Gustav, b. Potsdam, July 4, 1835; d. there Apr. 30, 1891. Pupil of the Stern-Marx Cons. at Berlin; also of Marx (comp.) and Zech (pf.). Founder (1875) and lifelong director of the Potsdam School of Music.—Publ. “Die Klaviertechnik, dargestellt als musikalisch-physiologische Bewegungslehre” (1886; thorough analysis of the elements of piano-touch); also papers in Breslaur’s “Klavierlehre”; pf.-pieces; songs.
25Stradel’la, Alessandro, famous Italian composer of the 17th century. His career is shrouded in mystery, not even place or date of his birth or death being known. It is supposed that he was
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