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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1buch der Orgelbaukunst" (1856; 4 vol.s; 2nd ed. by Allihn, 1888);—also a "Theoretisch-praktische Organistenschule" (1845); "Allgemeines und vollständiges Choralbuch" (a 4, w. organ-interludes); a cantata, Die Orgelweihe; Concertstück for organ; sonatas, fantasias, preludes, etc., for org.; a pf.-trio; a sonata and variations for flute and pf.; a pf.-sonata; etc.
3Tor'chi, Luigi, b. Mordano, Bologna, Nov. 7, 1858. Graduate of Bologna Cons., 1876, and elected member (comp.) of the Philharm. Soc.; from 1876–7, studied comp. under Serrao at Naples Cons.; 1878–83, under Reinecke, Jadassohn, and Paul, at Leipzig Cons. (writing a symphony, an overture to Heine's Almansor, a string-quartet; also letters to the "Gazz. Mus." of Milan). From 1885–91, prof. of mus. history at the Liceo Rossini, Pesaro; then at Bologna Cons., being also prof. of comp. since 1895. Twice elected Pres. of the R. Acad. of Music at Bologna, a position still held in 1898.—T.'s literary career has been one of great and useful activity; in 1890 he publ. a critical study on R. Wagner (Bologna; pp. 607); in 1893, a transl. of Wagner's "Oper und Drama" (Turin); in 1894, a transl. of Hanslick's "Das Musikalisch-Schöne" ("Del bello nella musica"; Milan); later other transl.s from Wagner and v. Wolzogen; has written many essays for the "Rivista Musicale Italiana," e. g., "Italian Opera of the 17th Century," and "Italian Lyric and Instr.l Music of the 16th–18th Centuries." Besides a coll. of "Eleganti canzoni ed arie italiane" of the 17th cent. (Milan), and "A Coll. of Pieces for the Violin comp. by Italian Masters of the 17th and 18th centuries" (London) [both with pf.-accomp. by T.], he has begun publishing a work, to comprise 34 vol.s: "L'arte musicale in Italia. Pubblicazione nazionale delle più importanti opere italiane dal sec. XV al XVIII, trascritte in partitura, armonizzate ed annotate da L. T." Vol.s i and ii contain "Composizioni sacre e profane a più voci. Sec. XIV, XV e XVI."
5Torel'li, Giuseppe, renowned violinist, originator of the "concerto grosso"; b. Verona, about 1660; d. Ansbach, 1708. Studied in Bologna, where he was 1st violin at the church of S. Petronio in 1685; made a concert-tour in Germany in 1701, and became Concertmeister to the Margrave of Brandenburg at Ansbach in 1703.—Publ. works: Op. 1, Balletti da camera a 3 violini e b. cont.; op. 2, Concerto da camera a 2 violini e basso (1686); op. 3, Sinfonie a 2–4 istromenti (1687); op. 4, Concertino per camera a violino e violoncello; op. 5, 6 sinfonie a 3, e 6 concerti a 4 (1692); op. 6, Concerti musicali a 4 (w. organ); op. 7, Capricci musicali per camera a violino e viola ovvero arciliuto; op. 8, Concerti grossi con un pastorale per il Santissimo Natale (1709; republ. in Jensen's "Classische Violinmusik"), written for 2 violini concertanti, 2 violini di ripieno, viola and b. cont.
7Torrance, Rev. George William, b. Rathmines, n. Dublin, 1835. Chorister at Christ Ch. Cath., Dublin; organist at St. Andrew's and St. Anne's; st. music at Leipzig, 1856; ordained as a priest, 1866; emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1869, where (since 1895) he is the incumbent at St. John's. Honorary degree of Mus. Doc., Dublin, 1879.—Works: Oratorios Abraham (Dublin, 1855), The Captivity (1864), and The Revelation (Melbourne, 1882); Te Deum and Jubilate; services and anthems;—an opera, William of Normandy (1859); etc.
9Tor'ri, Pietro, b. about 1665; d. Munich, July 6, 1737, as court cond. (since 1732).—Prod. 26 operas at Munich (1690–1737); and an oratorio, Les vanités du monde, at Brussels (1706).
11Torrington, Frederick Herbert, b. Dudley, Worcestershire, England, Oct. 20, 1837. Articled pupil of James Fitzgerald, Kidderminster; in 1853, organist and choirmaster at St. Anne's, Bewdley; from 1856–68, organist of Great St. James's Church, Montreal, Canada, giving organ-recitals, and acting as solo violinist, leader, orch.l cond., and bandmaster. With a picked orch., he represented Canada at the Boston Peace Jubilee, 1869; was app. organist and mus. dir. at King's Chapel, Boston, and held the position until 1873, teaching at the New Engl. Cons., and playing 1st violin in concerts of the Handel and Haydn, Harvard Symphony, and other societies. Since 1873, organist and choirmaster at the Metropolitan Ch., Toronto, Canada, and cond. of the Toronto Philharm. Soc.; organized the first Toronto mus. festival (1886), founded the Toronto College of Music (1888), and is in every way active in the cause of good music.—Works: Services, hymn-tunes, choruses, songs, organ-music, etc.
13Tö'schi, Carlo Giuseppe, b. Romagna, 1724; d. Munich, Apr. 12, 1788, as court mus. director.—Works: Ballets; 6 symphonies f. 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and 'cello; 24 flute-quartets; 3 flute-quintets; 3 sextets f. flute, oboe, bassoon, and string-trio.—Hisson, Johann Baptist, b. Mannheim, abt. 1745; fine violinist; succeeded his father at Munich, and died there May 1, 1800. His 18 symphonies (variously instrumented, but without clarinet, trumpet, and double-bass) were favorites in Paris before Haydn's advent; he also publ. 10 string-quartets, and 6 trios f. 2 violins and 'cello.
15To'si, Pier Francesco, celebrated contraltista (musico) and singing-teacher; b. Bologna, 1647; d. London, 1727. Pupil of his father, the comp. Giuseppe Felice T.; sang successfully in Italy, Dresden, etc., and in 1692 settled in London, where he gave regular concerts, and was highly esteemed as a vocal teacher. He owes his fame chiefly to the work "Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni o sieno osservazioni sopra il canto figurato" (Bologna, 1723; in English, 1742, as "Observations on the Florid Song, etc."; in German [Agricola] as "Anleitung zur Singkunst," 1757).
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