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A biographical dictionary of musicians. [With portraits from drawings in pen and ink, 1900
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1VINCENT—VIOLE
3Choir-boy, then tenor, at Le Mans Cath.; later at Notre-Dame, Paris; chorus-singer at the Opéra. Having studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, he was qualified for election as a member of the scientific commission which accompanied Napoleon to Egypt, and made a special study of Oriental music.—Publ. 4 essays (in the great work issued by the government, "Description de l'Égypte") entitled "Dissertation sur la musique des anciens égyptiens"; "Dissertation sur les diverses espèces d'instruments de musique que l'on remarque parmi les sculptures qui décorent les antiques monuments de l'Égypte . . ." (German transl., 1821); "De l'état actuel de l'art musical en Égypte . . ."; and "Description historique, technique et littéraire des instruments de musique des Orientaux";—also a "Mémoire sur la possibilité et l'utilité d'une théorie exacte des principes naturels de la musique" (1870), being an introduction to his, "Recherches sur l'analogie de la musique avec les arts qui ont pour objet l'imitation du langage . . ." (1807; 2 vol.s).
5Vincent, Alexandre-Joseph-Hydulphe, b. Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nov. 20, 1797; d. Paris, Nov. 26, 1868. Prof. of mathematics at the Collège St.-Louis, Paris; member of the Académie, and of the Soc. of Antiquaries; custodian of the library of learned societies at the Ministry of Public Instruction. An investigator of ancient Greek and Latin music, he championed the idea that the Greeks used chords (harmony); he likewise sought to revive the employment of the quarter-tone. On these subjects he publ. a great number of essays, some of which were reprinted in pamphlet-form, and reports of the Académie, scientific journals, etc. His mus. activity was scathingly criticised by FÉTIS; also cf. RIE-MANN.
7Vincent, Heinrich Joseph, b. Theilheim, n. Würzburg, Feb. 23, 1819. Renouncing theology and law, he became a tenor singer in theatres at Vienna (1847), Halle, and Würzburg; from 1872, singing-teacher, and cond. of the singing-society, at Czernowitz, Bukowina; later removed to Vienna.—Works: Operas Die Bettlerin (Halle, 1864) and König Murat (Würzburg, 1870); also operettas, and popular songs. As a writer he is a warm defender of the "Chroma" Society's 12-half-tone system; has publ. "Kein Generalbass mehr" (1860), "Die Einheit in der Tonwelt" (1862), "Die Neuclaviatur" (1874); and articles on the chromatic keyboard and notation in various papers.
9Vincent, Charles John, b. Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England, Sept. 19, 1852. Pupil of his father, Charles John V. [organist at St. Michael's]; from 1864, chorister at Durham Cath. under Dr. Armes; in 1869, organist at Monkwearmouth; from 1876-8, st. at Leipzig Cons.; then org. at Tavistock and Kelly College; graduated Mus. Bac., Oxon., 1878; Mus. Doc., 1885; org. of Christ Ch., Hampstead, London, 1883-91. As Examiner for Trinity College he has visited South Africa (1893) and Australia (1897). Joint-editor of the "Organist and Choirmaster."—Works: Oratorio Ruth (Hampstead, 1886); Psalm 68, The Day of Rest, and The Crowning of the Wheat, cantatas f. soli, ch., and orch.; 6 cantatas f. female voices; "Honour and praise to Music," choral fugue in 8 parts; vocal duets; over 100 songs;—orch.l overture "The Storm" (1894); pieces f. 'cello and pf., violin and pf., and pf. solo; organ-music;—the text-books "A Year's Study at the Piano," "First Principles of Music," "Choral Instructor for Treble Voices," "On Scoring for an Orchestra" (in "The British Musician," 1897); etc.—His brother, George Frederick V., b. Mar. 27, 1855; pupil of Leipzig Cons. 1874-6; since 1882 organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas's, Sunderland; also cond. the Choral Soc., the Ladies' Orch.l Soc., and the Amateur Opera Soc., at Sunderland. Well-known concert-organist.—Works: Operettas; a cantata, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, f. bar. solo, ch., and orch. (1895); songs, anthems, etc.;—2 Fantasias and Fugues f. 2 pf.s; pf.-pieces; 2 vol.s of organ-pieces; etc.
11Vin'ci, Pietro, b. Nicosia, Sicily, 1540; was maestro at Bergamo Cath.—Publ. 5 books of motets a 4-6 (1572-88); "14 Sonetti spirituali a più voci" (1580); masses a 5-8 (1575); and 10 vol.s of madrigals a 3-6 (1564-89).
13Vin'ci, Leonardo, b. Strongoli, Calabria, 1690. Pupil of Greco at the Cons. de' Poveri, Naples, where he died in 1732. He was maestro at the Royal Chapel, Naples. Much admired in Italy as an opera-composer, producing over 25 operas, of which Ifigenia in Tauride and Astianatte (both at Venice in 1725) were particularly successful. Also comp. 2 oratorios, cantatas, motets, masses, songs, etc.
15Vining, Helen Sherwood, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 4, 1855. Has publ. a pf.-primer, and other instructive works.
17Vio'la, Alfonso della, maestro to Ercole II. d'Este, is noteworthy as an early composer of pastorals and incidental music for the court of Ferrara:—L'Orbacche (1541), Il Sacrifizio (1554), Lo Sfortunato (1557), and Aretusa (1563), all in madrigal-style, the dialogue sung by a chorus. He publ. madrigals a 5 (1559).
19Vio'la, Francesco, of Ferrara; maestro to Duke Alfonso d'Este, and pupil of Willaert, whose "Musica nova" (motets and madrigals) he publ. in 1558. Also publ. 2 books of original madrigals (1567, '73).
21Vio'le, Rudolf, b. Schochwitz, Mansfeld, May 10, 1815; d. Berlin, Dec. 7, 1867. Pianist and teacher, pupil of Liszt, who recommended his comp.s; lived in Berlin as a teacher.—Works: 11 pf.-sonatas, op. 1 and 21-30; "Die musikalische Gartenlaube," 100 studies f. pf.; Caprices héroïques; Poésies lyriques; a Polonaise, a Ballade, etc.; all of distinctly modern tendency.
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