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A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, 1908
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1Scholarship, 1886. Has written songs, hymns, pf. pieces, &c.
3BARSANTI, F. B. Lucca about 1690; d. about 1760. Flautist, oboist, and viola player in London.
4Published "A Collection of Old Scots Tunes," 1742. Also wrote violin concertos, flute solos, sonatas, &c.
6BARSOTTI, Tommaso G. F. B. Florence, 1786; d. 1868. Founded the Free School of Music, Marseilles, 1821. Pub. "Méthode de Musique," 1828.
8Bart (G.). Beard; ear of an organ pipe.
9Bär'tig. Bearded.
11BAR'TAY, Andreas. Hungarian composer. 1798-1856.
12Works: Operas, Aurelia, Csel, The Hungarians in Naples; an oratorio, masses, ballets, &c.
14BAR'TAY, Ede. Son of A. 1825-1901. For several years director of the Pesth National Music Academy; founded the Hungarian pension fund for musicians.
16BARTH (pron. Bart), Christian S. Famous oboe player. B. Saxony, 1735; d. 1809. Choir-boy under J. S. Bach. Played at Weimar, Hanover, Cassel, and Copenhagen.
17Wrote concertos and other pieces for oboe.
19BARTH, F. P. K. A. Son of C. S.; b. about 1773. Published collections of Danish and German songs.
21BARTH, Gustav. B. Vienna, 1811; d. 1897. Cond., Vienna Male Choral Union, 1843. Court Capellmeister, Wiesbaden, 1858. Wrote male-voice pieces, songs, &c.
23BARTH, Karl H. B. Pillau, Prussia, 1847. Able pianist. Pupil of Bülow, whom he succeeded as conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic Concerts.
24The Barth, De Ahna, and Hausmann Trio have toured through Europe with great success.
26BARTH, Richard. Left-handed violin virtuoso. Director of Hamburg Phil. Concerts since 1894.
28BARTHE, Grat-Norbert. French composer; B. 1828. Pupil Paris Cons.; won Grand Prix de Rome, 1854.
29Works: Operas, Don Carlos, La Fiancée d'Abydos; oratorio, Judith; cantatas, &c.
31BARTHEL (-Tel), J. C. 1776-1831. Saxon composer of church music, waltzes, &c.
33BARTHE'LEMON (BARTLEMAN) François Hippolyte. Violinist and composer; b. Bordeaux, 1741; d. London, 1808. Leader at Vauxhall Gardens, 1770, and in Dublin, 1784.
34Works: operas, Pélopidas, Le Fleuve Scamandre, Le Jugement de Pâris, The Maid of the Oaks, &c.; concertos, chamber music, vn. studies, &c.
36BARTHOLOMEW, Mrs. A. S. (née Mounsey). Composer, organist, and pianist; b. London, 1811; d. 1905.
38BARTHOL'OMEW, Wm. Violinist and writer. B. London, 1793; d. 1867. Friend of Mendelssohn. Translated into English the words of Antigone, Athalie, Œdipus, Elijah, Lauda Sion, &c., of Spohr's Jessonda, Costa's Eli and Naaman, &c.
40BARTLEMAN, Jas. London, 1769-1821. Celebrated bass singer, pupil of Dr. Cooke. Member of the choirs of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal. He revived an interest in the music of Purcell.
42BARTLETT, Homer Newton. Organist and composer; b. Olive (U.S.), 1845.
43His published works include a sextet for strings and flute; a cantata, The Last Chieftain; quartets, anthems, glees, and several songs and pf. pieces.
45BARTLETT, John. Mus. Bac. Oxon, 1610. Published "A Book of Ayres, with a Triplicitie of Musicke," &c., 1606.
47BARTNAN'SKY. (See Bortniansky.)
49BAR'TOLI, Padre E. ("Padre Raimo"). Italian composer; 1606-1656. Wrote masses, motets, psalms, &c.
51BAR'TOLO, Padre D. Italian Jesuit; 1608-1685. Wrote a learned work on "Sound," 1679.
53BARTON, Rev. W. B. abt. 1598; d. Leicester, 1678. Published a popular "Book of Psalms, with Tunes," &c.
55Bar'ytenor. A deep tenor.
57Bar'yton, Bar'ytone. The viola di bordone (q.v.).
58Bar'ytonhorn (G.). The euphonium.
59Bar'ytonschlüssel (G.). Baritone clef (q.v.).
60Bar'ytonstimme (G.). Barytone voice or part.
62Bar'ytone, or Baritone, Voice (from Gk. Baru-tonos, deep-toned). A voice between a tenor and a bass. Compass from about N.B.—The prefix "Bary" or "Bari" is from Gk. Barus, heavy. Barytone is perhaps the preferable spelling; but Baritone is much more usual.
64Bas, Basse (F.). Low.
65Bas-dessus. The Mezzo-soprano voice.
66Base (Eng.). The old spelling of Bass.
68BA'SELT, Fritz. B. Oels, Silesia, 1863. Music-dealer, teacher, and composer. Since 1894 director of the Phil.-Verein, Frankfort-on-Main, and conductor of the "Sängervereinigung."
69Works: Der Fürst von Sevilla, Don Alvaro, René und Gaston, and many other operettas and short operas; about 100 male choruses, songs, pieces for orchestra, violin, pf., &c.
71BASE'VI, Abramo. B. Leghorn, 1818; d. 1885. Failing as opera composer he turned to writing. Founded Armonia, a musical journal, at Florence; instituted the Beethoven Matinées, 1859.
72Published works on "Verdi's Operas," harmony, musical history, &c.
74Basfllicor'no (I.). A baritone Flügelhorn (q.v.).
76BASIL (St.) the Great. Bishop of Caesarea, 329-379. Said to have introduced antiphonal singing into the Eastern Church.
78BASI'LI, Francesco. Italian composer, 1766-1850. Maestro St. Peter's, Rome, 1837. Produced several operas and "dramatic oratorios" in Rome, Naples, &c. Wrote also motets, psalms, litanies, symphonies, songs, pf. sonatas, &c.
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