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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1First copper-plate music printer—Verovio.
2First French opera. (See Opera.)
3First German oratorio. (See Oratorio.)
4First German organ. (See Faber.)
5First German pf. maker—G. Silbermann.
6First German Singspiel. (See Opera.)
7First German to employ popular themes in opera—Keiser.
8"First great composers for the harpsichord"—Byrd and Couperin.
9First harpsichord sonata—Kuhnau, 1695.
10First Hungarian national opera. (See Opera.)
11First music printing by stereotype process—B. F. Reinhard.
12First opera—Peri's Euridice, 1600.
13First opera house—Venice, 1637.
14First oratorio—Rome, 1600. (See Oratorio.)
15First Protestant hymn-book—1524. (See Walther.)
16First English Psalter with melody in the treble—Playford, 1654.
17First published vocal score—Rore's chromatic madrigals, 1575.
18First Russian national opera. (See Opera.)
19First tremolo for strings—Monteverde.
20First University musical degree on record—H. Abyngdon, 1463.
21First use of f, p, tr, <> (See Mazzocchi.)
22First use of the unprepared dominant 7th. (See Mouton.)
23First use of three staves for pf. playing. (See F. G. Pollini.)
24" Forerunner of Bach"—H. Schütz.
25" Forerunner of Palestrina"—Gombert.
26Founder of French grand opera—Lully. (See also Cambert.)
27Founder of French Opera-bouffe—Duni.
28Founder of German Romantic opera—Weber.
29" Founder of modern pf. technique"—D. Scarlatti.
30" Founder of modern violin technique"—Corelli.
31Founder of the Neapolitan School—A. Scarlatti.
32" Founder of the Scandinavian school"—Gade.
33Founder of the Tonic Sol-fa system—Curwen (and Miss Glover).
34Founder of the Venetian School—Willaert.
35Founder of transcendental (or orchestral) pf. playing—Liszt.
36" French Stradivarius"—Lupot.
37" French Tartini"—Gaviniés.
38" From Bach to Offenbach." (See Offenbach.)
39Fugue in 64 parts. (See P. Raimondi.)
40" Golden age of Counterpoint"—1540-1600.
41Greatest composer of the Netherland school—Lassus.
42" Greatest contralto of the 19th century"—Alboni.
43Greatest English composer—H. Purcell.
44Greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece—Pindar.
45Greatest oboist of the 18th century—L. A. Lebrun.
46Greatest poet of the Greek church—Johannes Damascenus.
47Greatest Portuguese composer—Portogallo.
48Greatest vocal compass on record—Agujari.
49Handel's chief rival—Bononcini.
50" Hannibal of octaves"—Tedesco.
51" Hercules of singing"—J. E. Lavigne.
52Highest recorded voice—Agujari.
53" Incarnation of the soul of the piano"—Chopin.
54Inventor of an apparatus for tuning pianos—Delsarte.
55Inventor of canon—Dufay.
56Inventor of harmonic organ stops—Cavaillé-Coll.
57Inventor of harp pedals—M. C. Oginski.
58Inventor of movable types for music printing—Petrucci.
59Inventor of organ pedals—Bernhardi.
60Inventor of the ballet-pantomime—Noverre.
61Inventor of the Chiroplast—Logier.
62Inventor of the claviharpe—Dietz (1814).
63Inventor of the double-action harp—Erard.
64Inventor of the first upright pianoforte—Del Mela (1730).
65Inventor of the harmonium—Debain (1840).
66Inventor of the hexachord system—Guido.
67Inventor of the laryngoscope—M. Garcia.
68Inventor of the melodeon—Dietz (1805).
69Inventor of the (modern form of the) clarinet—J. C. Denner (abt. 1700).
70Inventor of the organ wind-gauge—Förner.
71Inventor of the pf. "hammer-action"—Cristofori.
72Inventor of the pneumatic lever (organ)—C. S. Barker.
73Inventor of the Serpentcleide—T. M. Glen.
74Inventor of the Staff time table—Franco of Cologne.
75Inventor of the symphonic poem—Liszt.
76Inventor of valves for brass instruments—Claggett, 1790.
77" Irish Handel"—O'Carolan.
78" Italian Gluck"—Jommelli (or Sacchini).
79" Italian Orpheus"—Crescentini.
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