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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1BAKER, J. Percy. Orgt. and musical litterateur; b. London, 1859. Educated R.A.M.; A.R.A.M., 1888; Mus.Bac., Dunelm, 1896; editor Musical News, 1904.
3BAKER-GRÓNDAHL. (See Backer-Gróndahl.)
5BAKEWELL, John. 1721-1819. A Greenwich schoolmaster. Wrote the fine hymn, "Hail, Thou once despisèd Jesus."
7Bakkia. A dance of the natives of Kam-schatka.
9Balada (S.). A ballad.
10Balata (S.). A ballad.
12Balafo. (See Bulafo.)
14Balafong. A xylophone (or harmonicon) with from 18 to 25 tuned wooden bars, used in West Africa, Singapore, Burmah, Siam, &c.
16BALA'KIREV, Mily Alexeieivich. Russian composer, organist and conductor. B. Nishni-Novgorod, 1836; d. Petrograd, 1910. "Successor of M. Glinka" (as Glinka himself had called him), chief of so-called "The Group of Five"; founder in 1862 of The Gratuitous Music School, at concerts of which he propagated the works of young Russian composers (as Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Glazunov; conductor of symphony concerts of Russian Music Society (1867-1869); conducted in 1867 Russlan and Ludmilla by Glinka, and other operas at Prague; 1883-1895 was Director of Court Chapel at Petrograd.
17Works: A collection of Russian folk-songs, 1886; music to King Lear; two symphonies, some symphonic works, overtures for orchestra, pf. concerto, pf. pieces, songs, &c.
19Balala'ika. The common Russian guitar.
21Balancement (F.). Tremolo. (See also Bebung.)
22Balancement on the clavichord (with "tangents") —not to be confounded with the Clavecin or harpsichord—was a "continuous repetition of a note by a movement of the tip of the finger without leaving the key." It was marked:
24Tremolo, or or
26The effect is imitated on the pianoforte by changing fingers on a key and playing molto legato:—
28BEETHOVEN. Sonata in Ab. Gp. 110.
29Adagio. 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
31The notes are to be repeated as legato as possible, but not tied.
33Balance Pedal. A pedal for the swell or solo-organ, which retains any position in which it is placed by the foot.
35BALART', Gabriel. Spanish composer of "zarzuelas" (operettas). B. Barcelona, 1824; d. 1893. Director, Barcelona Cons.
37BALAT'KA, Hans. B. Moravia, 1827; d. Chicago, 1899. Went to America, 1841; founded the Milwaukee Musikverein, 1851. Conductor Chicago Phil. Society, 1860; organised the Liederkranz and the Mozart Club, and conducted the Symphony Society from 1873.
38Works: The Power of Song, Festival Cantata, choruses, quartets, songs, fantasias, &c.
40BAL'BI, Ludovico. Italian Maestro from abt. 1600 at Padua and Venice. Wrote masses, motets, &c. Published (with Gabrielli and Vecchi) a collection of Graduals and Antiphones (Venice, 1591).
42BAL'BI, M. Composer and theorist. B. Venice, 1796; d. Padua, 1879. Leader at the two Paduan theatres, 1818-53.
43Works: Three operas, a miserere, masses, psalms, &c. Also edited and wrote important theoretical treatises.
45Balck'en (G.). The bass-bar of a violin. (See Balken.)
47Baldamen'te (I.). Boldly; resolutely.
48Baldan'za (I.). Courage; boldness.
49Baldez'za (I.). Courage; boldness.
51Balg'zug. Organ stop connected with the blowing apparatus.
53BALDASSAR'RI, Benedetto. Celebrated 18th cent. Italian tenor; sang in Handel's and Bononcini's works.
55BALFE, Michael Wm. Singer and composer. B. Dublin, May 15, 1808; d. Hertfordshire, Oct. 20, 1870. Violinist, Drury Lane, 1824. Visited Italy, 1825, and studied at Rome and Milan. First baritone, Paris Italian Opera, 1828. Sang in Italian theatres until 1835; and produced some Italian operas.
56His first English opera was The Siege of Rochelle, 1835. The Bohemian Girl, his most popular work, was produced in 1843. He visited Vienna (1846), Berlin (1848), St. Petersburg and Trieste (1852-6), and retired to Rowney Abbey, Hertfordshire, 1864. (In 1857 his daughter Victoire made her début in Italian opera at the Lyceum.) Balfe's fame rests on his English operas and his songs.
57English operas: The Siege of Rochelle, 1835; The Maid of Artois, 1836; Catherine Grey, Joan of Arc, 1837; Diadeste, Falstaff, 1838; Keolanthe, 1840; The Bohemian Girl (Drury Lane), 1843; Daughter of St. Mark, 1844; The Enchantress, 1845; The Bondman, 1846; The Maid of Honour, 1847; The Sicilian Bride, 1852; The Devil's in it, 1852; The Rose of Castile, 1857; Satanella, 1858; Bianca, 1860; The Puritan's Daughter, 1861; The Armourer of Nantes, Blanche de Nevers, 1863; Il Talismano, 1874. He also composed cantatas, ballads, part-songs, &c. "Come into the garden, Maud," is one of his most popular songs.
58"Balfe; His Life and Work," W. A. Barrett, is his best biography.
60BALFOUR-GARDINER. (See Gardiner.)
62BALFOUR, Henry L. Organist; b. Battersea, 1859. Organist Royal Choral Society.
64Balg, Bäl'ge (G.). Wind chest; bellows.
65Bal'genregis'ter. Wind indicator.
66Bal'gentreter The "bellows-treader," who, in old organs, worked the bellows by standing or walking on them.
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