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1he Cincinnati Conservatory. Compositions include a concert polonaise for violin and orchestra, and several interesting transcriptions.
3MILANOLLO SISTERS, TERESA AND MARIE, Italian violinists, b. Savigliano, Teresa on August 18, 1827, and Marie on June 18, 1832. Teresa studied first under Ferrero, Caldera and Morra and in 1836 went to Paris where she was a pupil of Lafont and Habeneck, and still later of Deberiot in Brussels, thus being trained in the best methods of Italian, French and Belgian schools. She was also teacher for her sister who acquired equal skill, and in 1840 the pair toured France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and England, arousing the greatest interest and enthusiasm. In 1848, Marie died at Paris, and Teresa toured alone with even greater success, marrying a French army officer in 1857, when she retired from the stage. D. Paris, Oct. 25, 1904.
5MINCUS, LUDWIG, Austrian violinist and composer, b. Vienna, 1827. Became solo violinist of the Imperial Theatre, Petrograd, and professor at the Moscow Conservatory. He collaborated with Leo Delibes on the ballet "Naila" to which violinists are indebted for the Valse "Pas des Fleurs" so well arranged by Sauret.
7MISCHAKOFF, MISCHA, Russian violinist, b. Proskurow, Russia in 1897. He studied under Korgueff, an Auer pupil and was graduated with honors from the Petrograd Conservatory in 1913. He has been concertmaster at Petrograd, Moscow and Warsaw, besides touring all of Europe. His American debut was made in Carnegie Hall in 1923, after which he has appeared many times successfully in recital and as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
9MLYNARSKI, EMIL, Polish violinist and composer, b. Poland, July 18, 1870. Studied under Auer and became professor of the violin at Odessa Conservatory, later becoming conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Went to England in 1910, assuming the directorship of the Glasgow Choral and Orchestral Unions. Compositions include a violin concerto which gained for him the Paderewski prize in 1898, and several smaller pieces.
11MOLIQUE, WILHELM BERNHARD, German violinist and composer, b. Nuremberg, Oct. 1802. Studied under Spohr and Rovelli, whom he succeeded as leader of the Munich Orchestra in 1820. Made numerous successful tours of Germany and England where he spent the rest of his professional life concertizing, quartet playing and teaching, retiring in 1866 to Cannstadt where he died May 10, 1869. Compositions include six concertos, duets and much chamber music.
13MOLLENHAUER, EDWARD, German violinist b. Erfurt, April, 1827. Studied under Ernst and Spohr. Came to the United States in 1853 with Jullien's Orchestra and remained in New York, where he founded a violin school for advanced students, besides concertizing and doing orchestral playing. In 1881 he took out a patent (also in England) of a new design for violin construction in which the interior of the instrument was divided into compartments. D. at Owatowa, Minn., 1914. His brother, Friedrich, also a violinist, came to the United States at the same time, and labored together with him; still another brother, Heinrich Mollenhauer, a violoncellist of reputation, followed in 1853 and established a musical school in Brooklyn, still carried on by his son.
15MOLLENHAUER, EMIL, American violinist, b. Brooklyn, Aug. 4, 1855. Studied under his father, and after playing at both Niblo's and Booth's Theatres, joined the Thomas Orchestra, the Damrosch Orchestra and later the Boston Symphony, resigning from the latter to conduct the Boston Festival Orchestra on extensive tours. Mr. Mollenhauer also succeeded B. J. Lang as conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society, and is active in almost every branch of Boston's musical life.
17MOLLENHAUER, LOUIS, American violinist, b. Brooklyn in 1863. Studied under his uncle, Friedrich Mollenhauer. Made numerous successful tours in chamber music concerts, returning to Brooklyn in 1889 to succeed his father (Heinrich Mollenhauer) in the management of the well established music school. Has since been active in the musical life of Brooklyn.
19MONASTERIO, JESUS DE, Spanish violinist, b. Potes, Apr. 18, 1836. Studied under the best masters in Madrid and at the Brussels Conservatory under Deberiot. He made numerous successful tours of Europe and became professor of the violin at the Madrid Conservatory, in addition to founding the Madrid String Quartet of remarkable excellence, presenting to Spanish audiences classical compositions previously unheard. Compositions include many solos
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