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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1oniki (Greece), Jan. 6, 1903. He studied at Lausanne Univ., and later in Berlin. Leaving Germany in 1933 he conducted ballet in Paris and London; toured Australia with the British National Opera Co. (1934-35). Conducted at Metropolitan Opera (1936-38) and the Chicago Opera Co. (1940-41). In 1947 he became conductor of the Utah State Symph. Orch. at Salt Lake City.
3Absil, Jean, Belgian composer; b. Peruwelz, Oct. 23, 1893. He studied organ and composition at the Brussels Cons.; later with Gilson. He won the Prix Agniez for his 1st symphony (1921); in 1922 won a second Prix de Rome for the cantata La Guerre; also received Prix Rubens and Prix Ysaÿe. Appointed music dir. of the Academy of Eterbeek (1923); from 1931, teaching at the Brussels Cons.; is also one of the founders of the 'Revue Internationale de Musique.' Absil has evolved an individual style, characterized by rhythmic variety, free tonality and compact counterpoint. Works: Fanson, musical comedy (1945); 2 ballets, Le Miracle de Pan (1949) and Epouvantail (1951); 4 cantatas: La Guerre (1922); Philatélie for 4 voices and 15 instruments (1940); Les Bénédictions (1941) and Le Zodiaque (1949). For orch.: 3 symphonics (1921, 1936, 1943); La mort de Tintagiles, symph. poem (1926); Rapsodie sur des thèmes populaires flamands (1928); violin concerto (1933); piano concerto (1937); Chants des Morts for chorus and orch. (1941); concertino for cello and orch. (1942); viola concerto (1942); Rapsodie roumaine for violin and orch. (1943); Jeanne d'Arc, symph. poem (1945). Chamber music: 4 string quartets (1929, 1934, 1935, 1941); wind quintet (1934); 2 string trios (1935, 1939); Fantaisie for string quartet and piano (1939); Phantasmes for contralto, saxophone, piano, viola and percussion (1950). Bibl.: J. Dopp, Jean Absil in 'La Revue Musicale' (Oct.-Dec., 1937).
5Abt, Franz, German song writer and conductor; b. Eilenburg, Dec. 22, 1819; d. Wiesbaden, March 31, 1883. His father being a clergyman, he was sent to Leipzig Thomasschule to study theology; later obtained an excellent musical education both there and at the Univ. He became a choral conductor in Zürich (1841). In 1852 he was appointed second conductor at the Brunswick Court; in 1855 became first conductor. In 1869 he traveled, as a choral conductor, to Paris, London and Russia; in 1872 he made a highly successful tour in America. He retired on a pension from Brunswick in 1882. Abt wrote over 600 works, comprising more than 3,000 numbers; the largest are the 7 secular cantatas. His popularity as a song writer is due chiefly to the flowing, easy and elegant style of his vocal melodies, some of which (Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n, Gute Nacht, du mein herziges Kind, So viele Tausend Blumen, etc.) have become so well known as to be mistaken for genuine folksongs. See B. Rost, Vom Meister des volkstümlichen deutschen Liedes, Franz Abt (Chemnitz, 1924).
7Achron, Isidor, pianist and composer; b. Warsaw, Nov. 24, 1892; d. New York, May 12, 1948. He studied at the St. Petersburg Cons. with Liadov (composition) and Mme. Essipov (piano). After the Russian Revolution he came to the U.S. and was active in New York as teacher. He was the soloist in his Piano Concerto with the N. Y. Philh. Orch. (Dec. 9, 1937); he also wrote Suite Grotesque for orch. (St. Louis, Jan. 30, 1942) and solo pieces for piano.
9Achron, Joseph, violinist and composer; b. Lozdzieje, Lithuania, May 13, 1886; d. Hollywood, Calif., April 29, 1943. He studied at the St. Petersburg Cons. with Auer (violin) and Liadov (theory), graduating in 1904. From 1913-16 he taught at Kharkov Cons., then was drafted into the Russian Army. Between 1918-22 he gave popular concerts in the Petrograd area; left Russia and toured in Europe and the Near East, coming to the U.S. in 1925. He lived in New York until 1939, when he settled in Hollywood. He wrote 3 violin concertos which he played with the Boston Symph. Orch. (Jan. 24, 1927) and the Los Angeles Philharm. (Dec. 19, 1936; March 31, 1939). His other works are: Hebrew Melody for violin and orch. (1911; his most famous composition, also published for violin and piano); Haran for cello and orch. (1912); 2 Hebrew Pieces (1913); Shar for clarinet and orch. (1917); and Golem Suite for orch. (1932) the last section of which is the exact retrograde movement of the first section to symbolize the undoing of the monster Golem. His chamber music includes Chromatic String Quartet; Elegy for string quartet; 3 suites and Suite bizarre for violin and piano; 2 violin sonatas. During his American period Achron adopted a highly advanced idiom of composition using atonal and polytonal devices.
11Ackté (real name, Achté), Alno, Finnish dramatic soprano; b. Helsinki, April 23, 1876; d. there, Aug. 8, 1944. She studied at the Paris Cons. and made her debut at the
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