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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1explanation of the notation of Alypios is presented by A. Samoiloff in his article Die Alypiusschen Reihen der altgriechischen Tonbezeichnung in 'Archiv für Musikwissenschaft' (1924; pp. 383-400).
3Amadei, Filippo, Italian opera composer; b. Reggio, 1683; place and date of death unknown. His claim to attention arises from the circumstance that he, under the name of Signor Pippo (diminutive of Filippo), was the real author of the first act of the opera Muzio Scevola, for which Bononcini wrote the second act, and Handel the third, and which was produced at the Royal Academy of Music in London, April 15, 1721. Amadei's name was erroneously converted into Filippo Mattci by Mattheson in his Critica musica and the mistake was carried into reference works and Handel's biographies.
5Amalia, the name of three German princesses who were musicians. See Anna Amalia (Princess of Prussia), Anna Amalia (Duchess of Saxe-Weimar) and Amalia Friederike.
7Amalia Friederike, Princess of Saxony who wrote comedies under the name of Amalie Heiter; b. Dresden, Aug. 10, 1794; d. there, Sept. 18, 1870. She composed several light operas (Una donna, Le tre cinture, Die Siegesfahne, Der Kanonenschuss, etc.) and church music.
9Amani, Nikolay Nikolayevitch, Russian composer; b. St. Petersburg, April 4, 1872; d. Yalta, Oct. 4, 1904. He studied at the St. Petersburg Cons. with Rimsky-Korsakov and Liadov (1890-1900); then went to Italy and played a concert of his piano works at Naples (July 29, 1900); in 1901-02 he traveled in Germany. Tuberculosis forced him to stop working; he lived his last two years in the Crimea. Amani's music is close in style to Tchaikovsky; but he wrote only in small forms.
11Amar, Licco, Hungarian violinist; b. Budapest, Dec. 4, 1891. He studied with Henri Marteau in Berlin, and later joined the Marteau Quartet as second violinist. He was subsequently concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic (1916-20) and at the National Theater in Mannheim (1920-23). In 1922 he organized the Amar Quartet (with Walter Caspar, Paul Hindemith and Maurits Frank); toured Europe with this group until 1929. He left Germany in 1933; lived in Paris, and eventually settled in Turkey as prof. at the Ankara Cons.
13Amat, Juan Carlos, Spanish physician and writer on guitar playing; b. Monistrol, 1572; d. there, Feb. 10, 1642. His book Guitarra Española en cinco ordenes (Barcelona, 1596) has been reprinted many times. See E. Pujol, Significación de Juan Carlos Amat (1572-1642) en la historia de la guitarra in 'Anuario Musical,' vol. V (Barcelona, 1950).
15Amati, a renowned family of violin makers at Cremona, Italy. (1) Andrea, b. 1530 (?), d. 1611 (?), was the first violin maker of the family; his violins were usually of small pattern, but show a marked advance over the Brescia instrs. His two sons, (2) Antonio, b. 1550, d. 1638, and (3) Girolamo, b. 1556; d. Nov. 2, 1630, worked together for a time, producing violins of nearly the same style of their father. (4) Niccolò, b. Dec. 3, 1596; d. April 12, 1684, the most celebrated of the Amatis, improved the model in several respects, and, though generally working with a small pattern, built some so-called 'grand Amatis'-large violins of powerful tone, clearer, purer, and more sonorous than in those of his predecessors. His label is 'Nicolaus Amati Cremonens. Hieronimi filius Antonii nepos. Fecit anno 16—.' In his workshop were trained both Andrea Guarneri and Antonio Stradivari. (5) Niccolò's son, Girolamo, b. Feb. 26, 1649; d. Feb. 21, 1740, the last of the family, was far inferior to his father as a workman.—See Lütgendorff, Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (Frankfurt, 1904; 4th ed. 1922, in dictionary form); G. de Piccolcellis, Genealogia degli Amati e Guarneri (1866).
17Amato, Pasquale, Italian baritone; b. Naples, March 21, 1878; d. New York, Aug. 12, 1942. He studied at the Cons. of Naples (1896-99); made his debut in La Traviata in Naples in 1900. He later sang at leading European opera houses, and in Russia, England, Egypt and Argentina. He made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera in La Traviata (Nov. 20, 1908) with Sembrich and Caruso. Amato remained a member of the Metropolitan Opera until 1921 and then settled in New York as voice teacher.
19Ambros, August Wilhelm, eminent musical historiographer; b. Mauth, near Prague, Nov. 17, 1816; d. Vienna, June 28, 1876. He studied law and music; rapidly rose in the legal profession; was appointed Public Prosecutor in Prague (1850), but continued to devote much time to music; published his Die Grenzen der Musik und Poesie (Leipzig,
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