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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1Amengual, René, Chilean composer; b. Santiago, Sept. 2, 1911; d. there, Aug. 2, 1954. He studied with Humberto Allende at the National Cons. in Santiago. His compositions are few, and mostly in small forms; their style shows influences of the modern French school. He wrote a piano sonatina (1938); Introduction and Allegro for 2 pianos (1939); piano concerto (Santiago, June 30, 1942); El Vaso for voice and chamber orch. (Santiago, Aug. 25, 1944), etc. His Burlesca for piano is included in the album 'Latin American Art Music for the Piano' (N. Y., 1942).
3Amfiteatrov, Daniele, composer and conductor; b. St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 29, 1901; studied composition in St. Petersburg with Wihtol, in Prague with Křička, and in Rome with Respighi. He stayed in Italy until 1937 when he came to America as assistant conductor of the Minneapolis Symph. Orch. (1938-41). In 1941 he settled in Hollywood as composer of film music; became an American citizen in 1944. He has written for orch. Poema del Mare (1925), Miracolo delle Rose (1927); American Panorama (1934), and some chamber music, as well as numerous film scores.
5Amiot (ah-myoh'), Joseph Marie, French ecclesiastic; b. Toulon, Feb. 8, 1718; d. Peking, Oct. 8, 1793. He was Jesuit missionary to China; while there, he translated Li Kung Ti's work on Chinese music; Commentaire sur le livre classique touchant la musique des anciens; also wrote Mémoires sur la musique des Chinois, tant anciens que modernes (vol. VI of 'Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, etc., des Chinois'; Paris, 1780, edited by Abbé Roussier).
7Amirov, Fikret Dzhamil, Azerbaijzhan composer; b. Kirovabad, Nov. 22, 1922. He played native instruments; also studied composition. His music reflects native folkways. He has written a symph. poem To the Memory of the Heroes of the Greek National War (1944); several symph. poems on national modes 'mugamas'; double concerto for violin, piano and orch. (1948); The Pledge of the Korean Guerilla Fighter for voice and orch. (1951); variations for piano (1940), many arrangements of folk songs.
9Ammann, Benno, Swiss composer and conductor; b. Gersau, June 14, 1904. He studied at the Leipzig Cons. and with Honegger, Milhaud and Roussel in Paris. He was choirmaster at the State Theater in Basel (1936-39); at the Teatro Reale in Rome (1939-42); then, conductor in Switzerland and France. Among his works are a mass Defensor Pacis (Rome, 1947), a string quartet and a saxophone sonata.
11Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus, German organist and contrapuntist; b. Naumberg, c. 1530; d. Leipzig, Jan. 1597 (buried Jan. 29). From 1560 he was organist of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig. He published Orgel oder Instrument Tabulatur (Leipzig, 1571), a work of importance regarding progress and development in the practice of tuning, the fingering of keyboard instruments, execution of graces, etc. (described by Becker in Die Hausmusik in Deutschland, Leipzig, 1840); and Ein neu künstlich Tabulaturbuch (1575; 2nd ed., 1583). He also published numerous compositions for organ and clavichord.
13Ammon, Blasius, contrapuntist; b. 1560 at Imst, Tirol; d. Vienna, June, 1590. He was a choir boy in the service of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, who sent him to Venice for his musical education. In 1578 he returned to Innsbruck and joined the Franciscan Order. In 1587 he went to the Franciscan monastery in Vienna, where he entered the priesthood. He printed a book of 5-part Introits (Vienna, 1582); a book of 4-part masses (Vienna, 1588); 2 books of 4, 5 and 6-part motets (Munich, 1590). A number of works in MS are in the libraries of Munich and Vienna. A volume containing his church music was published by Carilianus Huigens in 'Denkmüller der Tonkunst in Österreich' (38, I).
15Amon, Johann (Andreas), German musician; b. Bamberg, 1763; d. Wallerstein, Bavaria, March 29, 1825. He studied horn with Giovanni Punto and traveled with him on tours in France and Germany. From 1789 till 1817 he was music director at Heilbronn; then became court conductor to the Prince of Ottingen-Wallerstein. He wrote 2 operas, 3 Requiems (one of which he intended for performance at his funeral), and many pieces of chamber music.
17Ancina, Giovanni Giovenale, Italian choral composer; b. Fossano, Oct. 19, 1545; d. Saluzzo, Aug. 31, 1604. He studied medicine and theology; became interested in music when he met Filippo Neri; in 1578 he joined the Congregazione dell' Oratorio, founded by Neri. Ancina wrote church music; published Tempio armonico della beata Vergine (Rome, 1599).—Cf. J. Bacci, Vita di G. G. Ancina (Rome, 1671); also Pietro Damilano, G. G. Ancina e la lauda cinquecentesca (Milan, 1953).
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