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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1ANSORGE — ANTES
3studied mathematics with his father, who was a teacher of geometry; received his first musical training from his mother; after obtaining a degree from a college in Lausanne, Ansermet taught mathematics at the High School (1906-10). At the same time he pursued his musical studies with Denéréaz, Barblan and Ernest Bloch; later with Gédalge in Paris. He also studied conducting with Mottl in Munich and with Nikisch in Berlin. He conducted popular concerts in Montreux (1911-14), where he met Stravinsky who recommended him to Diaghilev. Subsequently, Ansermet conducted Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Europe and America (1915-23). On Sept. 28, 1918, he presented in Lausanne the world premiere of Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat; in 1918 he became permanent conductor of the newly founded Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva. He has made numerous successful appearances in the U. S. with major American orchestras. His specialty is modern French and Russian music; he is regarded as one of the greatest interpreters of Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky. He has composed a symphonic poem Feuilles de Printemps, a ballade for piano and orch.; has also orchestrated Debussy's 6 epigraphes antiques, and 2 Argentinian dances by Julian Aguirre. He published Le geste du chef d'orchestre (Lausanne, 1943).
5Anserge, Conrad (Eduard Reinhold), German pianist; b. Buchwald, near Löbau, Silesia, Oct. 15, 1862; d. Berlin, Feb. 13, 1930. He studied at the Leipzig Cons. (1880-82) and was one of the last pupils of Liszt in Weimar (1885). He toured in Russia and America; then lived in Weimar (1893-95) and in Berlin (from 1895). From 1898 he taught at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Cons. In 1920 he gave courses at the German Cons. in Prague. Anserge excelled as an interpreter of romantic compositions; he was called "a metaphysician among pianists" for his insight into the inner meaning of the music of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. He wrote a piano concerto, a string sextet, 2 string quartets and a cello sonata; Ballade, Traumbilder, Polish Dances, and 3 sonatas for piano, and a Requiem.
7Anserge, Joachim, German pianist, son of Conrad; b. Weimar, July 24, 1893; d. Vienna, July 22, 1947. He studied with his father and his mother, Margarethe Anserge (b. Halle, Dec. 14, 1872; d. Berlin, Oct. 4, 1944). He taught at the Cons. of Königsberg; in 1933 became prof. at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin; then went to Vienna.
9Antcliffe, Herbert, English writer on music; b. Sheffield, July 30, 1875. He studied organ with a local church organist; as a young man began writing music criticism; in 1916 became music critic of "The Evening Standard." In 1925 he went to Holland as correspondent for "The Daily Mail"; in 1939 was elected President of the Foreign Press Association; in 1948 returned to England. During his long sojourn in Holland, he became an authority on Dutch music and contributed many articles on contemporary events in Holland to music magazines. He also published miniature biographies of Brahms (1905) and Schubert (1910); brief manuals Living Music (1912) and How to Enjoy Music (1921), etc.
11Antegnati (ahn-ta-ñah'-tê), Costanzo, Italian organist and composer; b. Brescia, c. 1549; d. there, Nov. 16, 1624. He was descended from a family of organ builders, and served as apprentice to his father. In 1584 he became organist at Brescia cathedral. His madrigals and sacred compositions (masses, motets, psalms and canzoni) were published in Venice (1571-1608) with pieces in organ tablature; he also published an important treatise, I'Arte organica (Brescia, 1608; new ed. by Renato Lunelli, Mainz, 1938). His 3 Ricercari for organ are reprinted in vol. III of Luigi Torchi's 'L'Arte musicale in Italia.' Bibli.: D. Muoni, Gili Antegnati (Milan, 1883).
13Antes, John, 'Moravian' minister; b. Fredericktownship, Pa., March 24, 1740; d. Bristol, England, Dec. 17, 1811. He left America in 1764, and was a missionary in Egypt where he was beaten and crippled by order of a bey who tried to extort money from him. He spent the rest of his life in England. Watchmaker by trade, he was an inventive artisan. He constructed several string instruments; one violin, made by him in Bethlehem in 1799, is preserved in the Museum of the Moravian Historical Society at Nazareth, Pa. A contribution by Antes to the 'Allegemeine Musikalische Zeitung' in 1806 describes a device for better violin tuning, as well as improvements of the violin bow and of the keyboard hammer. Antes also invented a machine with which one could turn pages while playing. He wrote about 25 melodious short anthems to German or English words for chorus, winds, strings, and organ. All of his MS compositions are in the Archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa. and
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