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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1ANTOINE — APPENZELLER
3(1935), she made her debut, Jan. 4, 1936, as Philine in Mignon at the Metropolitan Opera, of which she became a member. She also sang with the Chicago Opera Co. during the 1936-37 season.
5Antoine, Paul. Pen-name of Ernest Closson.
7Anton, Karl, German writer on liturgical music; b. Worms, June 2, 1887. He studied theology and music at Halle Univ.; took the degree of Dr. Phil. with the thesis Beiträge zur Biographie Carl Loewes (Halle, 1912). From 1918 he taught music history at the Mannheim Hochschule für Musik. He published a number of treatises on church music, among them Luther und die Musik (1917); Angewandte Liturgik (1918) and Erneuerung der Kirchenmusik (1932).
9Anton, Max, German conductor and pedagogue; b. Bornstedt, Aug. 2, 1877; d. Bonn, Aug. 18, 1939. He studied with Stavenhagen in Munich and James Kwast in Frankfurt; then taught at Gladbach and Detmold. From 1922 was active in Bonn as choral conductor until his retirement in 1934. A prolific composer, he wrote an opera Die Getreuen; an oratorio Ekkehard; several instrumental concertos, piano pieces and songs. He published Versuch einer Kunstanschauung (1922).
11Antony, Franz Joseph, German organist and writer on music; b. Münster, Westphalia, Feb. 1, 1790; d. there, Jan. 7, 1837. He was appointed music director at Münster cathedral in 1819; in 1832, succeeded his father Joseph Antony (1758-1836) as organist. He published Archäologisch-liturgisches Gesangbuch des Gregorianischen Kirchengesangs (1829) and Geschichtliche Darstellung der Entstehung und Vervollkommnung der Orgel (1832).
13Apel, Johann August, German scholar; b. Leipzig, Sept. 17, 1771; d. there, Aug. 9, 1816. He is important in music history for his collection Gespensterbuch (1810-14), dealing with supernatural tales, which was the inspiration for Weber's Der Freischütz. Apel also published several treatises on music, among them a series of articles on rhythm (in 'Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung,' 1807-8) and a large work in 2 volumes, Metrik (1814-16).
15Apel, Willi, musicologist; b. Konitz, Germany, Oct. 10, 1893. He studied mathematics at Bonn Univ. (1912), Munich (1913), and Berlin (1918-21), and took piano lessons. He taught mathematics and music in Germany; in 1935 he came to the U.S. He gave lectures at Harvard Univ. (1938-42); in 1950 he was engaged as prof. of musicology at Indiana Univ., Bloomington. While in Germany he edited 2 volumes of early music, Musik aus früher Zeit (Mainz, 1934), and published 2 treatises: Die Fuge (1932) and Accidentien und Tonalität in den Musikdenkmälern des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (Strasbourg, 1936); he also contributed to German music magazines. In America he published the extremely valuable compilations, The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600 (Cambridge, Mass, 1942); The Harvard Dictionary of Music (ibid., 1944); Historical Anthology of Music, 2 vols. (with A. T. Davison; ibid., 1946 and 1949); Masters of the Keyboard (ibid., 1947). The Harvard Dictionary of Music, comprising only articles on forms and terms, has established itself as a prime reference work of musical terminology.
17Apostel, Hans Erich, Austrian composer; b. Karlsruhe, Jun. 22, 1901. He studied with Schoenberg and Berg in Vienna; adopted the 12-tone method in some of his works. He has written a Symphony, a Requiem (to Rilke's text), string quartet, wind quartet, Sonata ritmica for piano, etc.
19Appel, Richard Gilmore, music librarian and organist; b. Lancaster, Pa., April 23, 1889. He studied with Wallace Goodrich in Boston and Karl Straube in Germany. He received his M.A. from Harvard Univ. (1912); was active as organist at various churches in Boston and vicinity. He was appointed head of the music dept. of the Boston Public Library in 1922; retired in 1954.
21Appeldoorn, Dina, Dutch composer; b. Rotterdam, Feb. 26, 1884; d. The Hague, Dec. 4, 1938. She was the composer of several works in romantic style, including 2 symphonic poems, Noordzee and Volkfeest; she also wrote chamber music and songs, and taught piano at The Hague.
23Appenzeller (Appencellers; Appenzeldor; Appenzelders), Benedictus, Franco-Flemish composer of the first half of the 16th century. Possibly a pupil of Josquin, he served Mary of Hungary as court musician and master of the choir boys at her chapel in Brussels (1539—c. 1554) and probably accompanied her on her visit to Spain (1551). Appenzeller's works were formerly attributed to Benedictus Ducis, a German composer whose identity was confused with his. Among Appenzeller's extant compositions are a book of chansons (1542; two of the chansons
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