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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1d’Arienzo, Nicola, Italian composer; b. Naples, Dec. 22, 1842; d. there April 25, 1915. He composed an opera in the Neapolitan dialect at the age of 18; a series of Italian operas followed: I due mariti (Naples, Feb. 1, 1866); Il cacciatore delle Alpi (Naples, June 23, 1870); Il cuoco (Naples, June 11, 1873); I Viaggi (Milan, June 28, 1875); La figlia del diavolo (Naples, Nov. 16, 1879; his most successful opera which aroused considerable controversy for its realistic tendencies); I tre coscritti (Naples, Feb. 10, 1880), etc. He also wrote 2 symphonies and much choral music. He published a treatise Introduzione del sistema tetracordale nella moderna musica, favoring pure intonation; a historical essay, Dell’opera comica dalle origini a Pergolesi (1887; German translation, 1902), several monographs on Italian composers and numerous articles in periodicals.
3Ariosti, Attilio, Italian opera composer; b. Bologna, Nov. 5, 1666; d. c. 1740. He joined the Servite Order in 1688, but later abandoned it. He served as organist in Bologna in 1693; in 1697 he was in Berlin as court musician. From 1703 till 1711 he was in Vienna, then returned to Bologna. He was in London in 1716 and again from 1723-27. A volume of his cantatas and ‘lessons’ for the viola d’amore, on which he was an accomplished performer, was publ. in London in 1728. Ariosti then disappeared, the most probable conjecture being that he returned to Italy and died there in obscurity. Burney’s attribution to Ariosti of one act of the opera Muzio Scevola (produced in London on April 15, 1721) is an anachronism, for Ariosti was not in London at the time. A list of his known operas includes the following: Tirsi (erroneously named Dafne by many music historians; Venice, 1696, in collaboration with Lotti and Caldara); Mars und Irene (Berlin, July 12, 1703); Marte placato (Vienna, March 19 1707); Artaserse (London, Dec. 1, 1724); Dario (London, April 5, 1725); Lucio Vero, imperator di Roma (London, Jan. 7, 1727). He also wrote 5 oratorios, some instrumental works and numerous cantatas (many of which are preserved in various European libraries), etc.
5Aristides Quintilianus, Greek writer on music; lived about 200 A.D. in Smyrna. His treatise De Musica libri VII was printed in Meibom’s ‘Antiquae Musicae Auctores Septem’ (1652) and by A. Jahn (1882); R. Schäfke published it in German (1937) with a commentary. Despite the dubious authenticity of some of his descriptions of Greek scales, the work is one of the basic sources of our knowledge of ancient Greek music.
7Aristotle, famous Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato; b. Stagira, 384 B.C.; d. Chalcis, 322 B.C. The 19th section of the Problems, once ascribed to him, is the product of a much later follower of his theories; the English translation, by E. S. Forster, is found in The Works of Aristotle, vol. 7 (Oxford, 1927); the Greek text with French translation and commentary by F. A. Gevaert and C. Vollgraf is published in Les problèmes musicaux d’Aristote (3 vols., 1899-1902). Aristotle’s actual writings on music are reproduced by K. von Jan in his Musici Scriptores Graeci (1895). The name Aristotle was also used by a writer on measurable music of the 12th-13th centuries, whose treatise is published by E. de Coussemaker in his Scriptores, vol. I.
9Aristoxenos, one of the earliest Greek writers on music; b. Tarcentum, 354 B.C. His Harmonic Elements (complete) and Rhythmical Elements (fragmentary) are among the most important treatises on Greek musical theory that have come down to us. They have been published by R. Westphal and F. Saran (2 vols., 1883, 1893); also by H. S. Macran, with English and Greek text and a commentary (1902). The Harmonic Elements are included, in an English translation, in (). Strunk’s Source Readings in Music History (N.Y., 1950). See also L. Laloy, Aristoxène de Tarente (1904); C. F. A. Williams, The Aristoxenian Theory of Musical Rhythm (Cambridge, 1911).
11Arkwright, Godfrey Edward Pellew, English music editor; b. Norwich, April 10, 1864; d. Highclere, near Newbury, Aug. 16, 1944. He studied at Eton and at Oxford. His most important publication is ‘The Old English Edition’ in 25 volumes (1889-1902) containing masques, ballets, motets and madrigals by English composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. He also edited Purcell’s church music published by the Purcell Society. He was the editor of ‘The Musical Antiquary’ from 1909-13.
13Arlen, Harold (real name Hyman Arluck), American composer of popular music; b. Buffalo, Feb. 15, 1905. He received his elementary music training from his father, a cantor of the Buffalo Synagogue. As a youth, he went to New York, where he earned his living by playing and singing in nightclubs. He began to compose songs in the course of his professional occupation; his greatest success was Stormy Weather
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