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190); then served as music director to the Duke of Zeitz (1695-1713) and later to the Duke of Mersburg (1713-19); finally retired on a pension to Jena. His only known work is Gast- und Hochzeitsfreude, bestehend in Sonaten, Präludien, Allemanden, Couranten, Balletten, Arien, Sarabanden mit 3, 4 und 5 Stimmen, nebst dem Basso continuo (1673).
3Ascher, Joseph, Dutch pianist and composer; b. Groningen, June 4, 1829; d. London, June 20, 1869. He studied with Moscheles; went to Paris in 1849 and was Court pianist to the Empress Eugénie. He wrote numerous pieces of salon music (études, nocturnes, galops, etc.).
5Ascher, Leo, Austrian composer of light operas; b. Vienna, Aug. 17, 1880; d. New York, Feb. 25, 1942. His first successful operetta was Vergeltsgott (Vienna, Oct. 14, 1905); Soldat der Marie and Hoheit tanzt Walzer followed. Altogether he composed some 50 stage works, and film music. In 1938 he left Austria to live in New York.
7Ashdown, Edwin, London music publisher; successor (1884) of Ashdown & Parry, who were the successors (1860) of Wessel & Co. (founded 1825). Two grandsons of Edwin Ashdown inherited the company, and incorporated into it the catalogue of Enoch & Co., and also of J. H. Larway & Co. (1936), the official name of the enlarged business remaining Edwin Ashdown, Ltd. Their list of publications contains mostly pedagogical works.
9Ashton, Algernon (Bennet Langton), English composer; b. Durham, Dec. 9, 1859; d. London, April 10, 1937. His family moved to Leipzig and he studied at the Leipzig Cons. with Reinecke and Jadassohn (1875-79); later took lessons with Raff in Frankfurt (1880). Returning to England, he obtained the post of piano teacher at the Royal College of Music (1885-1910). He was a prolific composer, having written more than 160 opus numbers, mostly in a conventional German style: 5 symphonics, 3 overtures, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, 3 piano quintets, 3 piano quartets, 3 piano trios, trio for clarinet, viola and bassoon, trio for piano, horn and viola, 5 violin sonatas, 5 cello sonatas, a viola sonata, and more than 200 piano works (among them a sonata, 3 fantasias, and various picturesque pieces such as Idyls; Roses and Thorns, etc.); also more than 200 songs, choral pieces and organ works. Many of his chamber music compositions were published, but he was never given recognition as a composer; however, he acquired notoriety by his curious letters in the English press dealing with a variety of subjects. Many of these letters he collected in his volumes Truth, Wit and Wisdom (London, 1904) and More Truth, Wit and Wisdom (London, 1905).
11Ashton, Hugh. See Aston.
13Asioli, Bonifazio, Italian composer; b. Correggio, Aug. 30, 1769; d. there, May 18, 1832. A precocious talent, he began writing music at a very early age. He studied with Angelo Merighi in Parma (1780-82); then lived in Bologna and Venice as a harpsichord player. His first opera La Volubile was produced in Correggio (1785) with marked success; it was followed by Le nozze in villa (Correggio, 1786); Cinna (Milan, 1793); and Gustavo al Malabar (Turin, 1802). From 1796-99 he was private maestro to the Marquis Gherardini in Turin; then went to Milan and taught at the Cons. (1808-14). Asioli wrote 7 operas in all, an oratorio Giacobbe in Galaad, many cantatas, instrumental music and sacred choral works, etc. He was the author of several textbooks: Principi elementari di musica (Milan, 1809; also in English, German and French); Trattato d'armonia e d'accompagnamento (1813); also manuals for harpsichord, voice and double-bass. His theoretical book Il maestro di composizione was published posthumously (1836). Bibl.: A. Coli, Vita di Bonifazio Asioli (Milan, 1834), also O. S. Ancarani, Sopra alcune parole di Carlo Botta intorno al metodo musicale di Bonifazio Asioli (1836); A. Amadei, Intorno allo stile della moderna musica di chiesa (1841).
15Asola (Latin, Asula), Giovanni Matteo, Italian composer; b. Verona, c. 1550; d. Venice, Oct. 1, 1609. He was ordained priest; was at Treviso in 1578; then at Vicenza (1581). Later he lived in Venice. Asola's importance in music history lies in his early use of a basso continuo for the organ accompaniment of sacred vocal music. He composed a great deal of church music; his two books of madrigals were published in Venice (1587; 1596; also later editions). See F. Caffi, Della vita e delle opere di Giammatso Asola (Padua, 1862).
17Asow, Erich H. Müller von. See Müller von Asow, Erich H.
19Aspa, Mario, Italian opera composer; b. Messina, 1799, d. there, Dec. 14, 1868. He studied with Zingarelli in Naples. He produced 42 operas, of which the most successful were Paolo e Virginia (Rome, April
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