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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1on his life, was written by J. J. Abert (1866). See also O. Tiby, E. D'Astorga in 'Acta Musicologica' (1953).
3Atanasov, Georgi, Bulgarian composer; b. Plovdiv, May 6, 1881; d. Rome, Nov. 1, 1931. He studied in Italy; was one of the first Bulgarian composers to be fully equipped with the technique of composition. He wrote the early national Bulgarian operas Borislav (Sofia, March 4, 1911) and Gergana (Stara Zagora, July 1, 1925); other operas are Zapustialata Vodenitza (The Abandoned Mill); Altzek; Tzveta; also 2 children's operas: The Sick Teacher and About Birds.
5Atherton, Percy Lee, American composer; b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 25, 1871; d. Atlantic City, N. J., March 8, 1944. He studied music at Harvard Univ.; then with Rheinberger in Munich, with Sgambati in Rome and with Widor in Paris. Returning to America he served on various advisory boards in Boston. He wrote 2 operas The Heir Apparent (1890) and Maharajah (1900), a symph. poem, Noon in the Forest, and numerous songs.
7Attaignant (ät-tä-ñan'), Pierre (also Attaingnant, Atteignant), French printer of music who lived during the first half of the 16th century; d. 1552. He was probably the earliest printer in France to employ movable type in music printing. His first publication was a Breviarium Noviomense (1525). He continued to publish a great many works, including 18 dances in tablature for the lute (1529); 25 pavans (1530); a folio edition of 7 books of masses (1532); 13 books of motets (1535) and a series of 35 books of chansons (1539-49) containing 927 part songs by French and Flemish composers. E. Bernoulli issued a facsimile edition of 4 books, under the title Chansons und Tänze (Munich, 1914); 31 chansons are found in Henry Expert's edition, Les Maîtres musiciens de la Renaissance française (1894-1908). Cf. Yvonne Rihouct (Rokseth), Note bibliographique sur Attaignant in 'Revue de Musicologie' (1924, No. 10); F. Lecure, Pierre Attaignant, Notes et Documents in 'Musica Disciplina' (Rome, 1949).
9Attenhofer, Karl, Swiss conductor and composer; b. Wettingen, May 5, 1837; d. Zürich, May 22, 1914. He studied in his native city and later at the Leipzig Cons. (1857-58) with Richter and Dreysschock. Returning to Switzerland he developed vigorous activity as choral conductor and teacher. He settled in Zürich in 1867; was appointed director of the Cons. in 1896. Attenhofer wrote mainly for chorus; his cantatas Hegelingenfahrt (1890), Frühlingsfeier, and Der deutsche Michel for men's voices have achieved great popularity. For women's voices he wrote Beim Rattenfänger im Zauberberg, Das Kind der Wüste, Prinzessin Wunderhold and Rütlifahrt; he also compiled a manual Liederbuch für Männergesang (1882). See Ernst Isler, Karl Attenhofer (Zürich, 1915).
11Atterberg, Kurt, Swedish composer; b. Göteborg, Dec. 12, 1887. He studied engineering and was employed in the wireless service; then studied at the Stockholm Cons. with Hallén, and in Berlin with Schillings (1910-12). From 1913-22 he conducted at the Dramatic Theater in Stockholm; from 1919 he wrote music criticism, and also served in the Swedish patent office. In 1940 he was named secretary of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. His 6th symphony was the winner of the first prize of $10,000 given by the Columbia Phonograph Co. (1928) for the Schubert centennial contest. Atterberg subsequently declared that he had consciously imitated the style of some composers on the jury (Glazunov, Alfano and Nielsen) in order to ingratiate himself in their judgment. His other symphonies are, however, marked with the same expansive, romantic qualities as the winning work. They are: No. 1 (1911); No. 2 (1913); No. 3 (1916); No. 4, Sinfonia piccola (1918); No. 5, Sinfonia funebre (1922); No. 6 (1928); No. 7, Sinfonia romantica (Frankfurt, Feb. 14, 1943); No. 8 (Helsinki, Feb. 9, 1945). His orchestral rhapsody on Northern Swedish folk tunes, Värmlandsrhapsodi, written in honor of Selma Lagerlöf's 75 birthday (broadcast over the Swedish Radio, Nov. 20, 1933), became one of his most popular works. Atterberg is the author of 5 operas, all produced in Stockholm: Härvard Harpolokare (Sept. 29, 1919; revised as Härvard der Harfner, and produced in German at Chemnitz, 1936); Bäckhåsten (Jan. 23, 1925); Fanal (Jan. 27, 1934); Aladdin (March 18, 1941); Stormen, after Shakespeare's Tempest (Sept. 19, 1949). Other works: 9 suites for orch.; symph. poem, The River; Rondeau rétrospectif for orch.; concertos for violin, cello, piano, and horn; 2 string quartets.
13Attwood, Thomas, English organist and composer; b. London, Nov. 23, 1765; d. Chelsea, March 24, 1838. He was a chorister at the Chapel Royal under Nares and Ayrton from the age of nine. Following a perform-
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