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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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11594 he was appointed organist of the viceregal chapel, and in Dec. 1599 became its choir director. Among his pupils in Naples were Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Luigi Rossi, and Falconieri. Several of Macque's madrigals are found in Younge's Musica Transalpina (1588) and in Morley's collection of Italian works (1598); extant keyboard pieces are reproduced in the 'Monumenta Musicae Belgicae' (Antwerp, 1938; with a list of sources and a biographical sketch). Macque was one of the first to employ rhythmic transformations of a single theme (in canzonas), which were later used extensively by Frescobaldi; Macque also applied the keyboard technique of Cabezón's 'diferencias' (variations). —Cf. U. Prota-Giurleo, Notizie storico-biografiche sul musicista belga Jean Macque, in the 'Report of the First Congress of the International Society for Musical Research' (1930); A. Davison and W. Apel, Historical Anthology of Music (Cambridge, Mass., 1946); G. Reese, Music in the Renaissance (N.Y., 1954; p. 543).
3Maddy, Joseph Edgar, eminent American educator and conductor; b. Wellington, Kansas, Oct. 14, 1891; studied at Bethany College, Wichita College, and at the Columbia School of Music, Chicago; played the viola and clarinet; was a member of the Minneapolis Symph. Orch. (1909-14) and St. Paul Symph. (1914-18); supervisor of instrumental music in the public schools of Rochester, N.Y. (1918-20) and Richmond, Ind. (1920-24); instructor of public school methods at Earlham College (1922-24); in 1924, appointed to the faculty of the Univ. of Michigan as prof. of music education; founder and conductor of the National High School Orch., for which he established, with T.P. Giddings, the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Mich.; 1936-38, president, and from 1938-40, 1st vice-president of the Music Educators National Conference; in 1940, elected member of Music Education Research Council.
5Maderna, Bruno, Italian conductor and composer of modern tendencies; b. Venice, 1920. He studied conducting with Scherchen, and conducted all over Europe; composition with Malipiero. Among his works are Introduzione e passacaglia for orch. (1947); piano concerto (1948); Serenata for 11 instruments (1946); Studi per 'Il Processo' di Kafka, for recitation, soprano, and small orch. (1950); Musica per due dimensioni (1952); and Sintaxis for 4 different but unspecified timbres produced electronically.
7Madetoja, Leevi, outstanding Finnish composer; b. Uleaborg, Feb. 17, 1887; d. Helsinki, Oct. 6, 1947. He studied with Järnefelt and Sibelius; later in Paris with Vincent d'Indy (1910-11) and in Vienna with Robert Fuchs (1911-12). He conducted the Helsinki Philharmonic (1912-14) and the Viborg Orch. (1914-16); became a teacher at the Helsinki Cons. in 1916. Madetoja's music is inspired by Finnish melos; in his treatment, he follows the precepts established by Sibelius; his works are greatly appreciated in Finland. He wrote 2 operas, Pohjalaisia (Helsinki, Oct. 25, 1924) and Juha (Helsinki, Feb. 17, 1935); a ballet, Okon Fuoko (Helsinki, Dec. 2, 1930); 3 symphonies (1915; 1918; 1926); symph. poem Kullervo (1913); piano trio; violin pieces; several piano suites; a number of songs; cantatas to subjects from Kalevala; also recitations with piano accompaniment. —Cf. K. Tuukkanen, Leevi Madetoja (Helsinki, 1947).
9Maegaard, Jan, Danish composer; b. Copenhagen, April 14, 1926. He studied with Knud Jeppesen; also played the double-bass. In 1954 he was appointed instructor at the Copenhagen Cons. — Works: a viola sonata; bassoon sonata; wind quintet; piano quartet; trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon (Baden-Baden Festival, June 19, 1955); The Golden Harp, for voice, oboe, cello, and piano.
11Maelzel, Johannes Nepomuk, German inventor of the metronome; b. Regensburg, Aug. 15, 1772; d. on board a ship in the West Indies, July 31, 1838. He studied music with his father, an organ manufacturer. He went to Vienna in 1792, where he began constructing mechanical instruments, which attracted great attention in Vienna and subsequently in other European cities; of these the Panharmonicon was particularly effective; in 1812 he inaugurated an Art Cabinet, where he exhibited his inventions, including an automatic trumpeter. In 1816 he constructed the Metronome, the idea for which he obtained from Winkel, of Amsterdam (who had exhibited similar instruments, but without the scale divisions indicating the number of beats per minute). Maelzel put the Metronome on the market, despite a lawsuit brought by Winkel, and the initial of his last name was thenceforth added to the indication of tempo in musical compositions (M. M. —i. e. Maelzel's Metronome). Beethoven wrote a piece for Maelzel's Panharmonicon, which he subsequently orchestrated and published as Wellington's Victory. Among Maelzel's other inventions was an automatic chess player, an ingenious
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