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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1VRANKEN — VRONSKY
3Vranken, Jaap, Dutch organist and composer; b. Utrecht, April 16, 1897; d. The Hague, April 20, 1956. He was the son of the organist Joseph Vranken (1870-1948), with whom he studied organ and theory. In 1916-18, he was in the U. S., studying with Percy Goetschius. He returned to Holland in 1920, and was appointed organist at the church of St. Anthonius in The Hague; acquired a fine reputation as a teacher. He composed mostly sacred music; also instrumental music in classical style; publ. a manual on counterpoint (1948). His last work was a Missa Polyphonica (1953).
5Vredenburg, Max, composer; b. Brussels, Jan. 16, 1904, of Dutch parents; was taken to Holland as a child and received elementary education there; then went to Paris, where he became a pupil of Paul Dukas at the École Normale; upon his return to Holland he settled in The Hague as a teacher; from 1936 to 1940 was again in Paris; then was sent by the Dutch government to Java; was interned by the Japanese (1942-45) but was allowed to give concerts in Indonesia with the violinist Szymon Goldberg, who was also interned there; returned to Holland after the end of the war, and continued his activities as pianist and composer; publ. a book, Langs de vijf Lijnen (1947). —Works: Suite sportive, for violin and piano; oboe sonatina; many teaching pieces for piano; also song cycles.
7Vretblad, Viktor Patrik, Swedish organist and musicologist; b. Svartnäs, April 5, 1876; d. Stockholm, Jan. 15, 1953. He studied at the Stockholm Cons. (1895-1900) and later in Berlin; wrote music criticism; acted as church organist; was an official of the Ministry of the Postal Services for 40 years (1900-40). He devoted his research mainly to early Swedish music; publ. basic biographies of J. H. Roman (Stockholm, 1914 and 1945); Konsertlivet i Stockholm under 1700-talet (1918); A. Hallén (1918); Abbé Vogler (1933).
9Vreuls (vröls), Victor, Belgian composer; b. Verviers, Feb. 4, 1876; d. Brussels, July 26, 1944. He was a pupil of the Cons. of Verviers, and later studied with Sylvain Dupuis and J. T. Radoux in Liège. He then went to Paris, where he took a course with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum; taught viola playing and elementary theory there (1901-06); subsequently was for 20 years (1906-26) director of the Luxembourg Cons. —Works: operas: Olivier le simple (Brussels, March 9, 1922) and Un Songe d'une nuit d'été, after Shakcspearc (Brussels, Dec. 17, 1925); a ballet, Le Loup-garou (Ghent, 1937); the symph. poems Werther, Jour de Fête, Cortège héroïque; a symph. with violin solo (Ysaÿe Prize, 1904); Poème for cello and orch.; Élégie for flute and orch.; a string quartet; a piano quartet; 2 violin sonatas; a cello sonata; piano pieces; songs.
11Vrieslander (frēs'-lahn-dehr), Otto, German composer and writer on music; b. Münster, July 18, 1880; d. Tegna, Switzerland, Dec. 16, 1950. After attending the Cologne Cons. he went to Munich in 1904; in 1911-12, he was in Vienna, where he studied with Heinrich Schenker, becoming one of his disciples. From 1912 he lived in Ebertsberg, near Munich; in 1929 settled in Switzerland. He wrote some highly expressive song cycles (Lieder aus des Knaben Wunderhorn, Pierrot lunaire, etc.); edited works by Ph. E. Bach, six of whose symphonies he arranged for piano 4 hands; publ. various studies on him: Ph. E. Bachs Klavierstücke für Anfänger mit kompositionstechnischer Analyse (1914); Lieder und Gesänge von Ph. E. Bach nebst Einleitung (1922); Ph. E. Bach als Klavierkomponist, in 'Ganymed' (Dresden, 1922); Ph. E. Bach (1923); Ph. E. Bach als Theoretiker, in Von neuer Musik (1925).
13Vrionides, Christos, conductor; b. Khania, Crete, Jan. 12, 1894; studied in Athens at the Odeon, and taught theory and double-bass there (1920-22), then came to the U. S.; studied at the Institute of Musical Art, N. Y. (graduated 1929); conducted the Vrionides Sinfonietta in N. Y. (1929-35); also led the Byzantine Vocal Ensemble (1924-38); conducted the Nassau-Suffolk Federal Orch. (1935-41); in 1946 became conductor of the Babylon, N. Y., Symph. Orch.; taught Greek liturgy in N. Y. and Boston; his musical settings of the liturgy of the Greek Orthodox Church have been accepted in Greek churches in the U. S. and South America.
15Vronsky, Vitya (real name Victoria Vronsky), pianist; b. Evpatoria, Crimea, Aug. 22, 1909; studied at the Kiev Cons.; then with Petri and Schnabel in Berlin, and with Cortot in Paris. Married the pianist Victor Babin (q.v.) on Aug. 31, 1933. She came to America in 1937; toured widely with Babin in 2-piano recitals.
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