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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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122, 1852. After touring as concert pianist he became prof. at the Warsaw Cons. (1815); in 1826 became assistant conductor at the Kärthner Tor Theater in Vienna. He composed an opera, Rübezahl (Vienna, March 10, 1825); a piano concerto; many other piano pieces in a bravura style.
3Wurlitzer, Rudolph H., American instrument dealer; b. Cincinnati, Dec. 30, 1873; d. there, May 27, 1948. He was the son of the founder of the Wurlitzer Co. (established 1856); studied violin at the Cincinnati College of Music and later in Berlin with Emanuel Wirth. He became secretary-treasurer of the Wurlitzer Co. in 1899; later vice-president, and finally president. In 1929 the company purchased 64 string instruments from the Rodman Wanamaker Collection, including some fine specimens. Several richly illustrated catalogues of string instruments in the Wurlitzer Collection have been issued: Old Master Violins, Violas, Violoncellos (Cincinnati, 1915); Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers (N. Y., 1917; 2nd ed., 1918); Rare Violins, Violas, Violoncellos of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries (N. Y., 1931); Rare Bows for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, by Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries (N. Y., 1931); Rare Violas by Celebrated Makers of the 16th-19th Centuries (N. Y., 1940).
5Wurm, Marie, noted English pianist; b. Southampton, May 18, 1860; d. Munich, Jan. 21, 1938. She was of German extraction; went to study in Germany; was a pupil at the Stuttgart Cons., and later studied piano with Joseph Wieniawski, Raff, and Clara Schumann; then took up theory and composition in London with Stanford and Arthur Sullivan. She gave numerous recitals in London and in Germany; lived for some years as teacher in Hanover, and in 1911 moved to Berlin; in 1925, settled in Munich. Apart from her principal career, she also conducted orchestras; organized a women's orch. in Berlin (inaugural concert, Oct. 10, 1899); composed a number of works, including the opera Die Mitschuldigen (Leipzig, 1923); a piano concerto; a string quartet; a violin sonata; a cello sonata; a piano sonata; numerous piano pieces (Valse de concert, Barcarolle, Sylph Dance, Suite, gavottes, mazurkas, etc.); author of Das ABC der Musik, and Praktische Vorschule zur Caland-Lehre (1914). —Her sisters, Adela and Mathilda, changed their name to Verne (q. v.) and pursued their careers in England.
7Würz, Anton, German composer and musicologist; b. Munich, July 14, 1903; studied with Sandberger at the Munich Univ.; was music critic of the 'Münchner Telegraph-Zeitung' (1927-45). His works include several song cycles, to words by Rilke, Eichendorff, etc.; a string quintet; 4 string quartets; a string trio; a violin sonata; a viola sonata; publ. numerous opera and operetta guide books for the Reclam ed.
9Würz, Richard, German composer and pedagogue; b. Munich, Feb. 15, 1885; studied with Max Reger; then became active as music critic and teacher in Munich; publ. numerous songs and piano pieces; also didactic works; ed. and contributed to Max Reger, a collection of studies (4 vols.; Munich, 1920-23). —Cf. W. Zentner, Richard Würz, in 'Neue Musikzeitschrift' (Jan., 1950).
11Wüst, Philipp, German conductor; b. Oppau, May 3, 1894; after 1919 was engaged as conductor and music director in Mannheim, Oldenburg, Breslau (1936-43), and Stuttgart (1943-45); in 1946 he settled in Saarbrücken as general music director.
13Wustmann, Rudolf, German musicologist; b. Leipzig, Jan. 5, 1872; d. Bühlau, near Dresden, Aug. 15, 1916. He was the son of the bibliographer Gustav Wustmann; studied philology, history, and musicology (with Kretzschmar) at the Universities of Munich and Leipzig; was a teacher of academic subjects in Leipzig (1895-1900); later lived in Bolzano, Italy, and finally in Bühlau, devoting himself to philological and historical research. He publ. Musikalische Bilder (1907); Musikgeschichte Leipzigs (Leipzig, 1909; vol. I only, up to the middle of the 17th century; vols. II and III written by Schering); J. S. Bachs Kantatentexte (1913); Die Hofweise Walther von der Vogelweide (Strasbourg, 1913); numerous articles in German musical periodicals.
15Wyk (vik), Arnold van, South African composer; b. Calvinia, Cape Province, April 26, 1916. He studied in London; worked with the B.B.C. (1939-44); then returned to South Africa as a member of the faculty of the Univ. of Cape Town. His compositions include Southern Cross, for orch. (1943); symph No. 1 (1944); Christmas Oratorio (1949); Rhapsody for orch. (Cape Town Festival, March 4, 1952); symph. No. 2 (Cape Town Festival, March 13, 1952); 5 Elegies for string quartet (1941); the song cycle Liefde en Verlatenheid (Festival of the International Society for Contempo-
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