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1CHANTAVOINE — CHAPUIS
3rated it equally with those of Stradivari and Guarneri; despite this evaluation, Chanot's violin never became popular. His brother, a luthier at Paris, manufactured a number of them, but gave it up when a few years had demonstrated their unpractical character.
5Chantavoine (shähn'-täh-vwähn'), Jean, French writer on music; b. Paris, May 17, 1877; d. Mussy-sur-Seine, July 16, 1952. He studied the history of music with Friedländer in Berlin (1898; 1901-2); from 1903-20 was music critic of 'Revue Hebdomadaire' and 'Excelsior' (1911-21); contributed music criticism to other journals, and was one of the editors (1911) of 'L'Année Musica'; from 1921-23 lived in Wiesbaden as a member of the International Commission for the Rhine Province; in 1923 was appointed General Secretary of the Paris Cons. He edited the biographical series 'Les Maîtres de la Musique', to which he contributed the monographs on Beethoven (1906) and Liszt (1910; 3rd ed., 1913). Further writings: Musiciens et Poètes (Paris, 1912; contains an account of Liszt's early opera, Don Sanche, the score of which was found by Chantavoine); De Couperin à Debussy (1921); Les symphonies de Beethoven (1932); Petit guide de l'auditeur de musique (Paris, 1947); Mozart dans Mozart (1948). He published for the first time the scores and piano arrangements of Beethoven's twelve minuets for orch. (written, 1799; discovered by R. von Perger in 1872); also edited Beethoven's Prometheus.
7Chapí y Lorente (chah-pě' ē loh-rěn'-těh), Ruperto; Spanish composer of light opera; b. Villena, near Alicante, March 27, 1851; d. Madrid, March 25, 1909. He studied at the Cons. of Madrid; received a stipend from the Spanish Academy for further study in Rome (1874); wrote some operas (La hija de Jefte, La hija de Garcilaso, etc.), but discovered that his talent found more suitable expression in the lighter zarzuela, in which form his first success was won with La Tempestad (1882); his work is noted for elegance, grace and exquisite orchestration; of one of his last zarzuelas (La Revoltosa) Saint-Saëns remarked that Bizet would have been proud to sign his name to the score. His last zarzuela, Margarita la Tornera (Madrid, Feb. 24, 1909) was produced shortly before his death. Chapí y Lorente wrote 155 zarzuelas and 6 operas. In 1893 he founded the Sociedad de Autores, Compositores y Editores de Música.
9Chapman, William Rogers, American choral conductor; b. Hanover, Mass., Aug. 4, 1855; d. Palm Beach, Florida, Mar. 27, 1935. He was a chorus-leader and conductor in New York; founder and conductor of the Apollo (male voices) and Rubinstein (female voices) Clubs, and from 1903 conductor of the annual Maine Festival at Bangor and Portland; wrote church music, choral works, piano pieces, songs, etc.
11Chappell & Co., Ltd., London music publishers, concert agents, and piano manufacturers. Founded in 1810 by Samuel Chappell, J. B. Cramer (the pianist), and F. T. Latour. Cramer retired in 1819, Latour in 1826, and S. Chappell died in 1834, when his son William (1809-88) became the head of the firm. In 1840 he established the Musical Antiquarian Society, for which he edited Dowland's songs; he also edited and publ. A Collection of National English Airs (2 vols., 1838-9), later enlarged as Popular Music of the Olden Time (2 vols., 1855-9; revised by H. E. Wooldridge and publ. in 2 vols., 1893); he left an unfinished History of Music (vol. I, London, 1874). His brothers, Thomas Patey (1819-1902) and S. Arthur (1834-1904), were respectively the founder and manager of the Monday and Saturday Popular Concerts. In 1897 the partnership became a limited company, and Thomas was succeeded by his son, T. Stanley (d. 1933), as board chairman; later, William Boosey became managing director. In 1929 the firm was acquired by Louis Dreyfus.—The American branch, under the direction of Max Dreyfus, brother of Louis, has publ. the songs and musical comedies of Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and other popular composers.
13Chapple, Stanley, English-American conductor; b. London, Oct. 29, 1900. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music; became accompanist with the British National Opera Co. (1918-21); musical director of the Vocalion Gramophone Co. (1924-29) and opera conductor at the Guildhall School of Music (1935-39). He also conducted at the BBC (1937-39). He had, meanwhile, been making annual summer appearances in the U. S. (1929-39) and was assistant conductor at the Berkshire Music Center (1939-47); also conductor of the St. Louis Civic Chorus (1946-48). In 1948 he became director of the School of Music at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle.
15Chapuis (shäh-püē'), Auguste-Paul-Jean-Baptiste, French composer; b. Dampierre-sur-Salon (Haute-Saône), April 20, 1858; d. Paris, Dec. 6, 1933. He was a pupil of Dubois (harmony), Massenet (counter-
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