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1the cello, but a nervous affliction forced him to give up a career as performer. He then devoted himself mainly to conducting. In 1819, he founded in Hamburg the 'Gesellschaft der Freunde des religiösen Gesanges,' which later became the Hamburg Singakademie. In 1828, was engaged to lead the newly established Philharmonic Concerts, a post he held until 1862. In 1867 he organized (with Karl Grädener) the Hamburg Tonkünstlerverein. He wrote several operas, which were not performed; a cantata Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Christi; some chamber music for unusual combinations (octet for wind instruments and piano; quintet for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano; Trio de Salon, for piano 4-hands and cello); many piano pieces, which enjoyed considerable success and were praised by Schumann.
3Grünenwald, Jean-Jacques, French composer; b. Annecy, Feb. 2, 1911. He studied at the Paris Cons. with Dupré (organ; 1st prize, 1935) and Busser (composition; 1st prize, 1937); won 2nd Grand Prix de Rome (1939).—Works: Bethzabée, symph. poem (1946); Concert d'été, for piano and orch. (1946); Le bateau ivre, for voices and instruments; organ music; piano pieces (Fantasmagorie, Cahier pour Gérard, etc.).—Cf. A. Machabey, Portraits de trente musiciens français (Paris, 1949; pp. 93-96).
5Grüner-Hegge, Odd, Norwegian conductor and composer; b. Oslo, Sept. 23, 1899. He studied piano and composition in Oslo; then studied conducting with Weingartner. He made his début in Oslo, 1927; since 1932, conducting at the Oslo Opera; guest conductor in Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, etc. He has written mostly chamber music.
7Grünfeld, Alfred, pianist and composer; b. Prague, July 4, 1852; d. Vienna, Jan. 4, 1924. He studied in Prague, and later at Kullak's Academy in Berlin; settled in Vienna in 1873, and established himself there as a popular concert pianist and teacher; he also made tours in other European countries, including Russia. He composed an operetta, Der Lebemann (Vienna, Jan. 16, 1903) and the comic opera, Die Schönen von Fogaras (Dresden, 1907), which were unsuccessful; made brilliant arrangements for piano of waltzes by Johann Strauss; also publ. piano studies and various other pieces (Spanish Serenade, Hungarian Fantasy, Barcarolle, Impromptu, etc.).
9Grünfeld, Heinrich, well known cellist, brother of Alfred Grünfeld; b. Prague, April 21, 1855; d. Berlin, Aug. 26, 1931. He studied at the Prague Cons.; went to Berlin in 1876, and taught cello at Kullak's Academy; also played chamber music with X. Scharwenka and G. Hollander. He publ. a book of memoirs, In Dur und Moll (Berlin, 1924).
11Grunn, John Homer, American pianist and composer; b. West Salem, Wisconsin, May 5, 1880; d. Los Angeles, June 6, 1944. He studied piano with E. Liebling in Chicago and then at Stern's Cons. in Berlin; taught piano at the Chicago Mus. College (1903-7), then was in Phoenix, Arizona; in 1910, he settled in Los Angeles as piano teacher. He became especially interested in Indian music, and wrote a number of pieces based on Indian motives: ballets Xochitl and The Flower Goddess (both on Aztec subjects); Hopi Indian Dance for orch.; Zuni Indian Suite for orch.; many songs (From Desert and Pueblo, etc.).
13Grunsky, Karl, German music critic; b. Schornbach, March 5, 1871; d. Vaihingen, near Stuttgart, Aug. 2, 1943. He studied political science at the Univ. of Stuttgart; obtained his Ph.D. in 1893, and began a career as political journalist; also studied music; wrote music criticisms in Stuttgart and Munich papers. He publ. Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig, 1902; 4th ed., in 2 vols., 1923); Musikgeschichte des 17. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig, 1905; 3rd ed., 1925); Musikgeschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig, 1905; 2nd. ed., 1914); Musikästhetik (Leipzig, 1907; 4th ed., 1923); Anton Bruckner (Stuttgart, 1922); Franz Liszt (Leipzig, 1925); Hugo Wolf (Leipzig, 1928); Der Kampf um deutsche Musik (Stuttgart, 1933); Richard Wagner (Stuttgart, 1933); Volkstum und Musik (Esslingen, 1934). He publ. transcriptions for 2 piano, 8-hands, of all the Bruckner symphonies; wrote program notes for the Bayreuth Festivals (1924); commentaries to performances of Bruckner's works, etc.; also Die Technik des Klavierauszuges, entwickelt am dritten Akt von Wagners Tristan (Leipzig, 1911; valuable; contains technical discussion of arranging).
15Grunwald, Hugo, German-American pianist and teacher; b. Stuttgart, March 17, 1869; d. New York, Oct. 3, 1956. He studied music at the Stuttgart Cons.; emigrated in 1893 to the U. S., where he taught at the N. Y. College of Music and at the Lambert
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