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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1School of Music. He was one of the founders of the Bohemian Club of New York (1905).
3Gruppe, Paulo Mesdag, American cellist; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1891. He studied at The Hague Cons., then in Paris with J. Salomon; won a scholarship at the Paris Cons., where he studied with P. Casals; made his début at The Hague in 1907, then toured Europe; in 1909 made his 1st appearance in the U. S.; was a member of the Letz Quartet and the Tollesen Trio; in 1953 lived in New Haven; then in Mexico City.
5Grützmacher, Friedrich (Wilhelm Ludwig), renowned German cellist; b. Dessau, March 1, 1832; d. Dresden, Feb. 23, 1903. He received his musical training from his father, a chamber musician at Dessau; at the age of 16, he went to Leipzig and produced such a fine impression that Ferdinand David secured for him the post of first cellist of the Gewandhaus Orch. (1849). In 1860, he went to Dresden, where he remained for more than 40 years, until his death, acting as teacher and chamber music player. Among his pupils were Hugo Becker and several other well known cellists. He wrote a cello concerto; Hohe Schule des Violoncellspiels (Leipzig, 1891); several books of cello studies, and numerous arrangements for cello of works by classical composers; also edited cello works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Schumann. His brother, Leopold Grützmacher (b. Dessau, Sept. 4, 1835; d. Weimar, Feb. 26, 1900), was also a cellist; he studied in Dessau, and later joined the Gewandhaus Orch. in Leipzig; after occupying various posts in theater orchestras, he settled in Weimar as teacher at the court chapel. He wrote 2 cello concertos and a number of salon pieces for his instrument. Leopold's son, Friedrich (b. Meiningen, July 20, 1866; d. Cologne, July 25, 1919), carried on the family tradition of cello-playing; was a pupil of his father as well as of his uncle; was a member of various theater orchestras in Budapest and elsewhere; finally settled in Cologne as teacher at the Cons. there. He publ. a number of valuable cello collections and transcriptions.
7Guadagni (gwăh-dăh'-ñē), Gaetano, famous male contralto; b. Lodi, c. 1725; d. Padua, Nov., 1792. He began his career in Parma (1747); in 1748, he went to London, where he attracted the attention of Handel, who gave him contralto parts in Messiah and Samson; after many successful appearances in London, he sang in Dublin (1751-52); then went to Paris (1754) and to Lisbon (1755), where he studied with Gizziello. He then returned to Italy; in 1762, Gluck secured an engagement for him in Vienna to sing Orfeo in Gluck's opera. In 1769, Guadagni was again in London. In 1770 he sang in Munich; in 1772, he appeared in Venice; in 1776, he was summoned by Frederick the Great to Potsdam, receiving great acclaim; in 1777, he settled in Padua, where he continued to sing at churches. He was not only a fine singer but an excellent actor; also wrote various arias, one of which, Pensa a serbarmi, is preserved in the Bologna library.
9Guadagnini (gwăh-dah-ñē'-ñē), family of famous violin makers of Piacenza, Italy. Lorenzo (1695-1745) used the label 'Lorenzio Guadagnini, alumnus Antonius Stradivarius,' and he may have studied with Stradivarius in Cremona shortly before the latter's death in 1737; certainly he followed Stradivarius' models in his violin-making. Lorenzo's son, Giovanni Battista (b. Cremona, 1711; d. Turin, Sept. 18, 1786), received his training presumably from his father, and may have been with him at the shop of Stradivarius; he followed his father from Cremona to Piacenza in 1737; worked in Milan (1749-58); was in Parma (1759-71); then settled in Turin. His violins are regarded as the finest of the Guadagninis. His two sons, Giuseppe (1736-1805) and Gaetano (1745-1817), continued the family tradition and manufactured some good instruments, but failed to approach the excellence of their father's creations. Violin-making remained the family's occupation through four more generations in Turin; the last representative, Paolo Guadagnini, perished in the torpedoing of an Italian ship, on Dec. 28, 1942.—Cf. W. L. von Lütgendorff, Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (Frankfurt, 1904); E. N. Doring, The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers (Chicago, 1949).
11Gualdo, Giovanni (John), Italian musician and wine merchant. He arrived in Philadelphia from London in 1767 and opened a store there; among other things, he sold instruments, taught violin, flute, guitar, and other instruments; also arranged music; presented concerts; the first of these, given in Philadelphia on Nov. 16, 1769, was devoted largely to Gualdo's own compositions, and may well be regarded as the earliest 'composer's concert' in America. He planned a
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