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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1for singing in 1829; studied further under Nourrit till 1831; was then eng. as a tenor at the Opéra until 1846, after which he made tours, and settled in Paris as a singing-teacher (Trebelli and Nilsson were among his pupils).
3Wasielewski [vah-s'yā-lěhf'skē], Joseph Wilhelm von, born Gross-Leesen, n. Danzig, June 17, 1822; d. Sondershausen, Dec. 13, 1896. Violinist; private pupil of David at Leipzig, also studying in the Cons. under David, Hauptmann and Mendelssohn (1843-6). He joined the Gewandhaus Orch., was critic for the 'Signale,' and wrote for the 'Leipziger Zeitung' and the 'Dresdner Journal'; was Konzertmeister under Schumann at Düsseldorf 1850-52, then conducted the new Choral Society at Bonn, and other singing-societies, till 1855; settled in Dresden as a writer, in which capacity he greatly distinguished himself. In 1869 he became town mus. dir. at Bonn, receiving the title of Kgl. Musikdir. in 1873; he retired to Sondershausen in 1884. —Writings: Robert Schumann's Biographie (1858; 4th ed. 1906; Engl. tr. by A. L. Alger, 1878), with important supplementary matter in Schumanniana (1884); Die Violine und ihre Meister (1869; 2d augm. ed., 1883; 5th ed., 1911); Die Violine im 17. Jahrhundert und die Anfänge der Instrumentalkomposition (1874); Geschichte der Instrumentalmusik im 16. Jahrhundert (1878); Beethoven (1888; 2 vols.); Das Violoncell und seine Geschichte (1889; 2d ed. [by his son Waldemar] 1911); Carl Reinecke, sein Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Leipzig, 1892); and Aus 70 Jahren, memoirs (Stuttgart, 1896). To Waldersee's 'Samml. mus. Vortr.' he contrib. Musikalische Fürsten vom Mittelalter bis zum Beginne des 19. Jahrhunderts (1879) and Goethe's Verhältniss zur Musik (1880). Shorter articles in the 'Musikalisches Centralblatt' and the 'Viertel-jahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft.'—Among his compositions (over 30 opus-numbers) are Herbstblumen, a set of 9 violin-pieces (op. 30); a Nocturne f. violin w. pf. (op. 21); the Kaiserlied im Volkston, and other patriotic songs.
5Was'sermann, Heinrich Joseph, born Schwarzbach, n. Fulda, April 3, 1791; d. Richen, n. Basel, in Aug., 1838. Violinist, pupil of Spohr; cond. of orchestras at Geneva and Basel.—Works: Op. 4, Thème original varié in D for str.-quartet; op. 14, str.-quartet in G; op. 18, quartet for fl., vl., vla. and vcl.; op. 19, Air varié for bassoon and str.-orch.; op. 21, Divertissement (on the Tyrolian 'Alma-Lied') for vl. and orch.; also dances for orch. and pieces for guitar.
7Watson, Henry, b. Burnley, Lancashire, April 30, 1846; d. Salford, Jan. 8, 1911. St. with private teachers; was org. at various churches, finally at the Congr. Ch., Withington, Manchester; Mus. Doc., Cantab. In 1867 he founded (with Henry Wilson) 'Manchester Vocal Union,' becoming its in 1885 (after Wilson's death); also several other choral societies, and the class at the Manchester R. C. M. In he presented his valuable library (30,000: to the Corporation of Manchester.—W An opera, Fair Rosine (Manchester, 1 incid. music to Antony and Cleopatra Shakespearian Cantata; The Deliveran Israel, cantata for soli, ch. and orch.; P CIII for soli, ch. and str.-orch.; part-s songs; etc.—Cf. 'M. T.' (June, 1909). one of two readings
8Watson, Henry, b. Burnley, Lancashire, April 30, 1846; d. Salford, Jan. 8, 1911. St. with private teachers; was org. at various churches, finally at the Congr. Ch., Withington, Manchester; Mus. Doc., Cantab. In 1867 he founded (with Henry Wilson 'Manchester Vocal Union,' becoming its in 1885 (after Wilson's death); also several other choral societies, and the class at the Manchester R. C. M. In he presented his valuable library (30,000: to the Corporation of Manchester.—W An opera, Fair Rosine (Manchester, incid. music to Antony and Cleopatra Shakespearian Cantata; The Deliveran Israel, cantata for soli, ch. and orch.; P CIII for soli, ch. and str.-orch.; part-s songs; etc.—Cf. 'M. T.' (June, 1909). one of two readings
10Watson, William Michael (pen-n Jules Favre), English composer and b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, July 31, 1840; d Dulwich, London, Oct. 3, 1889. He est the 'West End School of Music,' London 1883.—Works: Cantata Aladdin (18 part-songs, songs, and pf.-pieces.
12Webb, Daniel, born Taunton, Engla 1735; d. Bath, Aug. 2, 1815.—Publ. Obse tions on the Correspondence between Poetry a Music (London, 1769; repr. in his 'Miscell nies,' 1803; Ger. ed. by Eschenburg, 1771
14Webb, Frank Rush, born Covington Indiana, Oct. 8, 1851. St. 1871 in the New Engl. Cons., Boston, later in Indianapolis, where he was org. at St. Paul's Ch. 1873-80, org. and choirm. of Trinity M. E. Ch. Lima, O., 1876-83; and from 1881 head of dept. at the N. W. Ohio Normal School. 1883-1910, teacher of pf. and dir. of S of Music in the Virginia Female Inst. (Stuart Hall), Staunton, Va., and org. & mus. dir. at Trinity Episc. Ch.; since 1888 on the staff of the 'Baltimore News'; 1888-92, bandmaster of the Stonewall Brigad Band.—Publ. works: Nearly 200 pieces for military band; also (reaching op. 108) mus salon-music f. pf.; church-music (Morning an Evening Service, anthems, etc.); and songs.
16Webb, George James, born Rushmo Lodge, n. Salisbury, Engl., June 24, 1803; Orange, N. J., Oct. 7, 1887. Organist a Falmouth; in 1830 he settled in Boston Mass., becoming organist of the Old Sout Church, a co-founder of the Boston Acad. of Music in 1836, and pres. of the Handel and Haydn Society in 1840. In 1870 he went to Orange; taught in New York from 1876-85 and then retired to Orange. He edited periodicals: 'The Mus. Library' (1835-6) with L. Mason, and 'The Mus. Cabinet' (1837-40) with W. Hayward; publ. Vocal Technics (Boston, n. d.), and Voice Culture (w. C. G. Allen); edited the 'Young Ladies' Vocal Class Book' (Boston, 1853); 'The Glee Hive' and 'The New Odeon' (both w. L. Mason); and 'Cantica laudis' (New York, 1850; w. Mason).
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