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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1with orch.; Hungarian fantasia; Ballade; Dance of the Sylphs; 24 easy and 24 difficult Études, etc.—His brother, Vigo, eminent flute-player, soloist in the Thomas orchestra at Chicago; b. Copenhagen, April 21, 1852; d. by suicide at Chicago, Jan. 29, 1895.
3Anderson, Lucy, née Philpot, b. Bath, in Dec., 1790; d. London, Dec. 24, 1878. Fine pianist, pupil of Windsor at Bath, and the teacher of Queen Victoria and her children.
5Anderson, Thomas, b. Birmingham, Engl., April 15, 1836; d. there Sept. 18, 1903. Was teacher there, and organist of the Parish church, Solihull; mus. critic of the Birmingham 'Daily News.'—Works: The cantatas The Song of Deborah and Barak, The Wise and Foolish Virgins, The Wreck of the Hesperus, John Gilpin, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, The Norman Baron (1884), and Yuletide (Birm. Fest., 1885); an English Requiem; prize glee, Mat o' the Mill; many songs; a symphony, overtures, marches and an Allemande, for orchestra; string-quartet; pf.-pieces. one of two readings
6An’derson, Thomas, b. Birmingham, Engl., April 15, 1836; d. there Sept. 18, 1903. Was teacher there, and organist of the Parish church, Solihull; mus. critic of the Birmingham 'Daily News.'—Works: The cantatas The Song of Deborah and Barak, The Wise and Foolish Virgins, The Wreck of the Hesperus, John Gilpin, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, The Norman Baron (1884), and Yuletide (Birm. Fest., 1885); an English Requiem; prize glee, Mat o' the Mill; many songs; a symphony, overtures, marches and an Allemande, for orchestra; string-quartet; pf.-pieces. one of two readings
8d'Andrade [dähn-drah'dě], Francesco, dramatic baritone; b. Lisbon, Jan. 11, 1859; pupil of Miraglia and Ronconi; début San Remo, 1882, in Aida. Sings all leading baritone stage-rôles; is also a fine concert-singer, and has been heard all over Europe. In 1906 he was singing at Kroll's Th., Berlin. one of two readings
9d'Andrade [dähn-drah’dě], Francesco, dramatic baritone; b. Lisbon, Jan. 11, 1859; pupil of Miraglia and Ronconi; début San Remo, 1882, in Aida. Sings all leading baritone stage-rôles; is also a fine concert-singer, and has been heard all over Europe. In 1906 he was singing at Kroll's Th., Berlin. one of two readings
11André, Johann, father of a musical family; b. Offenbach, Mar. 28, 1741; d. there June 18, 1799. Founder of the well-known music-publ. house at Offenbach, est. Aug. 1, 1774. He was an accomplished pianist, a composer of some 30 operas and 'Singspiele' (Der Töpfer, Erwin und Elmire, Belmonte e Constanze [Berlin, 1781, a year before Mozart's], etc.), of many instrl. works and songs (Rheinweinlied, Bekränzt mit Laub), and was the creator of the durchkomponierte Ballade, the first being Die Weiber von Weinsberg (1783). For 7 years (1777–84) he was Kapellm. at Döbbelin's Theatre in Berlin. Up to his death his establishment had issued about 1,200 numbers.—See Q.-Lex.
13André, (Johann) Anton, third son of Joh. A.; b. Offenbach, Oct. 6, 1775; d. there April 6, 1842. A precocious mus. talent, pupil of Vollweiler in Mannheim 1793–96; was a fine pianist, violinist and composer before entering the Univ. of Jena; after completing his studies he made extensive travels, and on his father's death took charge of the business, adding peculiar lustre to its good name by the purchase (1800) of Mozart's entire mus. remains. He publ. M.'s autograph thematic catalogue, and supplemented it by a list of the works so acquired. By accepting the application of the lithographic process to music-printing (1779), another long stride was taken towards placing this firm in the front rank. He was an excellent composer (2 operas, symphonies, songs, etc.), a successful teacher, and a noteworthy theorist (Lehrbuch d. Tonsetzkunst [unfinished], 2 vols. on Harmony, Cpt., Canon, and Fugue, 1832–43, new revised ed. 1875; and Anleitung zum Violinspiele).—See Q.-Lex.—His sons were: (1) Carl August, b. June 15, 1806; d. Frankfort, Feb. 15, 1887; head (from 1835) of the Frankfort branch, opened in 1828, and founder of the piano-factory ('Mozartflügel'); author of Der Klavierbau und seine Geschichte (1855).—(2) Julius, b. Offenbach, June 4, 1808; d. Frankfort, Apr. 17, 1880; a fine organist and pianist, pupil of Aloys Schmitt (his grandfather's pupil), author of a Praktische Orgelschule, composer of several interesting organ-pieces, and arranger of Mozart's works for pf. 4 hands.—(3) Joh. August, b. Mar. 2, 1817; d. Oct. 29, 1887; his father's successor (1839) in the Offenbach publishing establishment. His 2 sons, Karl (b. Aug. 24, 1853) and Adolf (b. Apr. 10, 1855; d. Sept. 10, 1910), succeeded to the business.—(4) Jean Baptiste (de St.-Gilles), b. Mar. 7, 1823; d. Frankfort, Dec. 9, 1882; pianist, and composer of various pcs. for piano and voice, was a pupil of A. Schmitt, Taubert (pf.), and Kessler and Dehn (harmony); lived for years in Berlin with the (honorary) title of 'Herzoglich bernburgischer Hofkapellmeister.'
15Andreä, Volkmar, b. Bern, Switzerland, July 5, 1879. While pursuing his course at the 'Gymnasium,' he studied music at the same time with Karl Munzinger; 1897–1900 pupil of the Cologne Cons. (Wüllner, Kleffel, Staub); spent 1 year (1900–1) at the Univ. of Bern; 1901–2 'solorepetitor' at the R. Court Op. in Munich; 1902–4 cond. 'Stadtbürger-verein' in Winterthur; at present cond. of a mixed ch. (since 1902), a male ch. (since 1904), and the symph. concerts (since 1906) at Zurich; 1913 mus. dir. at the Univ.; 1914 Ph.D. (hon. c.); in same year app. dir. of the Zurich Cons. Has travelled extensively as guest-cond. (many German cities, Paris, Barcelona, Milan); conducted in Milan (1911) the first performance ever given in Italy of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.—Works: Op. 1, pf.-trio in F m.; op. 14, do. in Eb; op. 2, Das Göttliche, cantata for s., ch. and orch.; op. 3, Charons Nachen, do.; op. 4, sonata for vl. in D; op. 5, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23, songs; op. 6, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, male chs. a capp.; op. 7, Symphonische Fantasie for orch.; op. 9, str.-quartet in Bb; op. 19, Vaterunser for s., ch. and orch.; op. 20, Sechs Klavierstücke; op. 25, an opera, Ratcliff (Duisburg, 1914). one of two readings
16Andre’ä, Volkmar, b. Bern, Switzerland, July 5, 1879. While pursuing his course at the 'Gymnasium,' he studied music at the same time with Karl Munzinger; 1897–1900 pupil of the Cologne Cons. (Wüllner, Kleffel, Staub); spent 1 year (1900–1) at the Univ. of Bern; 1901–2 'solorepetitor' at the R. Court Op. in Munich; 1902–4 cond. 'Stadtbürger-verein' in Winterthur; at present cond. of a mixed ch. (since 1902), a male ch. (since 1904), and the symph. concerts (since 1906) at Zurich; 1913 mus. dir. at the Univ.; 1914 Ph.D. (hon. c.); in same year app. dir. of the Zurich Cons. Has travelled extensively as guest-cond. (many German cities, Paris, Barcelona, Milan); conducted in Milan (1911) the first performance ever given in Italy of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.—Works: Op. 1, pf.-trio in F m.; op. 14, do. in Eb; op. 2, Das Göttliche, cantata for s., ch. and orch.; op. 3, Charons Nachen, do.; op. 4, sonata for vl. in D; op. 5, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23, songs; op. 6, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, male chs. a capp.; op. 7, Symphonische Fantasie for orch.; op. 9, str.-quartet in Bb; op. 19, Vaterunser for s., ch. and orch.; op. 20, Sechs Klavierstücke; op. 25, an opera, Ratcliff (Duisburg, 1914). one of two readings
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