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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1tioned in 1557 as 'Regis musicus.' His Roman period was devoted to secular, his Paris period to sacred composition. Of his numerous extant works, 6 books of 5-part madrigals (Venice, 1538–56, his finest and most characteristic comps.), and 3 books of masses in 3–7 parts (Paris, 1557), are chief among those preserved in print. Modern reprints include the 4-part 'Madrigale parlando' Il ciel che rado (Riemann; 'Hdbch. d. M.-G., Part II), the 4-part madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno (Moskwa coll.); others in Eitner, vol. xxiii, and Maldeghem's 'Trésor.'—See Q.-Lex.
3d'Archambeau [dar-shähn-boh'], Ivan, b. near Liège, Sept. 28, 1879. He received his earliest mus. instruction from his father, an excellent musician. In 1895 he began the study of the violoncello with A. Massau. As soon as the boy was able to take part in quartet-playing his father, solely for the purpose of artistic recreation, formed a family quartet, consisting of himself and his three sons, Ivan being the 'cellist. In 1899 d'A. won the gold medal at the Cons. of Verviers, and then went to Édouard Jacobs at Brussels. Having completed his studies under Hugo Becker at Frankfort, he made, in 1903, a successful tour of Germany, Belgium and Scotland. Pochon then persuaded him to abandon the virtuoso career to become a member of the Flonzaley Quartet.
5d'Archambeau, Jean-Michel, composer; b. Herve, Belgium, Mar. 3, 1823; d. Verviers, August, 1899. In 1838, teacher of music at Herve College; 1848, organist at Petit-Rechain.—Works: 1 operetta, 2 masses for 3 men's voices, 12 litanies, 7 motets; also several Romances sans paroles for pf.
7Archangel'sky, Alexander, b. in the Russian province of Pensa, Oct. 23, 1846. Cond. church-choirs from his 16th year, and in 1880 organized a chorus of his own with which he toured Europe. He was the first to substitute women for boys in the vocal music of the Russian Church—an experiment widely copied. He has publ. 2 masses, a Mass for the Dead, and numerous a cappella choruses.
9Archer, Frederick, organist; b. Oxford, England, June 16, 1838; d. Pittsburgh, Oct. 22, 1901. Taught by his father; also studied in London and Leipzig. Organist, conductor, and opera-director in London; went to New York in 1881, and became org. of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, later of the Ch. of the Incarnation, N. Y. In 1885, founded the mus. weekly, 'The Key-Note,' of which he was the editor; 1887, conductor of Boston Oratorio Society. From 1895–98, conductor of the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Orchestra; succeeded by Victor Herbert.—Works: Publ. a cantata, King Willaf's Drinking-horn; pieces for organ and pf.; songs, part-songs, etc. Wrote The Organ, theoretical text-book; and The College Organist.
11Ardi'ti, Luigi, b. Crescentino, Piedmont, July 16 [acc. to his autobiography], 1822; d. Hove, near Brighton, England, May 1, 1903. Pupil of Milan Cons. till 1842, his opera, I Briganti, being a student-production. Began his career as a violinist; became director of opera, and honorary member of the Accademia Filarmonica at Vercelli in 1843, going thence to Milan, Turin, and Havana as an opera-conductor. In 1847, '48, '50, etc., he visited New York with the Havana opera-company; conducted the performance at the opening of the N. Y. Acad. of Music in 1854. Finally left America in 1856, going to Constantinople, and thence to London, where he settled in 1858, as conductor of Her M.'s Theatre, and resided there as a well-liked teacher and composer. He also led a campaign of Italian opera in Germany, at Pétrograd (1871 and '73), and (for some years) annually at Vienna, from 1870. He acted as conductor in various London theatres up to 1895. His operas, I Briganti, Il Corsaro, La Spia (first prod. New York, 1856), had fair success; but his best and most popular comps. are his numerous songs, especially the vocal waltzes (Il Bacio, L'Ar-diti, Le Tortorelle, etc.). Wrote My Reminiscences (London, 1896). He was a virtuoso on the piano.
13Ardi'ti, Michele, Marchese; b. Presicca, Naples, Sept. 29, 1745; d. Naples, Apr. 23, 1838. Archæologist and amateur composer, pupil of Jommelli; wrote 1 opera, Olimpiade; also sacred and secular cantatas, motets, symphonies, overtures, arias w. orch., pf.-sonatas, etc.
15Arens, Franz Xavier, b. Neef (Rhenish Prussia), Oct. 28, 1856. Came to America in early youth; pupil of his father and Singenberger of Milwaukee; also st. in Germany w. Rheinberger, Wüllner, Abel, Janssen, and Kirchner; conductor of Cleveland 'Gesangverein' and Philh. Orch. (1885–8); 1890–92 in Europe, giving American composers concerts. In 1900 he establ. the People's Symph. Concerts in N. Y. to furnish good music at a nominal price to the poorer classes. The success of these orch. concerts, conducted by A. personally, gradually led to the inclusion of chamber-music concerts by the Kneisel Quartet, etc., and the movement has been extended to several of the larger Eastern cities.
17Aren'sky, Anton Stepanovitch, Russian comp. and pianist; b. Novgorod, July 31, 1861; d. in a sanatorium at Tarioki, Finland, Feb. 26, 1906, after a long illness.
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