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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1expenses being met by Mr. S.; tickets are not sold, but sent to guests invited by the committee. What has contributed especially to the fame of these festivals is the production, annually, of 2 important new works (choral or orchestral), generally by American composers, for which Mr. S. has establ. substantial cash prizes. Among the composers so far (1917) represented are J. A. Carpenter, G. W. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, H. F. Gilbert, P. Grainger, H. K. Hadley, E. S. Kelley, H. Parker, J. Sibelius, C. V. Stanford, Deems Taylor, etc.
3Stoeckel, Gustav Jakob. b. Maikammer, Bavarian Palatinate, 1819; d. Norfolk, Conn., May 14, 1907. He came to America in 1847, and in 1849 became instructor of music and chapel-organist at Yale Univ.; app. Battell Prof. of Music in the newly establ. dept. of music at Yale; retired in 1896 with the title 'Prof. emeritus.' He comp. some vocal and instrl. pcs., arr. college songs, and assisted in editing the 'College Hymn-book' for male vcs.
5Stöhr, Richard, b. Vienna, June 11, 1874. Having completed his medical studies in Vienna (M. D., 1898), he ent. the Cons., studying with F. Schenner (pf.), J. Vockner (org.) and R. Fuchs (comp.); app. asst.-teacher of theory in 1901, and regular teacher in 1904.—Works: For orch., op. 8, Suite for str.-orch.; op. 18, Symphony No. 1, in A m.; op. 29, Fantasie in F m. for org. and orch.; op. 37, Symphony No. 2, in D; op. 40, concerto for trumpet and orch., in D m.—Chamber-music, op. 2, octet for str.- and wind-instrs.; op. 7, pf.-quintet in G m.; op. 16, pf.-trio in Eb; op. 22, str.-quartet in D m.; op. 27, vl.-sonata in G; op. 32, Kammersymphonie (for str., wood-wind and harp); op. 43, pf.-quintet in C m.—Fem. choruses w. orch. (op. 10); mixed do. (op. 12, 36); male do. (op. 30, 38, 42, 44, 45); pf.-pcs.; songs and duets; also a fairy opera, Rumpelstilzchen (op. 31).—Theoretical works: Praktischer Leitfaden der Harmonielehre (1909), Musikalische Formenlehre (1911), Praktischer Leitfaden des Kontrapunkts (1913), Modulationslehre (1915).
7Sto'janovits, Peter Lazar, b. Pest, Sept. 6, 1877. Violin-pupil of J. Hubay at the Natl. Cons. there; then at the Vienna Cons. of J. Grün (vl.), R. Fuchs and R. Heuberger (comp.); taught at the 'Neues Konservatorium' in Vienna (1909–10); 1911–13, inspector of the munic. music-school in Pest; since 1913 living in Vienna as dir. of his own 'Violinschule für höhere Ausbildung.'—Works: The comic operas Tigris [The Tiger] (Pest, 1905) and Floribella; a ballet, Der neue Romeo. Op. 1, vl.-concerto in D m.; op. 3, vl.-sonata in D; op. 9, pf.-quintet in C m.; op. 15, pf.-quartet; op. 16, pf.-trio; also Schule der Skalentchnik.
9Stojow'ski [-yöhf'skē], Sigismund, b. Strelce, Poland, May 14, 1870. Pianist, pupil of L. Zelenski at Cracow, and of Diémer (pf.) and Delibes (comp.) at the Paris Cons. 1887–9, winning 1st prizes for pf.-playing and composition. St. later under Paderewski. At an orchl. concert of his own works, given in Paris, 1891, he prod. a pf.-concerto in F#m. Lived in Paris till 1906, when he came to the U. S. as head of the pf.-dept. at the Inst. of Musical Art in New York; also appeared with success in recitals and with orch.; 1912–17, head of the pf.-dept. at the Von Ende School of Music in New York. In 1913 he made a successful European tour.—Works: Op. 3, Pf.-concerto in F; op. 9, Suite in Eb for orch.; op. 20, Romanze for vl. and orch.; op. 21, Symphony in D m.; op. 22, vln.-concerto in G; op. 23, Rhapsodie symphonique for pf. and orch.; op. 31, Konzertstück in D for vcl. and orch.; op. 13, vl.-sonata in G; op. 18, vcl.-sonata in A; numerous comps. for pf.
11Stokowski [-kōhf'skē], Leopold, distinguished orchestral conductor; b. (of Polish parents) London, April 18, 1882. He began to play the pf. and vl. in childhood, and while pursuing his academic studies at Queen's Coll., Oxford, he st. comp. with Sir H. Parry and C. V. Stanford; later st. instrumentation at the Paris Cons. For a time he was org. at St. James's, Piccadilly; 1905–8, org. and choirm. at St. Bartholomew's, New York, where his organ-recitals attracted attention; during the summer of 1908 he cond. a series of orchl. concerts in London; 1909–12, cond. of the Cincinnati Symph. Orch.; since 1912 cond. of the Philadelphia Symph. Orch. On Mar. 2, 1916, he gave in Phila. the first Amer. performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (Eb) with a body of 1,000 instrumentalists and singers (repeated with the same forces at the M. O. H. on April 9); made Mus. Doc. by Univ., of Pa. (June, 1916). He married the pianist Olga Samarov on April 24, 1911.
13Stoltz, Rosine, [recte Victorine Nöb,] brilliant dramatic mezzo-soprano; b. Paris, Feb. 13, 1815; d. there June 30, 1903. The daughter of a poor janitor; the Duchess de Berri first sent her to a convent to be educated, and in 1826 to Choron's school, where she entered Ramier's class as 'Rose Niva.' Début at Brussels in 1832 under the assumed name of 'Mme. Terneaux'; then sang as 'Mlle. Héloïse' at Spa and Antwerp, and toward the end of 1833 at Lille as 'Rosine Stoltz,' meeting with fair success; then was eng. in Amsterdam. Reappearing in Brussels, in 1836, she sang Rachel to Nourrit's Éléazar (La Juive); her acting created a sensation, and Nourrit recommended her for the Paris
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