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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1Student Songs, Miscellaneous Lyrics, besides many patriotic songs afterwards collected as Waif of Song, and publ. by Galignani, Paris, 1876). Also a vol. of lyrics, Pen and Lute.
3Will'mers, Heinrich Rudolf, born Berlin, Oct. 31, 1821; d. Vienna, Aug. 24, 1878. Fine pianist, pupil of Hummel at Weimar and Fr. Schneider at Dessau. After concert-tours (1838–53), he lived in Vienna until called to Berlin in 1864 as prof. at the Stern Cons.; resigned 1866, and returned to Vienna. His technical specialty was the trill; in the performance of 'chains of trills' he was unrivalled.—Works: Op. 85, pf.-quartet in G m.; 2 vl.-sonatas (op. 11, C# m.; op. 94, B♭); brilliant pf.-solos: Op. 1, Six études; op. 5, Sérénade érotique (for the left hand); op. 8, Sehnsucht am Meere; op. 27, Un jour d'été en Norvège, op. 28, two études de concert (La pompa di festa and La danza delle Baccanti); op. 29, Northern National Airs; op. 33, Sonate héroïque; op. 35, Tarantella giocosa; op. 49, La Sylphide; op. 69, Trillerketten; op. 78, Aus der Geisterwelt, tremolo-caprice; op. 127, Allegro symphonique; also fantasias, etc.
5Willy. See GAUTHIERS-VILLARS.
7Wilm, Nicolai von, born Riga, Mar. 4, 1834; d. Wiesbaden, Feb. 20, 1911. Pianist and composer; pupil 1851–6 of the Leipzig Cons. (Hauptmann, Richter, Rietz, Plaidy, etc.); from 1857–8, 2d Kapellm. at the Riga City Th.; then went to Petrograd, becoming, in 1860, on Henselt's recommendation, teacher of pf. and theory at the Imp. 'Nicolai Inst.', retiring 1875 to Dresden, and living from 1878 in Wiesbaden. A very prolific composer (243 opus-numbers), he is best known through his chamber-music.—Works: CHAMBER-MUSIC: Op. 27, str.-sextet in B m.; op. 4, str.-quartet in C m.; op. 165, pf.-trio in E m.; op. 111, vcl.-sonata in A m.; 2 vl.-sonatas (op. 83, D; op. 92, G m.); 2 suites for vl. and pf. (op. 88, D m.; op. 95, C); op. 156, sonata for vl. and harp in D m. For Pf. 4 hands: 8 suites (op. 25, B♭; op. 30, C m.; op. 44, D [Ball-Suite]; op. 53, Eine Nordlandfahrt; op. 100, G m.; op. 130, Schweizer-Suite; op. 180, E m.; op. 199, A); 4 'Walzer-Suiten' (op. 86, C; op. 90, E; op. 93, Eb; op. 126, F); op. 18, Reisebilder aus Schlesien; op. 28, Musikalische Federzeichnungen; op. 32, Das Märchen von der schönen Magelone; op. 39, Kalendarium; op. 118, Musikalische Dichter-Silhouetten.—For 2 Pfs.: Op. 62, Präludium und Sarabande; op. 64, Variationen. For Pf. solo: 5 suites (op. 155, G; op. 160, D m.; op. 166, C; op. 192, C; op. 207, G [Kleine Suite]); op. 1, Sechs Präludien; op. 16, Herbstfrüchte; op. 20, 3 instructive sonatinas; op. 31, Völker und Zeiten im Spiegel ihrer Tänze; op. 37, Im russischen Dorf; op. 50, Deutsche Poesie in musikalischen Gewand; op. 74, Stimmungen; op. 109, Auf der Olafsburg; op. 116, Trifolium; op. 179, Dorf- und Waldidyllen; op. 225, Musikalisches Dekameron; etc.—Konzertstück for harp and orch., op. 122; motets, op. 40; male choruses; songs.
9Wilms, Jan Willem, born Witzhelden, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Mar. 30, 1772; d. Amsterdam, July 19, 1847. Teacher and organist in Amsterdam.—Publ. 2 pf.-concertos, 2 flute-concertos, 2 string-quartets, 2 pf.-trios, 3 violin-sonatas, 2 flute-sonatas, a clarinet-concerto, 3 symphonies, etc.
11Wilsing [vil'zing], Daniel Friedrich Eduard, born Hörde, n. Dortmund, Oct. 21, 1809; d. Berlin, May, 2, 1893. Organist in Wesel 1829–34; then removed to Berlin.—Works: Oratorio Jesus Christus, in 2 parts (prod. Bonn, 1889, by W.'s pupil, Arnold Mendelssohn); a De profundis a 16 (won the gold medal for Art at Berlin); sonatas f. pf.; songs.
13Wilson, Grenville Dean, b. Plymouth, Conn., Jan. 26, 1833; d. Nyack, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1897. His teachers were his mother, and a German tutor named Donheim, for piano, and A. W. Johnson at Boston for harmony and comp.; some pieces were publ. before he was ten. From 18 he taught in Lenox, Mass., New York, Saratoga and Lasell Seminary; in 1871 he took charge of the musical department of Rockland Inst., Nyack; in 1877 he organized the Nyack Symphony Society, with annual concerts; and in 1880 founded the Nyack Choral Society.—Publ. works number 178, chiefly popular piano-pieces (The Shepherd-boy, Wayside Chapel, Chapel in the Mountains, Moonlight on the Hudson, Voix du matin, etc.).
15Wilson, John, famous English lutenist; b. Faversham, Kent, April 5, 1594; d. London, Feb. 22, 1673. Mus. Doc., Oxon., 1644; prof. of music at Oxford Univ., 1656–62; then Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and chamber-musician to Charles II.—Publ. Psalterium Carolinum (1657); Cheerful Ayres or Ballads a 1 or 3 (1660); also glees and catches in Playford's 'Musical Companion' (1667), and songs in 'Select Musical Ayres and Dialogues' (1652, '53, '69).—Cf. E. F. Rimbault, Who Was Jack W., the Singer of Shakespeare's Stage? (London, 1846).
17Wilson, Mortimer, b. Chariton, Iowa, Aug. 6, 1876. St. in Chicago with S. E. Jacobsohn (1894–1900), F. G. Gleason (comp.; 1894–1901) and W. Middleschulte (org.; 1900); 1901–7, dir. of theory-dept., Univ. of Nebraska; then st. a year at the Leipzig Cons. (1907) with Reger and Sitt; 1908–10, in Leipzig as private teacher; 1911–5, cond.
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