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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1Thüringischer Lustgarten (1657); Geistliche Fest- u. Communionandachten (posthumous). Many of his chorales are still popular in Thuringia.—From 1646 he was cantor in Göttingen; in 1654, organist of St. Blasius, Mühlhausen; in 1661, elected burgomaster of the town. A selection from his works was publ. by J. Wolf in 'Dkm. deutscher Tonkunst' (vol. v).—Cf. J. Wolf, Joh. Rud. Ahle, in 'Sbd. Int. M.-G.' (1902, II, 3).—See Q.-Lex.
3Åhlström [awl'-], Jakob Niklas, b. Wisby, Sweden, June 5, 1805; d. Stockholm, May 14, 1857; comp. operas (Alfred the Great, Abu Hassan), incid. music, songs; publ. w. Boman a coll. of Swedish folk-songs.
5Åhlström, Olof, b. Stockholm, Aug. 14, 1756, d. there Aug. 11, 1835, as organist at the ch. of St. Jacob.—Works: Piano-sonatas; violin-sonatas; the collections Musikalisk Tidsfordrift and Skaldestykken, both containing songs by himself; etc.
7Ah'na. See De Ahna.
9Aibl [i'bl], Joseph, firm of music-publs. estab. at Munich in 1824; the subsequent heads were Eduard Spitzweg (from 1836), and his sons, Eugen and Otto. Since 1904 in Leipzig under the firm-name 'Universal-Edition.'
11Ai'blinger [i-], Johann Kaspar, b. Wasserburg, Bavaria, Feb. 23, 1779; d. Munich, May 6, 1867. Studied music in Munich, then at Bergamo under Simon Mayr (1802); lived at Vicenza 1803–11; then became 2d m. di c. to the viceroy at Milan; founded the 'Odeon' (society for the cultivation of classical vocal music) at Venice, in coöperation with Abbé Trentino; was engaged (1819) for the Italian opera in Munich as maestro al cembalo, in 1826 as Kapellm.; returned in 1833 to Bergamo, and made the fine collection of ancient classical music now in the Staatsbibliothek at Munich. He was the foremost promoter of classical vocal performances in All Saints' church, Munich, and wrote many celebrated sacred compositions (masses, requiems, liturgies, psalms, etc.). His one opera, Rodrigo e Ximene (Munich, 1821), and 3 ballets, were less successful.
13Ai'chinger [i-], Gregor, b. Ratisbon, 1564; d. Augsburg, Jan. 21, 1628, as canon and vicar-choral of the cathedral. Comp. much sacred vocal music; 3 books of Sacrae cantiones (Augsburg and Venice, 1590; Venice, 1595; Nuremberg, 1597); Tricinia, Divinae laudes (1602), etc., etc.; his Cantiones ecclesiasticae (Dillingen, 1607) are noteworthy as one of the earliest works in which the term 'basso continuo' appears.—See Q.-Lex.
15Aig'ner [ig-], Engelbert, dramatic comp.; b. Vienna, Feb. 23, 1798; d. 1851. Pupil of Stadler; 1835–7, director of ballet in court theatre.—Works: Opera, Die Wunderlilie (1827); 2 comic operas, Das geheime Fenster (1826) and Der Angriffsplan (1829); cantata, Lob der Tonkunst; a mass; a quintet in G; 6 choruses for men's voices; some unpubl. masses; and a requiem.
17A'imo. See HAYM, N. F.
19Ajolla. See LAYOLLE.
21Ak'eroide, Samuel, Engl. song-writer, b. Yorkshire after 1650. Many of his popular comps. were printed in collections of the period; e. g., in D'Urfey's 3rd coll. of Songs (1685), 'Theater of Musick' (1685–6–7), 'Banquet of Musick' (1688), 'Comes Amoris' (1685–7), 'Thesaurus musicus' (1693–6), etc.
23Akimen'ko, Theodore, composer; b. Kharkov, Russia, Feb. 8, 1876; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov (1886–90) at the Petrograd Cons., and of Balakirev (1886–95) as chorister in the Court Choir, in which he also taught for some years; spent 3 years (1903–6) in France; now living in Moscow.—Works: Lyric poem and overture for orch.; string-trio in C (op. 7); 'cello-sonata; violin-sonata; pieces for pf. (Sonate fantastique, op. 44); songs and choruses; an opera, The Queen of the Alps (MS.).
25Alaleo'na, Domenico, comp. and musicologist; b. Montegiorgio (Piceno), Nov. 16, 1881. Pupil, in the 'Liceo musicale' connected with the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome, of Bustini (pf.), De Sanctis (comp.), Renzi (theory). At graduation, in 1906, he directed his choral work for soli, ch. and orch., Attolite Portas, which attracted considerable attention. 1908–10 cond. the 'Società Guido Monaco' at Leghorn; since 1910 cond. the 'Augusteo,' and prof. at Cons. in Rome.—Works: A requiem, Pro defuncto Rege; a 2-act opera, Mirra; Sinfonia Italica; songs with pf. and orch.; wrote Su Emilio de Cavalieri (1905, in 'Nuova Musica'), and Studii sulla storia dell' Oratorio (Turin, 1908); also critical and hist. essays in various journals.
27Alard [ăh-lăr'], Jean-Delphin, a distinguished violinist of the modern French school; b. Bayonne, Mar. 8, 1815; d. Paris, Feb. 22, 1888. A pupil of Habeneck at Paris Cons. (1827), his celebrity dates from 1831; he succeeded Baillot as prof. in 1843, and as leader of the royal orchestra, teaching in the Cons. till 1875. A fine instructor (Sarasate was his pupil), he publ. a Violin School of high merit, a selection from 18th-century classics (Les maîtres classiques du violon), and numerous brilliant and popular comps. for violin (concertos, études, fantasias, duets for pf. and vln., etc.). His playing was full of fire and spirit, and his interpretation of classic German chamber-music was exceptionally fine.
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