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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1LICHTENSTEIN—LIEBIG
3Later, after 6 months under Lambert at Paris, L. rejoined Wieniawski at Brussels, and studied hard for 3 years, then winning the first prize of honor at the national 'concours'. A successful tour in Holland was followed by a season in New York, etc., with Th. Thomas, when L. made a 3-year European tournée, another successful American trip, and lived in Boston for some time as a member of the Symphony Orch.; since 1899 head of the violin department in the National Cons. at New York. In 1904 he formed with Adele Margulies (pf.) and Leo Schulz (vcl.) the 'Margulies Trio', whose concerts rank among the most important chamber-music concerts in N. Y. Both in technical finish and emotional power, L. ranks high among living virtuosi.
5Lich'tenstein, Karl August, Freiherr von, b. Lahm, Franconia, Sept. 8, 1767; d. Berlin, Sept. 16, 1845. Intendant of court theatres at Dessau (1798), Vienna (1800), Bamberg (1811), and Berlin (1823; director of the opera, 1825). Composed 11 operas and numerous vaudevilles.—See Q.-Lex.
7Lich'tenthal, Peter, comp. and writer; b. Presburg, 1780; d. Milan, Aug. 18, 1853, where he had settled in 1810. Prod. 3 operas and 4 ballets at La Scala; publ. a string-quartet, 2 pf.-trios and pf.-pieces. His chief writings are Cenni biografici intorno al celebre maestro W. A. Mozart (1814); Mozart e le sue creazioni (1842); Estetica, ossia dottrina del bello e delle belle arti (1831); Dizionario e bibliografia della musica (1826; 4 vols., the last two containing bibliography).—See Q.-Lex.
9Lidón [lē-dōhn'], José, born Bejar, Salamanca, 1752; d. Madrid, Feb. 11, 1827. Was chorister in Madrid, then org. at the Cath. in Malaga; 1808, org. at the R. Chapel in Madrid, and finally m. di capp. there. Publ. fugues for organ and a method of accomp.; among his MSS. in the R. Chapel are two operas, Glauca y Coriolano and El barón de Mescas, a Miserere, Te Deum, hymns, motets, etc.
11Lie [l'yā], Erica [Mme. Nissen], born Kongsvinger, n. Christiania, Jan. 17, 1845; d. Christiania, Oct. 27, 1903. Pianist, pupil of Kjerulf (1860), and, at Berlin, of Th. Kullak (1861–6); the latter engaged her as a teacher in his acad., and persuaded her to give a concert, the success of which encouraged her to make a tour in Germany, and to Copenhagen and Stockholm (elected member of the Royal Acad.). Gave concerts in Germany in 1871, then returning to Copenhagen, where she was app. prof. at the Cons. In 1874 she married Dr. Oscar Nissen; after another succ. tour of Germany (1876–7) she settled as a concert-pianist and teacher in Christiania.
13Lie, Sigurd, b. Drammen, Norway, May 23, 1871; d. there Sept. 29, 1904. Pupil of P. Lindemann, Böhm, and J. Holter; 1891–3, at the Leipzig Cons.; after his return he was cond. of the Harmonie and at the Central Th. in Bergen; winning the Houens stipend in 1900, he spent a year in further study in Berlin, and returned to his native country, where he was cond. of the 'Christiania Handelsstand Sångförening.'—Works: Symphony in A m.; Orientalisk Suite; a pf.-quintet; Erling Skalgsson f. bar. solo, male ch. and orch.; Norske Danse f. vl. and pf.; pf.-pcs.; male choruses; songs (a cycle, Wartburg, etc.).
15Lie'be, Eduard Ludwig, b. Magdeburg, Nov. 19, 1819; d. Chur, Feb. 4, 1900. Pupil of Spohr and Baldewein at Kassel; mus. dir. at Koblenz, Mayence, and Worms; taught for some years in Strassburg; then in London.—Works: Opera Die Braut von Azola (Karlsruhe, 1868); he publ. popular songs, and pf.-pieces; other comps. MS.
17Liebeskind [lē'-], Joseph, b. Leipzig, Apr. 22, 1866. Pupil of Hermann, Sitt, Reinecke and Jadassohn at the Leipzig Cons.; living in Leipzig as composer, writer, and collector of first and rare editions. His valuable library contains a complete set of the first editions of Gluck's publ. works. He has ed. a number of almost unknown works of Gluck, Mozart, Dittersdorf; and transl. into Ger. Wotquenne's thematic cat. of Gluck's works (with additions).—Comps.: Op. 2, Str.-quartet in E m.; op. 3, Pf.-trio in D m.; op. 4, Symphony in A m.; op. 6, 2 fugues for org.; op. 7, Str.-quartet in C; op. 12, Festmarsch f. orch.; choruses and songs.
19Lie'bich, Ernst (Johann Gottlob), b. Breslau, Apr. 13, 1830; d. there Sept. 23, 1884. Eminent violin-maker, the successor of his father and grandfather, and trained in the workshops of Vuillaume (Paris), Hart (London), and Bausch (Leipzig). His instrs. have taken several first prizes.
21Liebig, Franz, b. London, 1860. Received his first instruction from his father, Immanuel L.; then pupil of I. Seiss and F. Hiller at the Cologne Cons.; st. further in Dresden with E. Kretschmer and H. von Bülow; has toured England as solo pianist, and with Mmes. Patti and Neruda. He is especially interested in Debussy (whose works he st. with the comp.) and the modern French school; living in London as concert-pianist and teacher. His wife (née Louise Shirley) has written a biogr. of Debussy (1908).
23Lie'big, Karl, b. Schwedt, July 25, 1808; d. Berlin, Oct. 6, 1872. At first 'Stabsoboist' in the Alexander Grenadier Regt., Berlin, he established in 1843 an independent orchestra, the Berlin 'Symphoniekapelle,' which attained such a high standard that it was employed for the concerts of the Singakademie,
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