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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1919
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1Woglinde (Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), 1st Flower-Maiden (Parsifal), etc.
3Foroni, Jacopo, b. Verona, July 25, 1825; d. Stockholm, Sept. 8, 1858 (of cholera); was court cond. of the Ital. Opera at Stockholm from 1849; comp. of the operas Margherita (Milan, 1847), Christina di Suezia (?), L'Avvocato Pathelin (Stockholm, 1850), I Gladiatori (Milan, 1851); he also wrote overtures and studies for piano.
5Forster, Georg (I), b. Amberg, circa 1514; d. Nuremberg, Nov. 12, 1568. Matriculated at Wittenberg in 1534; was medical practioner in Amberg, Würzburg, Heidelberg, and Nuremberg (1544). Edited several valuable collections of folk-songs (Nuremberg, 1539–56), which he harmonized in 5 parts.—See Q.-Lex.
7Forster, Georg (II), b. Annaberg, Saxony, (?); d. Dresden, Oct. 16, 1587. Cantor in Zwickau, 1556; in Annaberg, 1564; double-bass player in Dresden, 1568; asst.-Kapellm., 1581; first Kapellm., 1585, succeeding Pinelli.
9Forster, Josef, b. Trofaiach, Styria, Aug. 10, 1845; a civil engineer living in Vienna; comp. of the operas Die Wallfahrt der Königin (Vienna, 1878), Die Rose von Pontevedra (Gotha, 1893), Der tod Mon (Vienna, 1902); and the ballets Der Spielmann (Vienna, 1881), Die Assassinen (ib., 1883).
11Forster, William (Sr.), violin-maker; b. Brampton, Cumberland, May 4, 1739; d. London, 1808. He went to London in 1759, and estab. himself there as a publr. and violin-maker in 1781. He copied Stainer and Amati; his 'cellos and double-basses are very rare and valuable.
13Forster, William (Jr.), son and successor of foregoing; b. London, Jan. 7, 1764; d. there July 24, 1824. Some of his violins are very fine.
15Förster, Adolph M. See FOERSTER.
17Förster, Alban, violinist; b. Reichenbach, Saxony, Oct. 23, 1849; a pupil there of R. Blume, later of Dresden Cons. Leader of orchs. at Karlsbad, Breslau, Stettin; in 1871, court musician at Neustrelitz, also conducting the Singakademie; 1881, teacher in Dresden Cons., and cond. of the Liedertafel; 1882–1908, court Kapellm. at Neustrelitz; made Prof. in 1903.—Works: Operetta Das Flüstern (Neustrelitz, 1875); 3-act comic opera Die Mädchen von Schilda (ib., 1887); opera 's Lorle (Dresden, 1891); romantic-comic ballet-pantomime Träumerei in der Waldmühle (Zwickau, 1896); besides a symph., orchestral and chamber-music (string-trios and quartets), violin-music, instructive piano-pieces, and songs.
19Förster, Anton, b. Osojnitz, Bohemia, Dec. 20, 1837. Studied at the Prague School of Organists; organist in Zengg, Croatia; then org. and Kapellm. at the Cath. in Laibach from 1868–1909, when he retired; composer of the opera Goremjski slavik (1901) and several masses; also wrote some successful textbooks (harmony, counterpoint, etc.).
21Förster, Anton, son of preceding; born Zengg, Croatia, May 23, 1867; d. Trieste, Jan. 13, 1915. Pupil of the Leipzig Cons.; 1898, teacher of pf. at Stern's Cons. in Berlin; 1904, at the Scharwenka Cons.; 1908, at Ziegfeld's Conservatory in Chicago.
23Förster, Christoph, organist; b. Bebra in Thuringia, Nov. 30, 1693; d. Rudolstadt, Dec. 6, 1745. Ducal Kapellm. at Merseburg; in 1745 Kapellm. at Rudolstadt.—Works over 300 in number (cantatas, symphonies, overtures, organ-music, pf.-pieces).—Cf. A. Hartung, Ch. F. (Leipzig, 1914).—See Q.-Lex.
25Förster, Emanuel Aloys, b. Niederstein, n. Glatz, Austrian Silesia, Jan. 26, 1748; d. Vienna, Nov. 12, 1823. A self-taught composer and excellent teacher of theory, from 1776, in Vienna; his instrumental works are strongly influenced by Beethoven.—Works: Huldigungscantate, a Notturno concertante for strings and wind, 48 quintets and quartets for strings, pf.-quartets, a pf.-sextet, variations and sonatas for pf.; wrote Anleitung zum Generalbass (1802, '05, '24).—See Q.-Lex.
27Förster, Josef B., son of Joseph F.; b. Prague, Dec. 30, 1859. Pupil of the Cons. at Prague; 1892, music critic of 'Hamburger Nachrichten'; 1901, teacher at the Cons. He married the opera-singer Bertha Lauterer, who was eng. at the Hamburg Stadtth.; when she went to the Vienna court opera in 1903, F. also moved to Vienna; since 1903 teacher at Ondříček's Neues Konservatorium.—Works: The operas Deborah (Prague, 1893), Eva (ib., 1899; prize-op.), Jessica (ib., 1905); 4 symphs. (op. 3, Das Leben; op. 54, C m.); symph. poem, op. 44, Meine Jugend; a dramatic overture in C m.; the orchl. suites Cyrano de Bergerac, In den Bergen, Shakespeare; a Slawische Phantasie; Legende vom Glück; the choral works w. orch. Hymnus der Engelscharen, Weihe der Nacht; Stabat Mater; op. 88, vln.-concerto in C m.; op. 40, vcl.-sonata in F m.; op. 10, vln.-sonata in B m.; 2 piano-trios; piano-pieces; songs.
29Förster, Joseph, b. Osojnitz, Bohemia, Feb. 22, 1833; d. Prague, Jan. 3, 1907. Pupil (1850–2) of the Prague School of Organists; organist in several churches, since 1887 at the cathedral, Prague. Also prof. of theory in Prague Cons. The promotion of a cappella polyphonic music was his specialty.—Works: Masses and requiems, organ-pieces, and a treatise on harmony.
31Forsyth' Brothers, music-publishers at
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