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1his star was waning before Rossini's brilliant successes; he accepted the post of m. di capp. at Novara cath., thereafter devoting himself chiefly to sacred music (an oratorio, Il voto di Jefte, 1827; also masses, psalms, etc.). A sketch of his life, by Piccioli, Elogio di P. Generali, was publ. at Novara, 1833.
3Genet, Eleazar (called il Carpentras'so, or Carpentras, from his native place); see CARPENTRAS.
5Géns, Hermann, b. Tilsit, Jan. 6, 1856. Pianist, pupil of Köhler and Alb. Hahn; later of Kiel, Grell and Taubert at the Royal Hochschule für Musik at Berlin. 1877, music-teacher at Lübeck; 1880, at Hamburg; 1890, teacher of piano and theory at Sondershausen Cons.; 1891, director of Schumacher Cons., Mayence; 1893, co-director of the Scharwenka-Klindworth Cons., Berlin; 1899, prof. of piano and comp. at the Irving Institute at San Francisco, since 1905 dir.—Works: An opera, Hunold, der Spielmann (San Francisco, 1914); chamber-music, orchestral works, songs, etc.
7Georges [zhôhrzh], Alexandre, b. Arras, France, Feb. 25, 1850. Pupil of the Niedermeyer School, Paris, where he is now prof. of harmony.—Works: The operas Le Printemps (Rouen, 1890), Poèmes d'amour (1892), Charlotte Corday (1901), Miarka (1905), Myrrha (1909), Sangre y Sol (Nice, 1912; all others at Paris); music to the dramas Le nouveau Monde (1883), Axel (1894), and Alceste (1891); also songs.
9Gérard [zhā-rahr'], Henri-Philippe, born Liège, 1763; d. Versailles, 1848. Studied for 5 years at Rome under Gregorio Ballabane; from about 1788 he taught singing in Paris, and, from 1795, in the Cons. for over 30 years.—Publ. a Méthode de chant, in 2 parts, the second being Considérations sur la musique en général, et particulièrement sur tout qui a rapport à la vocale . . . (1819); and a simplified Traité méthodique d'harmonie . . . (1833; a resuscitation of Rameau's theories).
11Gérardy [zhā-rāhr-dē'], Jean, b. Spa, Belgium, Dec. 6, 1878. At the age of 5 he began to study the 'cello with R. Bellmann; 1885–9 pupil at the Cons. at Liège of Massau; on graduation he was awarded the gold medal by unanimous vote of the jury. While still a student of the Cons. he appeared in 1888 at Anstrudel in a trio with Ysaÿe and Paderewski, but his official début as soloist occurred in London in Dec., 1890, with sensational success; what caused general surprise was the maturity of his conception; the next year he created a similar sensation in Vienna, when he played with the Philh. Soc. under Hans Richter; he then spent some time in Dresden, studying with F. Grützmacher; since 1893 has toured Europe and America; visited the U. S. for the first time in 1899; 1915–16 he made the seventh visit. A famous ensemble player, having been heard frequently with Kreisler, Marteau, Hofmann and Godowsky; Ysaÿe, Godowsky and G. in 1913–14 formed a trio and toured the U. S. Among contemporary 'cellists G. has no superior; his instrument is a Stradivari, made in 1710.
13Ger'ber, Ernst Ludwig, celebrated lexicographer, son and pupil of Heinrich Nikolaus; b. Sondershausen, Sept. 29, 1746; d. there June 30, 1819. He likewise studied law and music in Leipzig, becoming a skilful 'cellist and org., in which latter capacity he became (1769) his father's assistant, and succeeded him in 1775. He was also a chamber-musician. He was able to visit Weimar, Kassel, Leipzig, and other cities, and gradually gathered together a large collection of musicians' portraits; to these he appended brief biographical notices, and finally conceived the plan of writing a biographical dictionary of musicians. Though his resources, in a small town without a public library, and having to rely in great measure on material sent him by his publisher, Breitkopf, were hardly adequate to the task he undertook, his Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler (Leipzig, 2 vols., 1790–92) was so well received, and brought in such a mass of corrections and fresh material from all quarters, that he prepared a supplementary edition, Neues hist.-biogr. Lexikon der Tonkünstler (4 vols., 1812–14). Though the former was intended only as a supplement to Walther's dictionary, and both are, of course, out of date, they contain much material still of value, and have been extensively drawn upon by more recent writers. He composed sonatas for pf., choral-preludes for org., and music for wind-band. The Viennese 'Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde' purchased his large library.—See Q.-Lex.
15Ger'ber, Heinrich Nikolaus, b. Wenigen-Ehrich, n. Sondershausen, Sept. 6, 1702; d. Sondershausen, Aug. 6, 1775. A law-student in Leipzig from 1724–7, but also took organ-lessons of J. S. Bach; org. at Heringen in 1728, and to the court at Sondershausen from 1731. He comp. much organ-music and many pieces for clavichord and pianoforte (all in MS.); invented improvements in the organ, also a xylophone with keyboard.
17Ger'bert (von Hornau), Martin, born Horb-on-Neckar, Aug. 12, 1720; d. St.-Blaise, May 13, 1793. A student in the Benedictine monastery at St.-B., he joined the order in 1736, became a priest in 1744, then prof. of theology, and 1764 Prince-Abbot of the monastery. His writings on music were De cantu et musica sacra (St.-B., 1774, 2 vols.), Vetus
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