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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1919
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1Toulmouche [tool-moosh'], Frédéric (-Michel), born Nantes, Aug. 3, 1850; d. Paris, Feb. 20, 1909. Pupil of Victor Massé at Paris. In 1894, director of the theatre 'Menus-Plaisirs.'—Composer of the opéras comiques Le Moultier de St.-Guignolet (Brussels, 1885); La Veillée des Noces (Paris, 1888; in London, 1892, as The Wedding Eve); l'Âme de la Patrie (St. Brieuc, 1892); La Perle du Cantal (Paris, 1895); La St.-Valentin (ib., 1895); about a dozen operettas and some ballets.
3Tourjée [toor-zhā'], Dr. Eben, b. Warwick, Rhode Island, June 1, 1834; d. Boston, April 12, 1891. Chiefly self-taught in youth, at 17 he opened a music-store and began class-teaching at Fall River, Mass.; became organist and choirmaster at Newport; founded a Mus. Inst. at E. Greenwich in 1859; visited Europe to study the Conservatory system there, improving the opportunity by taking lessons from August Haupt, at Berlin, and others; establ. the 'Providence (R. I.) Cons. of Music' on his return, and, in 1867, the 'New England Cons. of Music' at Boston. He was a most successful organizer, and the creator of the class-system of mus. instruction in the United States.
5Tournemire [toorn-mēr'], Charles-Arnould, b. Bordeaux, Jan. 22, 1870. Pupil of C. Franck at the Paris Cons., winning the 1st prize for org. in 1891; after a short period of further study under V. d'Indy he succ. Franck (1892) as organist at Ste.-Clotilde.—Works: Le Sang de la Sirène, legend for soli, ch. and orch. (City of Paris Prize, 1904); a symphony, a pf.-trio, a str.-quartet, pf.-sonatas, organ-works (4 Pièces symphoniques, etc.); Psalm 57 for mixed ch. a capp.
7Tourret [tōō-rā'], André, violinist; born Amiens, Feb. 10, 1882. Pupil of D. Mohr and A. Goudroy at the École Nationale de Musique in Amiens (1891–5); continued his studies at the Paris Cons. under M. Hayot, A. Brun, A. Lefort and E. Schwartz, graduating in 1903 as winner of 1st prize for sol-fège and harm. Joined the Colonne Orch. as vlnst. in 1896, becoming leader of 2d vls. in 1902; 1904–13, do. of the Concerts du Cons.; 1903–8, 2d vl. of the Quatuor Capet; in 1904 he was a member of the jury at the 'concours' of the Cons. Living in New York since 1913. Has won distinction especially as an ensemble-player (sonatas, trios, quartets), and as such has toured France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, England and the U. S. (succ. tour with Camille Decreus, 1915–16).
9Tours [toor], Berthold, violinist, composer, and musical editor; born Rotterdam, Dec. 17, 1838; d. London, Mar. 11, 1897. Pupil of his father, Barthélemy T. (1797–1864), Verhulst, and of the Conservatories at Brussels and Leipzig; went to London in 1861 as an orch.-player; in 1878 became musical adviser to Novello & Co., and editor of their publications.—Works: Services, anthems, hymn-tunes; pf.-pieces; a Primer of the Violin; also many arrangements f. pf. of classical orch. works.
11Tours, Frank E., son of preceding; born London, Sept. 1, 1877. St. with private teachers, and later at the R. C. M. under Sir C. V. Stanford, Sir W. A. Parratt and Sir F. Bridge; since 1897 cond. of various light opera companies in London. Has written a comic opera, Melnotte (London, 1901) and, in collab. with others, The Dairymaids, The Hoyden, The Little Cherub, The New Aladdin, The Dashing Little Duke; of his songs several have attained considerable popularity (Mother o' Mine, Beyond the Sunset, Red Rose, A Year Ago, etc.).
13Tourte [tōōrt], François, b. Paris, 1747; d. there April, 1835. This famous maker of violin-bows was the creator of the modern bow, the model for all succeeding bow-makers. The shape and inward curve of the stick, the selection and preparation of the wood (Pernambuco), the length of the bow and all its modern fittings, are the product of his constructive genius.
15Tovey, Donald Francis, b. Eton, July 17, 1875. St. privately with Sophie Weisse (pf.), Sir W. Parratt (cpt.), James Higgs (comp.) until 1894, when he won the Nettleship scholarship at Balliol Coll., Oxford; graduated with Classical Honors (A. B., 1898). In 1900–1 he gave a series of chamber-music concerts in London, at which he prod. several of his own works; in 1901–2 he gave similar concerts in Berlin and Vienna; played his pf.-concerto in 1903 under Henry Wood and in 1906 under Hans Richter; from 1906–12 he gave in London regular series of chamber-music concerts, known as 'The Chelsea Concerts.' In 1914 he succeeded Niecks (q. v.) as Reid Prof. of music at Edinburgh Univ. (see REID, JOHN); there he establ. the 'Reid Symph. Concerts,' for which he organized in 1917 the 'Reid Symph. Orch.' of 50 musicians (first concert May 5, 1917).—Works: Op. 1, pf.-trio in B m.; op. 2 and 3, songs; op. 4, vcl.-sonata in F; op. 5, Rounds for equal vcs.; op. 6, pf.-quintet in C; op. 8, trio for clar., bassoon and pf. in C m. (Style tragique; also arr. as pf.-trio); op. 11, str.-quartet in G; op. 12, pf.-quartet in E m.; op. 14, trio for vl., horn (or vla.) and pf. in D m.; op. 15, pf.-concerto in A; op. 16, clar.-sonata in Bb (also arr. for vla.); op. 17, Balliol Dances for pf. 4 hands; op. 23, str.-quartet in D; op. 25, Elegiac Variations for vcl. and pf. (in mem. R. Hausmann); op. 27, pf.-trio; op. 31, The Bride of Dionysus,
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