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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1enjoyed considerable popularity; also wrote some pf.-pcs. (Elegy on the death of Pushkin, Russian Fantasy, Nocturne, etc.), and ed. 2 colls. of Russian folk-songs. Of his 3 operas, Natasha, Tarass Bulba and Tsyganka [The Gypsy], only the first was prod. (Moscow, 1861; Petrograd, 1863).
3Villoing [vēl-wān'], Alexander Ivannovitch, b. Petrograd, 1808; d. there in Sept., 1878. Known to fame as the pf.-teacher of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein, and other pupils of note. He assisted at A. Rubinstein's début at Paris in 1841. His École pratique du Piano embodies his system of instruction; the technical exercises are very ingenious and practical. Comp. a concerto, and smaller pieces. For an account of his tour with Rubinstein (1840–3) and biogr. see Neustroiev in 'Russkaya Starina' (No. 1; 1890).
5Villoing, Vassily Yulievitch, nephew and pupil of preceding; born Moscow, Oct. 28, 1850. St. at the Moscow Cons. (1867–73), and then settled in Nizhny Novgorod, where he establ. a branch of the Imp. Russ. Music Soc., of which he is still (1918) dir. Comp. of an opera for young people, Prince Lelio; a Pastorale for ob. and pf. (op. 8); Chant-Fantaisie for vl. and pf. (op. 9); pf.-pcs. and songs. Author of Elements of the Theory of Music (in Russian; 1900).
7Villoteau [vē-loh-toh'], Guillaume-André, b. Bellême, Orne, Sept. 6, 1759; d. Tours, April 23, 1839. Choir-boy, then tenor, at Le Mans Cath.; later at Notre-Dame, Paris; chorus-singer at the Opéra. Having studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, he was qualified for election as a member of the scientific commission which accompanied Napoleon to Egypt, and made a special study of Oriental music.—Publ. 4 essays (in the great work issued by the government, 'Description de l'Égypte') entitled Dissertation sur la musique des anciens égyptiens; Dissertation sur les diverses espèces d'instruments de musique que l'on remarque parmi les sculptures qui décorent les antiques monuments de l'Égypte … (German transl., 1821); De l'état actuel de l'art musical en Égypte …; and Description historique, technique et littéraire des instruments de musique des Orientaux;—also a Mémoire sur la possibilité et l'utilité d'une théorie exacte des principes naturels de la musique (1807), being an introduction to his Recherches sur l'analogie de la musique avec les arts qui ont pour objet l'imitation du langage … (1807; 2 vols.).
9Vincent [vän-sähn'], Alexandre-Joseph-Hydulphe, b. Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, Nov. 20, 1797; d. Paris, Nov. 26, 1868. Prof. of mathematics at the Collège St.-Louis, Paris; member of the Académie, and of the Soc. of Antiquaries; custodian of the library of learned societies at the Ministry of Public Instruction. An investigator of ancient Greek and Latin music, he championed the idea that the Greeks used chords (harmony); he likewise sought to revive the employment of the quarter-tone. On these subjects he publ. a great number of essays, some of which were reprinted in pamphlet-form, and reports of the Académie, scientific journals, etc. His musical activity was scathingly criticised by Fétis.
11Vincent, Charles John, born Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England, Sept. 19, 1852. Pupil of his father, Charles John V. [organist at St. Michael's]; from 1864, chorister at Durham Cath. under Dr. Armes; in 1869, organist at Monkwearmouth; from 1876–8, st. at Leipzig Cons.; then org. at Tavistock and Kelly College; graduated Mus. Bac., Oxon., 1878; Mus. Doc., 1885; org. of Christ Ch., Hampstead, London, 1883–91. As Examiner for Trinity College he has visited South Africa (1893) and Australia (1897). Joint-editor of the 'Organist and Chormaster.'—Works: Oratorio Ruth (Hampstead, 1886); Psalm 68, The Day of Rest and The Crowning of the Wheat, cantatas f. soli, ch. and orch.; 6 cantatas f. female voices; Honour and Praise to Music, choral fugue in 8 parts; vocal duets; over 100 songs;—orchl. overture The Storm (1894); pieces f. 'cello and pf., violin and pf., and pf. solo; organ-music;—the text-books A Year's Study at the Piano, First Principles of Music, Choral Instructor for Treble Voices, On Scoring for an Orchestra (in 'The British Musician,' 1897); etc.
13Vincent, George Frederick, brother of preceding; b. Houghton-le-Spring, Mar. 27, 1855. Pupil of Leipzig Cons. 1874–6; 1882–1900, organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas's, Sunderland; since then org. at St. Michael's, Cornhill; was also cond. of the Choral Soc., the Ladies' Orch. Soc. and the Amateur Opera Soc., at Sunderland. Well-known concert-organist.—Works: Operettas; a cantata, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, f. bar. solo, ch. and orch. (1895); songs, anthems, etc.;—2 Fantasias and Fugues f. 2 pf.; pf.-pieces; organ-pieces; etc.
15Vincent [recte Winzenhörlein], Heinrich Joseph, b. Teilheim, n. Würzburg, Feb. 23, 1819; d. Vienna, May 19, 1901. Renouncing theology and law, he became a tenor singer in theatres at Vienna (1847), Halle and Würzburg; from 1872, singing-teacher, and cond. of the singing-society, at Czernowitz, Bukowina; later removed to Vienna.—Works: Operas Die Bettlerin (Halle, 1864) and König Murat (Würzburg, 1870); also operettas and popular songs. As a writer he is a warm defender of the 'Chroma' So- one of two readings
16Vincent [recte Winzenhörlein], Heinrich Joseph, b. Teilheim, n. Würzburg, Feb. 23, 1819; d. Vienna, May 19, 1901. Renouncing theology and law, he became a tenor singer in theatres at Vienna (1847), Halle and Würzburg; from 1872, singing-teacher, and cond. of the singing-society, at Czernowitz, Bukowina; later removed to Vienna.—Works: Operas Die Bettlerin (Halle, 1864) and König Mural (Würzburg, 1870); also operettas and popular songs. As a writer he is a warm defender of the 'Chroma' So- one of two readings
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