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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1GRUND—GRÜTZMACHER
3Franz Škroup and Josef Kisch, later (1855) of Reichel and Rietz, at Dresden. A fine pianist, and the composer of the 1-act opera Die Heimkehr (Prague, 1894; succ.); incidental music to Theo. Löwe's drama Königstraum; Nordische Suite und Humoreske f. orch.; a suite f. vln. and 'cello (op. 16a); 2 string-quartets (op. 31, 37), several poetical 'characteristic' pf.-pcs. f. 2 and 4 hands, and a great number of songs.
5Grund, Friedrich Wilhelm, composer and teacher; b. Hamburg, Oct. 7, 1791; d. there Nov. 24, 1874. He founded the 'Singakademie' at Hamburg in 1819, and cond. the Philh. Concerts (1828–62).—Works: 2 operas (not perf.); cantata Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Christi; mass f. 8 voices a cappella; symphonies; overtures; octet f. pf. and wind; quintet f. ditto; pf.-quartet; sonatas f. pf., vln., and 'cello; pf.-sonata 4 hands; pf.-sonatinas; pf.-studies (praised by Schumann); songs, etc.
7Grün'feld, Alfred, b. Prague, July 4, 1852. Pianist, pupil of Höger and Krejči, later of Kullak's Academy in Berlin. Settled 1873 in Vienna, where he is 'Kammervirtuos'; makes extended concert-tours; in 1883 to Moscow and Petrograd; also to France, the U. S., etc.—Works: The operetta Der Lebemann (Vienna, 1903) and the comic opera Die Schönen von Fogaras (Dresden, 1907); f. pf.: Op. 15, Octave-study; op. 31, Minuet; op. 35, Humoresque; op. 37, Spanish Serenade; op. 38, Barcarolle; op. 39, Impromptu; op. 55, Ungarische Phantasie; etc.
9Grün'feld, Heinrich, brother of Alfred; fine 'cellist; b. Prague, Apr. 21, 1855. Pupil of Prague Cons.; went to Berlin in 1876, taught in Kullak's Acad. for 8 years, gave many concerts with X. Scharwenka and G. Holländer, and was appointed 'cellist to the Kaiser in 1886.
11Grunicke, Anton Franz, distinguished organ-virtuoso; b. Falkenhain, Jan. 23, 1841; d. Berlin, Sept. 6, 1913. Pupil of his father, who was cantor in Erfurt; 1862–5, of A. B. Marx, E. Grell and W. Taubert in Berlin; in 1871 he was app. teacher of pf. and harm. at Kullak's Akademie; later prof. of org. at Klindworth-Scharwenka Cons.; R. Prof. in 1908.
13Grunn, (John) Homer, b. West Salem, Wis., May 5, 1880. Pupil of E. Liebling (pf.) in Chicago from 1896–1900 and of A. Brune (theory); then st. pf. at Stern's Cons. in Berlin with E. Jedlizka; taught pf. at Chicago Mus. Coll., 1903–7; 1907 dir. of pf.-dept. in Arizona Sch. of Mus., Phoenix; in 1910 he settled in Los Angeles, where he founded the Brahms Quintet. He has written Marche héroïque (op. 15) for pf. and orch.; Hopi Indian Dance (op. 16) f. orch.; Desert Suite (op. 7) f. pf.; 4 Lyric Pieces (op. 25) f. pf.; etc.
15Grunsky, Karl, b. Schornbach, Mar. 5, 1871. Chiefly self-taught in music; after receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1893 he joined the staff of 'Neues Leben' in Stuttgart as a writer on politics; 1895–1908 mus. critic of 'Schwäbischer Merkur'; living in Stuttgart as writer and contrib. to various journals.—Works: Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts (1902; 2d augm. ed., 1908); Musikgeschichte des 17. u. 18. Jahrh. (1905; 2d augm. ed. 1914); Die Technik des Klavierauszuges (1911); Bachs Bearbeitungen und Umarbeitungen fremder Werke (in 'Bach-Jahrb.', 1912); also guides to several modern symphonies.
17Gruppe, Paulo Meadag, fine 'cellist; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1891. In 1900 he ent. the Hague Cons., where he was a pupil of Ch. van Isterdael; then he st. at Paris with J. Salmon, at whose suggestion he entered the competition for a scholarship at the Cons., and won the prize over 28 contestants; there he st. with P. Casals until his début in 1907; he toured France, Holland, Germany and England, and appeared for the first time in the U. S. in 1909; since then he has been heard frequently, and won an enviable reputation.
19Grützmacher, Friedrich, son of Leopold; b. Meiningen, July 20, 1866. Pupil of his father and uncle. After serving as first 'cello in the Sondershausen court orch., he joined the theatre-orch. in Pest (1890), where from 1892–4 he was also 'cello-prof. at the Cons. In 1894 he went to Cologne, as solo 'cellist in the Gürzenich Orch. and teacher at the Cons., succeeding Hegyei.
21Grützmacher, Friedrich (Wilhelm Ludwig), admirable 'cellist, composer and teacher; b. Dessau, Mar. 1, 1832; d. Dresden, Feb. 23, 1903. From his father, chamber-musician at Dessau, he had his first mus. training; his other teachers were K. Drechsler ('cello) and Fr. Schneider (theory). At the age of 16 he joined a small orch. in Leipzig; here he was 'discovered' by David, and in 1849 was appointed first 'cello of the Gewandhaus orch., succeeding Cossmann, and 'cello-teacher at the Cons.; in 1880 he was appointed chamber-virtuoso in Dresden, where he remained till his death. He was a renowned concert-player, and made long concert-tours. Among his pupils are his younger brother Leopold G., O. Brückner, W. Fitzenhagen, E. Hegar, F. Hilpert, H. Becker, etc.—Works: Concerto f. 'cello and orch.; Variations f. ditto; many pieces and studies for 'cello; orchestral music; chamber-music; pf.-pieces; songs; also wrote a valuable Hohe Schule des Violoncellespiels.
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