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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1Leduc, Simon, b. Paris, 1748; d. there 1777. Pupil of Gaviniès; one of the first French composers who adopted the new instrl. style of Stamitz. Wrote several symphonies; concertos, concertantes and sonatas f. vl.—See Q.-Lex.
3Lee, Ernest Markham, b. Cambridge, England, June 8, 1874. Fine pianist and organist; while a student at Emanuel Coll., where he received the degree of A. M., he acted as org. at the various college functions; 1896–1911. org. at All Saints', Woodford Green, where he also established a regular series of chamber-music concerts; now (1917) prof. of organ at the G. S. M. and examiner at the Univ. of London; author of the Analytical Notes for the programs of the London Symph. Orch.; Mus. Doc., Cantab.; F. R. C. O.; comp. of church-services, anthems, songs, etc. Has publ. Tchaikovsky (1904); the same condensed for Bell's 'Miniature Series' (1906); Edvard Grieg (1908); The Story of Opera (1909); Brahms: The Man and his Music (1916); also analyses of Puccini's operas in the coll. 'Nights at the Opera.'
5Lee, Louis, b. Hamburg, Oct. 19, 1819; d. Lübeck, Aug. 26, 1896. Brilliant 'cellist and composer of merit; pupil of J. N. Prell, and gave concerts at 12 in German cities and Copenhagen. He became 'cellist in the Hamburg Th., then lived several years in Paris, returned to Hamburg, organized chamber-music soirées (with Hafner, later with Boie), was teacher in the Cons. until 1884, and 1st 'cello of the Philh. Soc.—Publ. a pf.-quartet, a pf.-trio, a 'cello-sonata, a 'cello-sonatina, a sonata and a sonatina f. vln., pieces f. pf. and 'cello, soli f. pf.; also wrote music to Schiller's Jungfrau von Orleans and Wilhelm Tell; symphonies, overtures, 2 string-quartets, pf.-duets, etc.
7Lee, Maurice, brother of the preceding; b. Hamburg, Feb., 1821; d. London, June 23, 1895, where he had long resided as a pf.-teacher and composer of popular salon-music.
9Lee, Sebastian, brother of the preceding; b. Hamburg, Dec. 24, 1805; d. there Jan. 4, 1887; was also a pupil of Prell, and a distinguished 'cellist; from 1837–68, solo 'cellist at the Grand Opéra, Paris; lived thereafter in Hamburg.—Publ. an excellent Method f. 'cello; variations, divertissements, and fantasies, for 'cello w. orch.; vars. for 'cello w. string-quartet; 'cello-duos.
11Lefébure [lū-fā-bür'], Louis-François-Henri, b. Paris, Feb. 18, 1754; d. there Nov., 1840. A government official until his retirement in 1814.—Works: Nouveau Solfège, a 23-page pamphlet publ. 1780, containing ideas put into practice by Gossec in the École royale de chant; and Revues, erreurs et méprises de différents auteurs célèbres en matière musicale (1789). He also composed 2 oratorios, several cantatas, and scenas.
13Lefébure-Wély, Louis-James-Alfred, b. Paris, Nov. 13, 1817; d. there Dec. 31, 1869. A pupil of his father from his fourth year, at 8 he took the latter's place as organist of the church of Saint-Roch, becoming regular organist at 14. Entering the Paris Cons., in 1832, he was taught by Benoist (org.) and Laurent and Zimmerman (pf.), taking first prizes for both instrs. in 1835; his teachers in composition were Berton and Halévy, and he had private instruction from Adam (comp.) and Séjan (org.). 1847–58, organist of la Madeleine; after 5 years devoted to composition, he succeeded Séjan as organist at St.-Sulpice. L. was a thorough musician, a skilful player on the organ, piano, and harmonium, and a versatile composer.—Works: A 3-act opera, Les Recruteurs (1861); a cantata, Après la victoire (1863); 1 mass w. orch. and 2 masses w. organ; 3 symphonies; a string-quintet and a string-quartet; sacred vocal music; much elegant salon-music f. pf. (his most celebrated piece is The Monastery-bells); 50 pf.-études; harmonium-music; etc.
15Lefebvre [lū-fävr'], Charles-Édouard, son of the historical painter I.; b. Paris, June 19, 1843. Entered Paris Cons., 1863; pupil of Ambr. Thomas; Grand prix de Rome, 1870, for the cantata Le Jugement de Dieu. While in Rome he composed the 23d Psalm f. ch. and orch.; the first two parts of a biblical drama, Judith; and several symphonic pieces. In 1873, after tours in Greece and the Orient, he settled in Paris; since 1895, prof. at the Cons.; won the Prix Chartier for chamber music in 1884 and 1891.—Works: The operas Le Trésor (Paris, 1883), Zaire (ib., 1887), Djelma (ib., 1894); the 'légende fantastique' Melka; 'poème lyrique' Ste.-Cécile (1896); choral works Eloa, La Messe du fantôme, Dalila; chamber-music; etc.
17Lefèvre [lū-fävr'], Jean-Xavier, famous clarinettist; b. Lausanne, Mar. 6, 1763; d. Paris, Nov. 9, 1829. Pupil of Michel Yost in Paris; played in concerts from 1787; member of the Opéra orch. 1791–1817; prof. in Cons. 1795–1825; and joined the Imperial Orch. in 1807. Chev. of the Legion of Honor. Wrote the Clarinet-method adopted (1802) at the Cons.; 6 clarinet-concertos; concertantes f. clar. w. other instrs.; also trios, duos, and soli (sonatas). He added a sixth key to the clarinet.
19Leffler-Burckard, Martha, dramatic soprano; b. Berlin, c. 1870. Pupil of Anna von Meichsner in Dresden; début as a coloratura soprano at Strassburg in 1890; then at Breslau and Cologne; 1894–8 at Bremen, where she appeared with much success in the great
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