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1court Kapellm. at Munich. App. 'Generalmusikdirektor' at Munich in 1894; resigned on account of ill health, and pensioned, in 1896. In 1882 he cond. the first performances of Parsifal at Bayreuth; also cond. the musical program at the master's funeral. He publ. a pf.-concerto in A m. and songs. He brought out new editions with revised text of Mozart's Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and Figaro; transl. the libretti of Berlioz' Les Troyens and Chabrier's Gwendoline, and wrote Gedanken aus Goethe's Werken (1901; 3d ed. 1911).—Cf. E. Possart, Erinnerungen an H. L. (Munich, 1901); A. Ettlinger, H. L. (Necrology in Bettelheim's 'Biogr. Jahrbuch,' 1903). For L.'s correspondence with Brahms see 'Brahms' Briefwechsel,' vol. vii (Berlin, 1912).
3Levi (or Levy, Lewy), Jacob. See LEBERT.
5Lévi. See GOBBAERTS, JEAN-LOUIS.
7Levitz'ki, Mischa, concert-pianist; b. Krementchug, Southern Russia, May 25, 1898. Pupil of A. Michailowski in Warsaw, 1905–6; then came to New York, where he cont. his studies at the Inst. of Musical Art under S. Stojowski, 1907–11; from 1911–15 he was a pupil (at irregular intervals) of E. von Dohnányi at the Kgl. Hochschule, winning the Mendelssohn Prize. As early as Oct., 1906, he played in public (Antwerp), but he really began his career in 1912, playing in Antwerp and Brussels; 1913–14, tour of Belgium; 1914–15, of Germany; 1915–16, of Germany, Austria, Hungary and Scandinavia; he made his Amer. début in recital in New York (Oct. 17, 1916), being received with marked favor.
9Lévy, Heniot, b. Warsaw, July 19, 1879. Until 1897 pupil of O. Raif (pf.) and H. von Herzogenberg (comp.) at the Kgl. Hochschule in Berlin; then of M. Bruch (comp.) at the Meisterschule there until 1899; début as pianist with the Berlin Philh. Orch. in 1899, followed by tours of Germany and Scandinavia; since 1904 teacher of pf. at the American Cons. in Chicago; has also appeared as soloist (Chicago Symph. Orch., Minneapolis S. O., Kneisel Quartet, etc.). Works: Op. 5, Concerto f. pf. and orch. in C m.; op. 6, vln.-sonata in C m. (won prize in Warsaw, 1901); op. 10, pf.-trio in A m. (won 1st prize at 'Concours international,' Paris, 1906); op. 12, vcl.-sonata in A m.; op. 15, musical setting to Tennyson's Guinevere; pcs. for pf.
11Lewalter [lě-vähl'tcr], Johann, b. Kassel, Jan. 24, 1862. Pupil of Reinecke, Pape-ritz and Weidenbach at the Leipzig Cons.; living since 1886 in Kassel as comp. and teacher. His songs and part-songs (many in the style of real folk-songs) have won great popularity; has also written pf.-pcs. (fugues, canons, etc.), and ed. several colls. of folk-songs: Deutsche Volkslieder in Niederhessen (2d ed. 1896,) Hessische Kinderliedchen, Deutsches Kinderlied und Kinderspiel, Schwämer Tänze.
13Lewandowski [-dov'-], Louis, b. Wreschen, Posen, Apr. 3, 1823; d. Berlin, Feb. 4, 1894. Pupil of the School of Composition of the Berlin Akademie; mus. dir. of the Berlin Synagogue from 1840. Co-founder of the Inst. for Aged and Indigent Musicians, which owes its flourishing condition in great part to him. His main work was as a singing-teacher; he comp. orchestral, vocal, and chamber-music.
15Lewinger [lä'-], Max, fine violinist; b. Sulkow, n. Cracow, Mar. 17, 1870; d. Dresden, Aug. 31, 1908. Pupil of the Cons. at Cracow and Lemberg; after playing a short time in the th.-orch. at Lemberg he was granted a subvention, and studied further with Grün at the Vienna Cons.; 1893, teacher of vl. at the Cons. in Bucharest; then Konzertmeister of the Philh. Concerts in Helsingfors; 1897, do. of the Gewandhaus and th.-orch. in Leipzig; from 1898 'Hofkonzertm.' with the R. Orch. in Dresden. Publ. Legende f. vl. and orch. (op. 9) and a number of pieces for vl. and pf. (Tarantella, Polonaise, Capriccio, Dumka, Serenade, etc.).
17Lewis, Leo Rich, b. South Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 11, 1865. Graduate of Tufts Coll. (A. B., 1887) and of Harvard Univ. (A. M., 1889); from 1889–92 pupil of Rheinberger at the Akad. der Tonkunst in Munich, winning diploma in comp.; 1892–5, instr. of French at Tufts Coll.; since 1895 prof. of theory and hist. of music there; member of Examining staff of College Entrance Exam. Bd.; since 1910 chief examiner; Secr. of U. S. branch of Int. Mus. Soc. since 1912.—Works: The Consolation of Music, cantata (1895); Sonata for vl. and pf. (1895); incid. music to Milton's Comus (1901); do. to Dekker's Fortunatus (1906); symphonic prelude to Browning's A Blot on the Scutcheon (1907); several minor works; has also ed. a number of Song-books. He originated a card-system of thematic cataloguing of music.
19Lewy, Charles, son of Ed. C. L.; pianist and salon-composer; b. Lausanne, 1823; d. Vienna, Apr. 30, 1883.—His brother, Richard Lewy, b. Vienna, 1827, d. there Dec. 31, 1883, was a player on the French horn, and a member of the court orch. at 13; later, Inspector-in-Chief, and stage-manager, of the court opera. Noted singing-teacher (Mallinger, Sembrich and Lucca were among his pupils).
21Lewy, Eduard Constantin, horn-virtuoso; b. Saint-Avold, Moselle, Mar. 3, 1796; d. Vienna June 3, 1846. Pupil of
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