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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1MACMILLEN—MAERZ
3London in 1893, where he has been living since as composer; 1899–1908, Engl. ed. of the 'Internationale Musikgesellschaft' (Leipzig); since then General Secretary.—Works: An oratorio, Noah (1865); a cantata, Sulmalla; the overtures Cynthia's Revels, Arigal, Penthesilea, Iona, Laodameia, A Joyous Overture; 2 symph. poems, Songs of Selma and On the Heights; Concert-Allegro in G; a suite in C, Melody-Album; Idyl and Villanella in F; a sinfonietta, A Ball-night; Pageant March; Colonia March; Aus Bayern, 4 pcs. for orch.; a pf.-concerto in F. He wrote the History of Modern Engl. Music for Lavignac's 'Encyclopédie de la Musique' (1914).
5Macmillen, Francis, eminent violinist; b. Marietta, O., Oct. 14, 1885. At age of 7 ent. Chicago Coll. of Music, where he st. vl. and pf.; 1895–9, pupil of K. Markees and J. Joachim in Berlin; then of C. Thomson at Brussels Cons., where he won the 1st prize and the van Hal cash prize in 1901; cont. his studies with K. Flesch and L. Auer, in Petrograd. Triumphal début in Brussels, Mar. 30, 1903; in the fall of the same year he was heard with the Queen's Hall Orch. (H. Wood), and made a very succ. tour of England; Amer. début with N. Y. Symph. Orch. (Damrosch), Dec. 7, 1906, followed by an extended tour of the U. S.; 1907–8, second Amer. tour; on this third tour, 1910–11, he appeared in 158 concerts with all the leading orchs., and in recital; other tours, 1914–17; from 1911–14 he played in the principal cities of Europe, meeting everywhere with emphatic success.
7Macpherson, Charles, b. Edinburgh, Mar. 10, 1870. From 1879–87, chorister at St. Paul's Cath., and pupil of Sir G. Martin (org.); ent. the R. A. M. in 1890, won the Lucas prize in 1892, and became A. R. A. M. in 1896; since then prof. of harm. and cpt. there. Works: Overture, Cridhe an Ghaidhil; Overture on Jacobite Airs; Fantasy on Scotch Tunes; the suites Hallowe'en and Highland; a pf.-quartet in E♭; sextet for wood-wind; Psalm 137 for ch., orch. and org.; 3 Gaelic songs for sop.. str.-orch. and harp; organ-works (Fantasy-Prelude, Prelude and Fugue, etc.); considerable church-music; songs and part-songs.
9Macpherson, Charles Stewart, b. Liverpool, Mar. 29, 1865. Won the Sterndale Bennett scholarship and ent. the R. A. M. in 1880, where he st. pf. with W. C. Macfarren and comp. with Sir G. A. Macfarren; won the Balfe scholarship in 1882, the Lucas medal in 1884, and the Potter Exhibition in 1885; app. org. of Immanuel Ch. in 1885; prof. of harm. and comp. at R. A. M. in 1887; F. R. A. M., 1892; 1885–1902, cond. of Westminster Orchl. Soc.; 1886–1904, cond. of Streatham Choral Soc.; in 1898 app. examiner to the Assoc. Bd. of R. A. M. and R. C. M., in which capacity he visited Canada, Australia and New Zealand in 1900, and South Africa in 1905; since 1903 prof. of comp. in the R. Normal Coll. for the Blind; member of the Bd. of mus. studies of the Univ. of London.—Works: Symphony in C; Ballad for orch.; a vln.-concerto; Mass in D for soli, ch. and orch.; overtures, services, pf.-pcs.; songs. Has also publ. Practical Harmony; Practical Counterpoint; Evolution of: Musical Design; Rudiments of Music; Form in Music; Music and Its Appreciation; Aural Culture Based upon Musical Appreciation; 350 Exercises in Harmony; Studies in Phrasing and Form (with E. Read).
11McWhood, Leonard B., b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1870. Graduate student of Columbia Univ., 1894–7; pupil of MacDowell there from 1896–7; 1897–1904, asst. to Prof. MacDowell; 1904–10, adjunct-prof.; 1902–7, instr. in music at Vassar Coll.; since 1907 head of dept. of church-music at Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J.; has lectured extensively, and contrib. to various mus. journals. Has comp. a cantata with orch. (1915), a light opera (1916), choruses, songs, pcs. for org., and do. for pf.
13Ma'der, Raoul (Maria), b. Presburg, Hungary, June 25, 1856. Law-student at Vienna Univ. 1874–8; studied in the Vienna Cons., 1879–82, under Schmitt and Schenner (pf.), Bruckner (harm.), and Krenn (comp.), taking first prizes for pf.-playing and pf.-composition, and (1880) the great silver medal and the Liszt prize as best pianist in the Cons. From 1882–95, 1st 'Sologesangscor-repetitor' ('coach' for solo singers) at the Vienna court opera, also conducting ballets and minor operas; 1891–5 also chorus-master of the Academical Gesangverein. Since 1895, chief conductor at the Royal Opera, Pest.—Works: The 3-act comic opera Die Flüchtlings (Court Opera, Vienna, 1891); the very succ. operettas Cœur d'ange (Vienna, 1895), Kadet Kivasszony (Pest, 1900), Das Garnisonsmädel (Vienna, 1904), Der selige Vincens (ib. 1907), A Nagymama (Pest, 1908); many ballets; choruses; songs.
15Maerz, Joseph, b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1883. Was exhibited at the age of 6 as a pianistic prodigy, but retired and st. seriously with Carlos de Serrano in New York; has toured as concert-pianist since 1900; taught pf. at N. Y. Inst. of Music and Syracuse Univ.; now (1917) dir. of music at Wesleyan Coll., Macon, Ga.; married in 1909 the violinist Glenn Priest. Has comp. a Concert Allegro in A (op. 1), a suite for 2 pfs. (op. 3), Berceuse pastorale for vl. and pf. (op. 4), Symphonic Intro-
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