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1comic operas, Ulysses (Cleveland, 1901) and Sweet Anne Page (Albany, 1903); Prayer, Promise, and Praise, sacred cantata; pf.-pcs.; about 200 sacred and secular songs; choruses. He is best known for his books of children's songs: Earth, Sky, and Air in Song (1900; 2 books); The Owl and the Woodchuck; The Squirrel and the Crow; Little Folks' Song Book.
3Neithardt, August Heinrich, b. Schleiz, Aug. 10, 1793; d. Berlin, April 18, 1861. Pupil of Ebhardt and Graner in Schleiz; oboist in the Gardejäger Corps in the War of Liberation; app. bandmaster in 1816, and bandmaster of the Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regt. in 1822–40; in 1843, teacher of singing for the Domchor (Berlin cathedral-choir), and in 1845 its conductor. For its improvement he inspected the Imp. Choir at Petrograd in 1846, and the Sistine Chapel at Rome in 1857; under his conductorship the Domchor became famous.—Works: Anopera, Manfred und Julietta (Königsberg, 1834); fine music for military band; male choruses; songs (he set to music Thiersch's Ich bin ein Preusse); horn-quartets and -trios, pf.-music; his chief work is as ed. of Commer's 'Musica sacra'; vols. v, vii and xii are by N. himself.
5Neitzel, Otto, b. Falkenburg, Pomerania, July 6, 1852. Pupil of Kullak's Acad., Berlin, and studied also at the Univ. (Dr. phil., 1875); then made a concert-tour, as pianist, with Pauline Lucca and Sarasate; and in 1878 became cond. of the 'Musikverein' at Strassburg, where (1879–81) he likewise conducted in the City Th. Until 1885 he taught at the Moscow Cons.; then at the Cologne Cons.; since 1887 also critic for the 'Kölnische Zeitung'; visited the U. S. in 1906–7 as lecturer, pianist and conductor.—Works: The operas Angela (Halle, 1887), Dido (Weimar, 1888; N. wrote both text and music), Der alte Dessauer (Wiesbaden, 1889), Die Barberina (Wiesbaden, 1904), Walhall in Not (Bremen, 1905), Der Richter von Kaschau (Darmstadt, 1916); Das Leben ein Traum for vl. and orch.; a pf.-concerto in C (op. 26); Capriccio for pf. and orch. (op. 40); 2 cantatas, Vaterland and Priesterwald; pf.-pcs.; songs. Wrote Führer durch die Oper der Gegenwart (3 vols., 1890–3; 4th ed. 1908); Saint-Saëns (1898); Beethoven's Sinfonien nach ihrem Stimmungsgehalt erläutert (1901); Aus meiner Musikantenmappe (1913).—Cf. A. Dette, Die Barberina (Fulda, 1913; guide to the opera, contains biogr. sketch).
7Nejedlý [ně-věhd'lě], Zdenek, b. Leitomischl, Bohemia, Feb. 10, 1878. St. music with Zdenko Fibich in Prague, and musicol. at the Univ. there with O. Hostinsky; Dr. phil., 1900; establ. himself as Privatdozent of musicol. there in 1905; since 1909 prof. extraord. Editor of the mus. journal 'Smetana' and the quarterly 'Hudebni Slovnik.'—Writings (in Bohemian): History of Bohemian Music (1903; in form of a catechism); History of Music in Bohemia (3 vols. I. Hist. of pre-Hussite Hymnology [1904]; II. The Beginnings of Hussite Hymnol. [1907]; III. Hist. of Hussite Hymnol. in the time of the Hussite Wars [1913]); Smetana's Operas (1909); The Modern Bohemian Opera since Smetana (1911); Gustav Mahler (1912; extensive biogr.); biographical sketches of Hostinsky, Smetana, Fibich and Jos. Förster; guides to Beethoven's string-quartets and Strauss's Rosenkavalier and Ariadne auf Naxos. Also contrib. (in German) to 'Sbd. Int. M.-G.'
9Nekes [nă'kĕs], Franz, notable church-composer; b. Huttrop, n. Essen, Feb. 14, 1844; d. Aix-la-Chapelle, May 6, 1914. Until 1910 he was Kapellm. at the Cath. and prof. at the Inst. for Organists in Aix-la-Chapelle.—Works (mostly a capp.): 15 Masses, several litanies, offertories, antiphones, etc.
11Ne'ri, Filippo, b. Florence, July 21, 1515; d. Rome, May 26, 1595. He took holy orders in 1551, and began giving lectures in the oratory of San Girolamo (later at Santa Maria, Vallicella); for which Animuccia, and after his death Palestrina, composed the 'Laudi spirituali' as a kind of musical illustration of the lectures, growing after many years into the art-form of the oratorio, which derives its name from the 'oratory' (Ital. 'oratorio') in which the lectures were held. The attendance on these lectures increased, and in 1575 N. organized a seminary for secular priests, recognized by Pope Gregory XIII as the 'Congregazione dell' Oratorio.'—Cf. P. G. Bacci, Vita di San F. N. (Naples, 1855; Engl. tr. by F. I. Antrobus [2 vols.], St. Louis, 1903); A. Capecelatro, La Vita di San F. N. (Milan, 1884); F. Bazet, Vie de S. Ph. de N. (Abbeville, 1902).
13Neruda, Franz, brother of Wilma M. F.; b. Brünn, Dec. 3, 1843; d. Copenhagen, Mar. 19, 1915. Fine violoncellist. At an early age he appeared in concerts with his father and sister; 1864–76, member of the R. Orch. in Copenhagen, where in 1868 he founded the 'Soc. for Chamber-music'; succ. Gade in 1892 as cond. of the 'Music Soc.', and also was cond. of a similar organization in Stockholm; made 'Prof.' in 1894.—Works: An orchl. suite, Aus dem Böhmerwald (op. 42) and Slovakische Märsche (op. 30) for orch.; a 'cello-concerto in D m. (op. 59); string-quartets; pieces for 'cello, piano-pieces, organ-pieces, songs.
15Neru'da [Lady Hallé], Wilma Maria Francisca, celebrated violinist; b. Brünn, Mar. 29, 1839; d. Berlin, Apr. 15, 1911. Her
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