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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1RITTER—RÖCKEL
3post of Kapellm. at Karlsruhe, offered him in 1809, he declined; his wife retired on a pension in 1819, R. himself in 1823. In 1792 he comp. the fine chorale Grosser Gott dich loben wir; also wrote the oratorio, Das verlorene Paradies, and much chamber-music (selections publ. by Riemann in vol. xvi, 2, of 'Dkm. der Tonk. in Bayern'). 24 autograph scores (2 symphonies [Eb, D], several concertos, etc.) are in the Library of Congress at Washington.—Cf. W. Schulze, P. R. (Berlin, 1895).
5Ritter (recte Bennet), Théodore, pianist, b. near Paris, April 5, 1841; d. Paris, April 6, 1886. Pupil of Liszt; made successful concert-tours; also publ. numerous solo pieces for pf. (Les Courriers is a favorite). He prod. the dram. scenes Le Paradis perdu and Mephistophélès; 2 unsuccessful operas, Marianne (Paris, 1861) and La Dea risorta (Florence, 1865); etc.
7Rivé-King, Julie, distinguished pianist; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1857. She received her first instruction from her mother, an excellent musician, and played in public at the age of 8. From 1866–72 she st. in New York with S. B. Mills and W. Mason; then went to Reinecke in Leipzig, where she appeared in 1874; after further study with Liszt she returned to the U. S. Her Amer. début took place April 24, 1875, with the N. Y. Philh. Soc. (Liszt's Eb concerto). Although she has frequently been heard in the East, the scene of her chief activity has been the Middle West; is now (1917) instr. of pf. at the Bush Cons., Chicago. She played in over 200 concerts under the direction of Th. Thomas. A player of great brilliancy, vigor and breadth of conception. In 1876 she married Frank King in Milwaukee. Her piano-music is deservedly popular (Impromptu in Ab, Polonaise héroïque, Bubbling Spring).
9Robeson, Lila P., dramatic contralto; b. Cleveland, O., April 4, 1880. Grad. of Western Reserve Univ. (1902); st. singing with C. S. Burnham and Mrs. S. C. Ford in Cleveland, and with I. Luckstone and O. Saenger in New York; sang in church and concert until her succ. operatic début as Ortrud with the Aborn Opera Co. (Boston, April 4, 1911); has been a member of the M. O. H. since 1912, where she has appeared as Amneris, Ortrud, Fricka (Rheingold and Walküre), Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Waltraute, Hexe (Königskinder), etc.
11Robyn, Alfred George, b. St. Louis, April 29, 1860. Pupil of his father, William R., whom he succ. as org. at St. John's; travelled with Emma Abbott in 1876 as solo pianist; now (1917) living as comp. in New York.—Works: The light operas The Yankee Consul (1903), The Gypsy Girl (1905), The Yankee Tourist (1907), Fortune Land (1907), All for the Ladies (1912), etc.; the oratorios The Ascension, Love Unending, Praise and Thanksgiving; a symphony in D m.; a symph. poem, Pompeii; pf.-concerto in C m.; a pf.-quintet; 4 str.-quartets; a mass; numerous pf.-pcs. and songs.
13Rochlitz, Johann Friedrich, b. Leipzig, Feb. 12, 1769; d. there Dec. 16, 1842. A pupil of Doles in the Thomasschule, he entered the University as a theological student; but was obliged to embrace the career of a tutor and writer. He first publ. some novels and sketches; Blicke in das Gebiet der Kunst… and Einige Ideen über Anwendung des guten Geschmacks (both 1796) treat in part of music. In 1798 he founded the 'Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung,' which he edited till 1818, still contributing until 1835—the period of Beethoven's career as a composer. From 1805 he was a director of the Gewandhaus Concerts. He received the title of 'Hofrat' from the Grand Duke of Weimar. His best-known work is Für Freunde der Tonkunst (4 vols., 1824–32; 3d ed. 1868), which contains biographies, essays, analyses of compositions, etc.; vol. iv has an outline Geschichte der Gesangsmusik, which R. supplemented by 3 'Sammlung vorzüglicher Gesangstücke' in 3 vols., from Dufay to Vallotti. He comp. songs for male ch.; also the 23d Psalm; and wrote many books for operas, oratorios, cantatas, etc.—Cf. J. Gensel, Aus R.'s Briefen an Henriette Voigt (Leipzig, 1906).
15Röckel, August, b. Graz, Dec. 1, 1814; d. Pest, June 18, 1876. Pupil of his father, the dram. tenor and impresario Jos. Aug. R., and of J. N. Hummel (his uncle); was for some years Kapellm. in Weimar and Bamberg; 1843–8, mus. dir. in Dresden. There his opera Farinelli was to have been prod., but his admiration for Wagner's music caused him to withdraw his score, and to abandon comp. forever. Condemned to death for participation in the revolution of 1848, his sentence was commuted, and he spent 13 years in the prison at Waldheim; after his release he lived in Frankfort, Munich, and Vienna, engaged in literary activity.—Cf. La Mara, R. Wagners Briefe an A. R. (Leipzig, 1894; 2d ed. 1903; Engl. tr. by E. Sellar, London, 1897).
17Röck'el, Joseph Leopold, b. London, April 11, 1838; d. there 1908. Pupil of Eisenhofer at Würzburg, and Götze at Weimar, for comp., and of his father and brother Eduard for pf. Lived in Clifton, Bristol, as teacher and pianist.—Works: The cantatas Fair Rosamond, Ruth, Westward-ho, etc.; 2 children's operas, Little Snow-White and Silver Penny; many characteristic pieces f. pf., and fantasias on operatic airs; songs.
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