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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919

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1Zamora (Halle, 1893); a ballet, Die sieben Todsünden; Weihnachtsoratorium; male choruses a capp.
3Stigel'li, Giorgio, [recte Georg Stie'gele,] celebrated German tenor; b. about 1820; d. in his villa Boschetti, n. Monza, Italy, July 3, 1868. Made long concert-tours in Germany, and 1864–5 in America. Comp. several songs, among them the popular Die schönsten Augen.
5Stillmann-Kelley. See KELLEY, EDGAR STILLMAN.
7Stirling, Elizabeth, b. Greenwich, Engl., Feb. 26, 1819; d. London, Mar. 25, 1895. Pupil of W. B. Wilson and E. Holmes (org. and pf.); J. A. Hamilton and G. A. Macfarren (comp.). In 1839, organist of All Saints', Poplar, and 1858–80 of St. Andrew's, Undershaft. In 1853 she passed the examination for the degree of Mus. Bac. at Oxford (her exercise was Psalm 130 a 5, w. orch.), but did not receive the degree, there being no precedent for conferring it upon a woman. Married F. A. Bridge in 1863.—Publ. 6 Pedal-Fugues and other excellent organ-pieces; some part-songs won great popularity (e. g., All Among the Barley).
9Stock [stöhk], Frederick A., b. Jülich, Rhine Prov., Nov. 11, 1872. Taught by his father, a bandmaster; from 1886–91 he attended the Cologne Cons., studying vl. with G. Japha and comp. with Wüllner, Zöllner and Humperdinck; 1891–5, violinist in the Cologne munic. orch.; in 1895, leader of the violas in the Chicago Symph. Orch. (Th. Thomas); app. asst.-cond. in 1901, conducting all concerts outside of Chicago (1903–5), and elected cond. after Thomas's death in 1905; also cond. of Musical Art Club (1907–9). In 1910 he was elected a member of the Amer. Inst. of Arts and Letters, and in 1915 made Mus. Doc. by Northwestern Univ. An efficient drill-master and inspiring leader, the orch. has maintained under him the high degree of excellence established by his famous predecessor. His works are remarkable for purity of style and masterly technic rather than for striking individuality.—Works: Op. 6, str.-quartet in C m. (1901); op. 7, Symphonic Variations in B m. (1903); op. 8, Symphonic Waltz in D (1907); op. 18, Symphony in C m. (1909); op. 19, Festival March and Hymn to Liberty (for 20th anniv. Chicago S. O., 1910); op. 20, Life's Springtide, overture in A (1913); op. 21, Festival Prologue (for 25th anniv. Chic. S. O., 1915); op. 22, vln.-concerto in D m. (Norfolk Fest., 1915); songs.
11Stock'hausen, Franz, brother of Julius S., b. Gebweiler, Alsatia, Jan. 30, 1839. Pupil of Alkan at Paris, and of Moscheles, Richter and Hauptmann at Leipzig Cons., 1860–2; from 1868, cond. of the 'Soc. de Chant Sacré' at Strassburg (resigned 1879), and mus. dir. at the cathedral; 1871–1907 Director of the Strassburg Cons., which under his administration rose to considerable importance. Received the title of Kgl. Professor in 1892; living in retirement since 1907.
13Stock'hausen, Julius, son of the harpist and comp. Franz S. [1792–1868]; eminent baritone vocalist and teacher; b. Paris, July 22, 1826; d. Frankfort-on-Main, Sept. 22, 1906. Pupil of Paris Cons., and of Manuel Garcia in London, soon winning renown as a concert-singer. From 1862–7, cond. of the Philharm. Concerts and the 'Singakademie' at Hamburg; 1869–70, chamber-singer at Stuttgart; 1874–8, cond. of the 'Sternscher Gesangverein' at Berlin; 1878–9, teacher of singing at the Hoch Cons., Frankfort-on-Main; after Raff's death in 1882 he resumed the professorship at the Cons., retiring in 1898; after that time he gave private lessons only. As an oratorio and Lieder singer he was unsurpassable; a close personal friend of Brahms, he was among the first and greatest interpreters of that master. He also was an excellent conductor. His Gesangsmethode (2 vols., 1886, '87; Engl. tr. by S. Löwe) is a standard work. Also publ. Gesangstechnik und Stimmbildung and several songs.
15Stock'hoff, Walter W., b. St. Louis, Nov. 12, 1879. Entirely self-taught in music; living as composer and teacher in St. Louis. His best works show the unmistakable influence of MacDowell. Has publ. 3 pf.-trios; a sonata, In the Mountains (suite), Three Poems, etc., for pf.; also some songs.
17Stoeckel, Carl, son of Gustav Jakob S.; b. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 7, 1858. Through his personal devotion and generous financial support he raised the annual festival of the 'Litchfield County Choral Union,' establ. by Robbins Battell (b. Norfolk, Conn., April 9, 1819; d. there Jan. 26, 1895), from an event of merely local to one of national importance. In 1899 the 'Norfolk Glee Club' and 'Winchester Choral Union' joined forces, to which later were added those of the 'Salisbury Choir' (1905), 'Canaan Choral Soc.' (1906) and 'Torrington Musical Assoc.' (1906), resulting in an aggregation of almost 700 trained voices (1917). The first festivals were held in the Winchester Armory, but Mr. S., in 1902, built on his estate in Norfolk the 'Music Shed' (capacity 2,000 seats), where all concerts have been given since. The festival itself has come to be known as 'The Norfolk Festival.' Every year in June 3 or 4 concerts are given, under eminent conductors with the assistance of famous soloists and an orchestra selected from the best players of Boston and New York, all

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