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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1On Anton Seidl's recommendation she was eng. in 1886 to succeed Katharina Klafsky as principal soprano in Bremen. From 1890-9 she was a member of the Hofoper in Munich, becoming one of the great interpreters of Wagner's heroines, and appearing as soloist at the principal German festivals. In the spring of 1896 she was a member of Damrosch's German Opera Company (alternating with Klafsky), making her Amer. début as Elsa (Mar. 4); in London she was first heard at Covent Garden as Isolde on June 3, 1898 (having appeared in concerts in 1895). After her success as Kundry in Bayreuth (summer of 1899) she was eng. for the M. O. H., singing there every season until 1904, and creating the rôles of Floria Tosca and Kundry at the Amer. premières of Tosca (Feb. 4, 1901) and Parsifal (Dec. 24, 1903). Owing to ill health she retired in 1906. Her voice, though not as powerful as that of other great Wagner singers, was very sympathetic and of wonderful carrying quality.
3Terrabugio [-boo'joh], Giuseppe, b. Primiera, n. Trent, May 13, 1842. St. in Padua, and then in Munich at the Kgl. Akademie under Rheinberger. In 1883 he settled in Milan, where, as ed. of 'Musica Sacra,' he exerted a strong influence in reforming Italian church-music. He is a member of the Accademia di S. Cecilia of Rome, corresp. member of the Real Accad. of Florence, and hon. pres. of the Cäcilienverein of Trent. His publ. works (about 100 opus-numbers) are almost exclusively for the service of the church (12 masses, a requiem, litanies, motets, etc.; also some organ-works (fugue, sonata, etc.). In MS. he has several overtures and a str.-quartet.
5Terrade'glas [Terrade'glias] [-děhl'yāhs], Domingo [Domenico], b. Barcelona, Spain (baptized Feb. 13, 1711); d. Rome, May 20, 1751 (drowned in the Tiber). Pupil of Durante at the Cons. S. Onofrio, Naples. Prod. operas in Italy and London (1746-7); was then maestro at S. Giacomo degli Spagnuoli, Rome.—Works: The operas Astarte (Rome, 1739), Gli intrighi delle cantarine (Naples, 1740), Cerere (Rome, 1740), Artemisia (ib., 1741), Issipile (Florence, 1741), Merope (Rome, 1743), Artaserse (Venice, 1744), Mitridate (London, 1746), Bellerofonte (ib., 1747), Imeneo in Atene (Venice, 1750), Didone (Turin, 1750), Sesostri (Rome, 1751); an oratorio, Giuseppe riconosciuto, and a mass.—Cf. J. R. Carreras y Bulbena, D. T. (Barcelona, 1908).
7Terrasse [těh-răhs'], Claude, b. Côte-St.-André, Southern France, 1870. Pupil of the École Niedermeyer in Paris; began his career in 1899 with the 1-act operetta Panthéon-Courcelles; since then he has prod. about 30 operettas and ballets. Among his succ. comedy-operas are Les Travaux d'Hercule (Paris, 1901), Le Sire de Vergy (ib., 1903), Monsieur de la Palisse (ib. 1904), Le Coq d'Inde (ib., 1909), Le Mariage de Télémaque (ib., 1910), Pantagruel (Lyons, 1911), Cartouche (Paris, 1912); also incid. music to the 5-act drama Ubu-Roi (1902).
9Terry, Richard Runciman, b. Ellington, Northumberland, 1865. In 1890 app. org. and music-master at Elstow School; 1892-6, org. and choirm. at St. John's Cath., Antigua, West Indies; 1896-1901, do. at Downside Abbey. There he attracted attention by the revival of the Catholic church-music of early English masters (Byrd, Tallys, Tye, Morley, Mundy, White, Fayrfax, etc.); since 1901 he has been org. and dir. of music at Westminster Cath., continuing his labors in behalf of early Engl. music; 1915-16, examiner for Natl. Univ. of Ireland and Birmingham Univ. He was chairman of the committee app. to prepare the Engl. supplement of the Vatican Antiphonary.—Comp. of 5 masses, a requiem, numerous motets, etc.; has ed. the colls. 'Downside Masses' (by composers of the 16th century), 'Downside Motets' (do.), 'Motets Ancient and Modern,' besides many separate early comps. (most hitherto unpubl.); musical editor of 'The Official Catholic Hymnal for England'; also wrote Catholic Church-Music.
11Terschak [těhr'shăk], Adolf, celebrated flutist; born Hermannstadt, Transylvania, April 6, 1832; d. Breslau, Oct. 3, 1901. Pupil of Zierer at the Vienna Cons. (1850-2). Made long tours; to London in the west, and Siberia in the east.—Works: For fl. and orch.: Op. 29, Salut à la Hongrie; op. 42, Konzert-Fantasie; op. 132, Columbus, Amer. rhapsody; op. 133, Carnaval suisse; op. 138, Murillo, Allegro de concert; op. 139, Le Papillon en Voyage, étude-caprice; 2 suites for fl. and pf., Deutsche Soldatenbilder (op. 156) and Nordlandsbilder (op. 164); 2 sonatas (op. 168, A; op. 175, F); a melodrama, Die Mutter (op. 92); numerous minor pcs. for fl. and pf.; Ecole de mécanisme (op. 75) and technical studies (op. 69, 70, 71, 131); pf.-pcs., songs and choruses.
13Terzia'ni [těhr-ts'yah'nē], Eugenio, born Rome, July 29, 1824; d. there June 30, 1889. Pupil of Mercadante at the R. Cons., Naples; prod. an oratorio, La Caduta di Gerico, in 1844, followed by the operas Giovanna di Napoli (1844) at Ferrara and Alfredo (1852) at Rome, where he became maestro at the Teatro Apollo about 1850; from 1867-71, maestro at La Scala, Milan; from 1877, prof. of comp. at the Liceo musicale of the Accad. di Sta. Cecilia at Rome. Last opera, Niccolò de' Lapi
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