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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1BERENS—BERGER
3(?), near Antwerp, circa 1500; famous contrapuntist, organist to the Duke of Ferrara in 1555. Publ. many masses, motets, madrigals, etc. He has frequently been confused with his contemporary Jachet de Mantua (q. v.).—See Q.-Lex.
5Berens, Hermann, b. Hamburg, Apr. 7, 1826; d. Stockholm, May 9, 1880. Excellent pianist, pupil of his father Karl B. [1801–57], of Reissiger (Dresden) and Czerny. Went to Stockholm in 1847, and founded celebrated Quartet Soirées; 1849, Royal mus. director at Örebro; 1860, cond. at the 'Mindre' Th., Stockholm; later court-conductor, teacher of comp. at the Academy, and prof. and member of ditto.—Works: The Greek drama Kodros; 1 opera, Violetta, and 3 successful operettas, Ein Sommernachtstraum, Lully und Quinault, Riccardo; overtures for orch., quartets, trios, pf.-pieces, songs and part-songs, and a valuable Neueste Schule der Geläufigkeit for pf.
7Beret'ta, Giovanni Battista, b. Verona, Feb. 24, 1819; d. Milan, April 28, 1876. For several years director of Bologna Cons.; then devoted himself to completing the great 'Dizionario artistico-scientifico-storico-technologico-musicale' begun by A. Barbieri (publ. Milan, 1869–72), but reached only the letter G. He also wrote a treatise on harmony, and another on instrumentation and orchestration; he comp. instrumental and sacred music.
9Berg, Adam, music-printer at Munich, 1567–97; publ. the Patrocinium musicum in 10 vols., 5 being devoted to Orlandus Lassus.
11Berg, Johann von, music-printer of Ghent; settled in Nuremberg, and became Ulrich Neuber's partner. He died in 1563.
13Berg, Konrad Mathias, b. Kolmar, Alsatia, April 27, 1785; d. Strassburg, Dec. 13, 1852. Violinist and pianist; pupil of Paris Cons. 1806–7; settled as pf.-teacher in Strassburg, 1808.—Works: 4 string-quartets; 10 pf.-trios; 3 concertos; sonatas, variations and effective 4-hand pieces f. pf. His essay Ideen zu einer rationellen Lehrmethode der Musik mit Anwendung auf das Klavierspiel ('Cäcilia,' vol. xvii, 1835), created a sensation; also an Aperçu historique sur l'état de la musique à Strasbourg pendant les 50 dernières années (1840).
15Ber'ger, Francesco, b. London, June 10, 1834; pupil of Luigi Ricci (Trieste) for harmony, and of Karl Lickl (Vienna) for pf.; later private pupil of Hauptmann and Plaidy (Leipzig). Prof. of pf. at R. A. M. and Guildhall School of Music; frequent concert-tours through Great Britain and Ireland; for some years director, and from 1884–1911 hon. secretary, of the Philharmonic.—Works: An opera, Il Lazzarone, and a mass (prod. in Italy); overtures and incidental music to Wilkie Collins' The Frozen Deep and The Lighthouse; songs; many part-songs and pf.-pieces. Wrote First Steps at the Pianoforte; also publ. a volume of Reminiscences (1913).
17Ber'ger [bär'-], Ludwig, b. Berlin, Apr. 18, 1777; d. there Feb. 16, 1839. Studied harm. and cpt. under J. A. Gürrlich (Berlin, 1799) and pf. under Clementi (Petrograd, 1804), being also strongly influenced by Field's playing. Went to Stockholm in 1812, and thence to London, rejoining Clementi and meeting Cramer. From 1815, settled in Berlin as a pf.-teacher; among his pupils were Mendelssohn, Henselt, Taubert and Fanny Hensel. With Klein, Reichardt and Rellstab he founded the junior 'Liedertafel' (1819). His pf.-works, especially the Studies, a Toccata, and a Rondo, are highly esteemed; he also composed the opera Oreste (not performed), cantatas, male quartets, songs, etc. A full and sympathetic account of his career was publ. by L. Rellstab in the 'Berlinische Zeitung' of Feb. 12, 1839 (reprint 1846).—See Q.-Lex.
19Ber'ger, Rudolf, a dram. tenor; b. Brünn, Moravia, April 17, 1874; d. N. Y., Feb. 27, 1915. Began his vocal studies at the Cons. in Brünn, in 1891, and made début there (as baritone) in 1896; sang bar. rôles successfully at various German theatres; 1904–7 at R. Op., Berlin. He then retired for a year, studying with O. Saenger in N. Y., changing to tenor; reappeared in 1909 in Berlin as Lohengrin, and sang tenor rôles (chiefly Wagner) thereafter; 1914–5, member M. O. H. In 1913 he married the dram. soprano, Marie Rappold. B.'s stage presence was unusually impressive (he stood 6 ft., 4 in., and was well proportioned), but his acting did not rise above the conventional. He had an enormous répertoire, consisting of 96 baritone and 18 tenor rôles; he had sung Jokanaan, in Salome, 79 times.
21Ber'ger, Siegfried. Pseudonym for CHELIUS, Freiherr von.
23Ber'ger, Wilhelm, composer; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1861; d. Jena, Jan. 15, 1911. Taken by parents in 1862 to Bremen. Studied in the Königl. Hochschule für Musik at Berlin, 1878–81 (Fr. Kiel). Teacher in the Klindworth-Scharwenka Cons. at Berlin till 1903; then succeeded Steinbach as court Kapellm. at Meiningen, also becoming R. Prussian Prof., and member of the R. Acad. of Arts.—Works: 2 symphonics (op. 71 in Bb, and op. 80 in B m.); Euphorion, for soli, ch. and orch.; Variations and Fugue for orch.; 3 Ballades for baritone with orch.; Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, for 4-part mixed ch. and full orch. (op. 55); a Dram. Fantasy in overture-form; var. and fugue f. orch.
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