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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1works: 3 Nocturne and Tarentelle f. pf. (op. 4); Fantasiebilder, on mottos from Faust, for pf. 4 hands (op. 36); etc.
3Un'ger, Georg, b. Leipzig, Mar. 6, 1837; d. there Feb. 2, 1887. Dramatic tenor; originally a student of theology at Leipzig; stage-début there in 1867; after several engagements, Hans Richter heard him at Mannheim, and recommended him to Wagner for the rôle of Siegfried in Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth, 1876. Unger studied the part with Hey, and his interpretation of it made him famous. 1877–81, eng. at Leipzig.
5Unger, (Gustav) Hermann, b. Kamenz, Saxony, Oct. 26, 1886. St. classical philol. in Freiburg, Leipzig and Munich; Dr. phil. (1910) with the dissertation Über den Gebrauch des daktylischen Hexameters in der altgriechischen Lyrik, Tragödie und Komödie; in Munich he also st. music under E. Istel and J. Haas, continuing under M. Reger in Meiningen (1911–13); now (1918) living in Cologne as comp. and mus. critic of the 'Rheinische Musik- und Theaterzeitung.'—Has publ. Versuche zu einer Hausmusik (3 books of miniatures for pf.). In MS., incid. music to Hofmannsthal's Tor und Tod and Schnabel's Wiederkehr; Nacht, an orchl. suite; Japanisches Liederspiel for mixed ch. and orch.; Der Gott und die Bajadere for declamation, ch. and orch.; a trio for clar., vla. and pf.; a str.-trio; Divertimento for str.-quartet; a vl.-sonata; choruses; songs.
7Un'ger, Johann Friedrich, b. Brunswick, 1716; d. there Feb. 9, 1781. Noteworthy as the inventor of the first apparatus for the mechanical notation of music played on the pianoforte, described in his Entwurf einer Maschine, wodurch alles, was auf dem Clavier gespielt wird, sich von selber in Noten setzt (1774). He claimed priority of invention over Hohlfeld (1752).
9Un'ger (in Italy, Ungher), Karoline, celebrated stage-singer; b. Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary, Oct. 28, 1803; d. at her villa near Florence, Mar. 23, 1877. She st. in Milan with D. Ronconi and in Vienna with Aloysia Langer, Mozart's sister-in-law, and J. M. Vogl, the friend and first interpreter of Schubert; made her début in Vienna in Cost fan Tutte (Feb. 24, 1821); Beethoven chose her to sing the sop. soli in the first perf. of his Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symph. (May 7, 1824), at the conclusion of which she turned the deaf master around that he might see the applause. After that she made for several years triumphal tours of Italy; her reception in Paris, however, was comparatively cool (Oct., 1833), and she never sang there again. In 1839 she was engaged to be married to the poet Lenau, but the engagement soon was broken; in 1841 she married the French writer François Sabatier (1818–91), and retired from the stage. A great actress, her voice was powerful, but not perfectly equalized, and often shrill in the highest register. Among the Italian composers that wrote operas especially for her were Donizetti (Parisina, Belisario, Maria di Rudens), Bellini (La Straniera), Pacini (Niobe), Mercadante (Le due illustri Rivali), etc. She publ. Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli (46 songs).—Cf. O. Hartwig, Fr. Sabatier und K. Sabatier-Unger, in 'Deutsche Rundschau' (May, 1897).
11Unger, Max, b. Taura, Saxony, May 28, 1883. While attending the Gymnasium at Chemnitz he st. music with F. Mayerhoff and P. H. Wiedemann; 1904–6, at the Leipzig Cons., with A. Ruthardt (pf.) and H. Zöllner (comp.), also attending Riemann's lectures at the Univ.; 1906–7, Repetitor at the Stadtth. in Leipzig; after teaching a year at the Cons. in Bromberg (1907–8) he returned to Leipzig for further study, becoming Dr. phil. (1911) with the dissertation Muzio Clementis Leben (publ. 1914); now (1918) living in Leipzig as cond. of the 'Madrigal-Chorvereinigung' and mus. critic of the 'Neue Ztschr. für Musik.' His study of Clementi's correspondence enabled him to correct the dates of a number of Beethoven's letters and to supply missing dates of others; is now eng. in editing B.'s complete letters.—Has publ. Beethovens Heiratsprojekt im Jahre 1810, in 'Neue Musikztg.' (1911); Auf Spuren von Beethovens unsterblicher Geliebten (1911).
13Ungher-Sabatier. See UNGER, KAROLINE.
15Upton, George Putnam, mus. writer and critic; born Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 25, 1835. Graduate of Brown Univ., 1854; in 1855, city editor for the Chicago 'Native Citizen,' 1856–61 for the 'Journal'; from 1861 uninterruptedly on the editorial staff of the Chicago 'Tribune,' acting also as mus. critic from 1861–85. His criticisms were the first that ever appeared in any Chicago paper. Founder (1872) and first president of the Apollo Club; member of the Archæological Inst. of America; corresp. member of Chicago Historical Soc. and Wisconsin Hist. Soc.—Writings: Letters of Peregrine Pickle (1870); Woman in Music (1880); Standard Operas (1886; new ed. 1913); Standard Oratorios (1887; new ed. 1900); Standard Symphonies (1889); Musical Pastels (1902); Standard Light Operas (1902); E. Reményi. Musician, Littérature and Man (1906); Standard Concert Guide (1908); Standard Concert Repertory (1909); In Music's Land (1913); The Song (1915); numerous contributions to magazines; has translated Nohl's Haydn, Liszt, Beethoven and Wagner; also Max Müller's Deutsche
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