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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1taisie hongroise for orch., a str.-quartet in G (Basevi Prize, 1864), a pf.-trio, etc.; also wrote a ballet, Un Capriccio (with Marco Sala; La Scala, 1866). Until his death (when it ceased publication) he was ed. of the 'Gazzetta Musicale'.—His son Tito, a remarkable pianist, is the present head of the house. The catalogue to-day (1917) contains 116,000 numbers, and in the archives are the autograph scores of more than 500 operas by the most famous Italian composers.
3Rider-Kelsey, Mme. Corinne, concert-soprano; b. n. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1879. While attending Oberlin Coll. (1895–8) she studied voice, pf. and harm.; completed her vocal studies under L. A. Torrens of Chicago and Theo. J. Toedt of New York. Début in Handel's Messiah, Nov. 24, 1904, with the St. Louis Choral-Symph. Soc.; the following May she appeared as soloist at the Cincinnati Fest., and has been reëngaged for every succeeding fest., excepting in 1908, when she was in Europe; has likewise sung in The Messiah with the N. Y. Oratorio Soc. almost every season since 1905. While on a pleasure-trip in Europe (1907) she was offered a 3-year contract at Cov. Garden, where she made her operatic début as Micaëla (July 7, 1908), and also sang Mimi and Zerlina; in spite of emphatic success the stage did not attract her, and after release from her contract she returned to America. In 1909 she was eng. at a salary of $5,000 a year as soloist at the First Ch. of Christ, Scientist, N. Y. (one solo every Sunday for 9 months), but after 2 years was obliged to resign owing to the increasing demands for her services by the large choral and orchl. societies throughout the U. S. She is also recognized as one of the foremost Lieder-singers of to-day; her joint-recitals (in duets) with Claude Cunningham (bar.) have won unqualified praise.
5Rie'chers [rē'yhĕrs], August, b. March 8, 1836, in Hanover; d. Berlin, Jan. 4, 1893. Skilful maker and repairer of violins, trained by Bausch of Leipzig; Joachim entrusted his violins to R's. hands. He publ. a valuable pamphlet: The Violin and the Art of its Construction; a Treatise on the Stradivarius Violin (Engl. ed. 1895; pp. 35), with 4 plates of full-size diagrams exhibiting the structure and exact dimensions of the model 'Strad.'
7Rie'del, (Fürchtegott Ernst) August, b. Chemnitz, May 22, 1855. Pupil of Leipzig Cons. 1876–8. From 1878–88 he was cond. of the 'Quartettverein' (mixed chorus) in Leipzig; since 1888 cond. of the 'Musikverein' in Plauen, Saxony; since 1890 also town-cantor and prof. of music at the Realschule; made Kgl. Musikdir. in 1903, and Prof. in 1915;—Works: The cantata Winfried, op. 16; Der Sachsen Festtagssang, op. 17; Suite in kanonischer Form f. vl., vcl. and pf., op. 9; songs and part-songs; and instructive pf.-pieces.
9Rie'del, Hermann, b. Burg, near Magdeburg, Jan. 2, 1847; d. Brunswick, Oct. 6, 1913. Pupil of the Vienna Cons.; court Kapellm. at Brunswick, 1882–1911; noted song-comp. (the lyrics in Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen); also an opera, Der Ritterschlag (Vienna, 1880).—His son Wolfgang, Kapellm. in Erfurt, brought out an opera there, Das Lösegeld (1914).
11Rie'del, Karl, b. Kronenberg, n. Elberfeld, Oct. 6, 1827; d. Leipzig, June 3, 1888. A silk-dyer by trade, the Revolution of 1848 upset his business, and turned his thoughts to the serious study of music. He became a pupil of Carl Wilhelm at Krefeld, and entered the Leipzig Cons. in 1849. In 1854 he organized the 'Riedelverein,' a singing-society which later became famous, for the performance of ancient church-music. The first public concert was given in 1855; in 1859 his fine mixed chorus successfully performed Bach's mass in B minor. On Brendel's death in 1868, R. was elected president of the 'Allgemeiner deutscher Musikverein,' and founded the Leipzig branch ('Zweigverein'). A powerful advocate of the Wagner Festivals, he also became president of the 'Wagnerverein.' The Duke of Altenburg conferred on R. the title of 'Professor' in 1868; Leipzig University created him Dr. phil. (hon. c.) in 1883.—Even after its founder's death the 'Riedelverein' maintained its reputation as one of the finest choral organizations in Germany; successive cond. were H. Kretzschmar (1888–97), K. Göhler (1897–1907 and 1909–13); since then R. Wetz.—His publ. works include only a few songs and part-songs. His collections, 'Altböhmische Hussiten- und Weihnachtslieder,' and '12 altdeutsche Lieder'; his skilful reduction of Schütz's 4 Passions to one; and his editions of Schütz's Sieben Worte, J. W. Franck's Geistliche Melodien, Eccard's Preussische Festlieder, Praetorius's Weihnachtslieder, show the hand of a master.—Cf. A. Göhler, Der Riedelverein zu Leipzig (Leipzig, 1904; with biogr. of R.).
13Riedt, Friedrich Wilhelm, b. Berlin, Jan. 24, 1712; d. there Jan. 5, 1784. Flute-virtuoso, pupil of Graun and Schaffrath; in 1741 chamber-musician to Frederick the Great; 1750, director of the 'Musikalische Gesellschaft' at Berlin.—Works: Symphonies; quartets; 6 trios f. 2 flutes and bass; sonatas f. 2 flutes; a sonata f. flute and 'cello; also a Versuch über die musikal. Intervalle (1753); and various articles (critical and polemical) in Marpurg's 'Beiträge.'
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