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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1Rockstro (recte Rackstraw), William Smyth, born North Cheam, Surrey, Jan. 5, 1823; d. London, July 2, 1895. He studied 1845–6 at the Leipzig Cons. under Mendelssohn, Plaidy, and Hauptmann. Returning to London, he taught the piano and singing, also appearing occasionally as a pianist. Lived for years at Torquay; from 1867, organist and honorary precentor at All Saints', Babbacombe; from 1891 in London, giving lectures at the R. A. M. and R. C. M., taking a class in plain-song at the latter. A student of ecclesiastical music, he was one of the foremost among English mus. antiquaries.—Writings: History of Music for Young Students (1879); Practical Harmony (1881); Rules of Counterpoint (1882); Life of G. F. Handel (1883); Mendelssohn (1884); General History of Music (1886; 3d ed. 1897); Jenny Lind, the Artist (1891; with Canon Scott Holland); Jenny Lind, her Vocal Art and Culture (1894; w. Otto Goldschmidt); important contributions to Grove's 'Dictionary,' and to the 'Mus. Times,' 'Mus. Society,' etc.—He composed a sacred cantata, The Good Shepherd (Gloucester Fest., 1886), a 5-p. madrigal O, too cruel fair (Bach Choir, 1884), a ballet, Flora's Path (1891), an overture, songs, etc.; also publ. 'Festival Psalter, Adapted to the Gregorian Tones'; 'Accompanying Harmonies to the Ferial Psalter'; and 'Harmonies for Additional Chants and the Ambrosial Te Deum.'
3Roda, Cecilio de, b. Albuñol, n. Granada, Oct. 24, 1865; d. Madrid, Nov. 27, 1912. From 1904 he was pres. of the music-division of the Ateneo in Madrid; elected member of the Academy in 1906. Author of Los Instrumentos, las Danzas y las Canciones en el Quijote (1905), La Evolución de la Música (1906), Un Quaderno di Autografi di Beethoven del 1825 (1907; originally publ. in 'Riv. Mus. It.,' 1904–7; description of sketches for op. 130, 132; 133), Las Sonatas de Piano de Beethoven (1907), Los Cuartetos de Cuerda de Beethoven (1909).
5Ro'da, Ferdinand von, b. Rudolstadt, March 26, 1815; died on the Bülow Estate, n. Kriwitz, April 26, 1876. Pupil of Hummel; from 1842 in Hamburg, founding the Bach-Verein in 1855; in 1857, mus. director at Rostock Univ.—Works: Oratorio Der Sünder; cantata Theomela; a Passion music; Das Siegesfest, and scenes from Faust, for chorus; excellent church-music; symphonies, pf.-music, etc.
7Ro'de, Johann Gottfried, b. Kirchscheldungen, n. Freiburg-on-Unstrut, Feb. 25, 1797; d. Potsdam, Jan. 8, 1857. Horn-virtuoso; from 1827 bandmaster of the 'Gardejägerbataillon' in Berlin.—Works: Die Hubertusjagd, a tone-painting; Die freundlichen Klänge der Jagd, ditto; concertos f. horn; do. f. trumpet; various pieces and arrangements f. horn.
9Rode [rohd], (Jacques-) Pierre(-Joseph), famous violinist; b. Bordeaux, Feb. 16, 1774; d. Château-Bourbon, n. Damazon, Nov. 25, 1830. Pupil of Fauvel; from 1787, of Viotti at Paris. Début 1790 in a concerto by Viotti, at the Th. Feydeau, where he was leader of the 2d violins 1790–4; then, after tours in Holland and Germany, and a short visit to London, he was app. prof. of violin at the newly opened Cons. During a visit to Spain in 1799 he met Boccherini, who wrote concertos for him. In 1800, solo violinist to Napoleon; from 1803–8, with Boieldieu in Russia, becoming 1st violinist to Emperor Alexander. After 3 years in Paris, he toured Germany and Austria (at Vienna Beethoven wrote for him the Romance, op. 50); lived for a time in Berlin, where he married in 1814, then retiring to Bordeaux. His final appearance in Paris (1828) was a disheartening failure.—Works: 13 violin-concertos; Thèmes variés, w. orch.; ditto w. string-quartet; fantasia w. orch.; Cavatine et rondeau, w. quartet; the famed and indispensable 24 Caprices en forme d'études, dans les 24 tons de la gamme; 12 études; 3 books of violin-duos; Romances françaises; and a Méthode du violon (with Baillot and Kreutzer).—Cf. A. Pougin, Notice sur R. (Paris, 1874).—See also Q.-Lex.
11Ro'de, Theodor, son of Joh. Gottfr. R.; b. Potsdam, May 30, 1821; d. Berlin, Dec. 12, 1883. Pupil of Berger, Elsler, and Dehn; singing-teacher at the Werder Gymnasium, Berlin. Publ. a Theoretisch-praktische Schulgesangbildungslehre; essays on Prussian Military music, and Russian horn-music, in periodicals. Contr. to Mendel's 'Mus. Konversationslexikon.'
13Rö'der, Carl Gottlieb, b. Stötteritz, n. Leipzig, June 22, 1812; d. Gohlis, Oct. 29, 1883. Founder of the great Leipzig establishment for engraving and printing music. He started in 1846 with one engraver's apprentice; to-day the business, employing about 1,000 workmen, is probably the largest of its kind in the world, and does work for music-publishing firms the world over. A book-printing department has also been added. In 1872 R.'s sons-in-law C. L. H. Wolff and C. E. M. Rentsch became partners in the firm; R. himself retired in 1876. After Rentsch's death (Feb. 19, 1889) his heirs withdrew from the firm, but a son-in-law of Wolff, Karl Johannes Reichel (b. Aug. 15, 1853) became a partner, and after Wolff's death (in June, 1915), head of the firm. On the 50th anniversary of its foundation the firm issued a 'Festschrift,' to which H. Riemann contributed a valuable essay, Notenschrift und Notendruck.
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