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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians Third Edition, 1919
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1of the 'Morning Post' (1869 until his death), of the 'Globe' (1874–5); editor of 'Monthly Mus. Record' (1877 and 1885), and of the 'Orchestra and the Choir' (1881); also of the 'Musical Times.' Co-editor, with Sir John Stainer, of a Dict. of Mus. Terms (1875; 3d ed., 1888). Wrote monographs on English Glee and Madrigal Writers (1877), Balfe: His Life and Work (1882); etc.—Composed an oratorio, Christ before Pilate (MS.), madrigals, and anthems.
3Barrington, Daines, English lawyer; b. London, 1727; d. there Mar. 14, 1800. Wrote numerous minor essays on music and musicians—Crotch, Mornington, the Wesleys (father and son), Mozart;—Experiments and Observations on the Singing of Birds (London, 1773); and a description of the ancient Welsh Crwth and Pib-corn.
5Barry, Charles Ainslie, org., comp., and a writer of radical tendency; b. London, June 10, 1830; d. there Mar. 21, 1915. Pupil of Walmsley; of the Cologne Cons.; and (1856–7) of Leipzig Cons. (Moscheles, Plaidy, Richter). Editor of 'Monthly Mus. Record' (1875–9); contributor to the 'Guardian,' 'Athenaeum,' 'Mus. World,' etc.; 1886, Sec. of Liszt Scholarship. He composed numerous pf.-pieces, hymns, songs, etc.; also (in MS.) a symphony, 2 overtures, and a march, for orch.; a string-quartet; and cantatas.
7Barsan'ti, Francesco, b. Lucca, c. 1690; d. c. 1760. Flutist, later oboist, at Italian Opera, London; lived in Scotland for a time, and was eng. (1750) as viola-player in London. Publ. A Coll. of old Scots Tunes, w. the Bass for Violoncello or Harpsichord (Edinburgh, 1742); 6 overtures a 4; 12 vln.-concertos; 6 flute-solos w. bass; 6 sonatas f. 2 vlns. w. bass; 6 antiphones in Palestrina style, etc.
9Barsot'ti, Tommaso Gasparo Fortunato, b. Florence, Sept. 4, 1786; d. April, 1868, at Marscilles, where he founded, in 1821, the Free School of Music, of which he was the Director down to 1852.—Publ. a Domine salvum fac regem; a Méthode de Musique (1828); pf.-variations; and nocturnes for 2 voices.
11Barstow, Vera, b. Celina, Ohio, June 3, 1893. Pupil of Luigi von Kunits (vl.) at Pittsburgh in 1902; next year won scholarship at the Cons., and continued her studies there (also under v. Kunits); at the same time studied pf.; in 1910 she followed her teacher to Vienna, where she made her début in January, 1912, perf. the Beethoven concerto with the 'Tonkünstler' Orch.; in Nov. of the same year made her Amer. début with the Volpe Symph. Orch. in N. Y. (Tchaikovsky concerto); was heard in Saint-Saëns' B m. concerto with Boston Symph. Orch. in 1913; since then has appeared with several of the larger orchestras and also successfully in recitals.
13Bar'tay [-tî], Andreas, Hungarian composer; b. Széplak, 1798; d. Mayence, Oct. 4, 1856. In 1838, Director of the National Th. at Pest; gave concerts in Paris (1848); afterwards settled in Hamburg.—Wrote the Hungarian operas Aurelia, Csel, and The Hungarians in Naples; the oratorio The Storming of Ofen; also masses, ballets, etc.
15Bar'tay, Ede, son of Andreas B.; b. Oct. 6, 1825; d. Pest, Aug. 31, 1901. Director of the National Music Acad., Pest, and founder of the Hungarian pension-fund for musicians. Hewrotean overture, Pericles, and other works.
17Barth [bahrt], Christian Samuel, famous player on and composer for the oboe; b. Glauchau, Saxony, 1735; d. Copenhagen, July 8, 1809. He was a pupil of J. S. Bach in the Leipzig Thomasschule, and oboist successively in orchestras at Rudolstadt, Weimar, Hanover, Kassel, and Copenhagen.—Works: Brilliant concertos and other pieces for oboe.
19Barth, F. Philipp Karl Anton, son of preceding; b. Kassel, c. 1773; succeeded his father at Copenhagen; publ. collections of Danish and German songs, and a flute-concerto; other works in MS.
21Barth, Karl Heinrich, b. Pillau, Prussia, July 12, 1847; taught (1856–62) by L. Steinmann in Potsdam, and by v. Bülow (1862–4) at Berlin; also by Bronsart and Tausig. 1868, app. teacher at Stern Cons., Berlin; 1871, at R. Hochschule f. Musik; since 1910 director of the pf.-department. Is an able pianist, especially fine as ensemble player, whose concerts in Germany and England have met with great success. The trio B., de Ahna, and Hausmann, have won golden opinions wherever they appeared. B. succeeded v. Bulow as cond. of the Philh. concerts at Hamburg.
23Barth, Richard, violin-virtuoso (left-handed); b. Grosswanzleben, Prov. of Saxony, June 5, 1850; pupil of Beck in Magdeburg, and (1863–7) of Joachim in Hanover. Leader of orchestra in Münster, later in Krefeld; then mus. director at Marburg Univ. till 1895; conductor of Hamburg Philh. Concerts, 1895–1904; 1908 director of the Cons. at Hamburg. Editor of J. Brahms im Briefwechsel mit J. O. Grimm (1908).
25Barthe [bahrt], Grat-Norbert, dramatic composer; born Bayonne, France, June 7, 1828; d. (?); pupil of Leborne at Paris Cons.; won the Grand Prix de Rome (1854) with the cantata Francesca da Rimini.—Works: The operas Don Carlos and La Fiancée d'Abydos (1865); an oratorio, Judith; etc.
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