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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians Third Edition, 1919
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1Bordeaux in 1777, and became concert-director in 1780.—Works: 24 symphonies; vln.-quartets; pf.-sonatas; church-music; and the operas La belle jardinière (Bordeaux, 1767); Pandora (Paris, 1789); l’Île déserte.
3Beck, Gottfried Joseph, b. Podiebrad, Bohemia, Nov. 15, 1723; d. Prague, April 8, 1787; organist, Dominican friar (later Provincial), and prof. of philosophy at Prague. Wrote church-music and instr. compositions.
5Beck, Johann Baptist, b. Gebweiler, Alsatia, Aug. 14, 1881; organist (pupil of Brumpt), student of romance tongues, Dr. phil. (Strassburg, 1907), his thesis being the introduction to a more extended work Die Melodien der Troubadours (Strassburg, 1908), a complete edition compiled from all extant MSS., with an investigation of the development of notation, etc., and the melodies of the Troubadours and Trouvères given in modern notation. This was followed by a more popular book on La musique des Troubadours; étude critique, illustrée de douze reproductions hors texte (Paris, 1910). Other volumes in preparation promise a complete facsimile edition of the Troubadour melodies and a complete edition of the melodies of the Trouvères. An essay, Der Takt in den Musikaufzeichnungen des XII. u. XIII. Jahrh., appeared in the ‘Riemann Festschrift’ (1909).
7Beck, Johann Heinrich, b. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1856. Pupil at Leipzig Cons. (1879–82) of Reinecke, Jadassohn, A. Richter (theory), O. Paul (hist. of mus.), Hermann, Schradieck (vl.); returned to Cleveland and founded ‘Schubert String Quartet’; since 1895 cond. of ‘Detroit Symph. Orch.’, and since 1899 also of Cleveland Symph. Orch.; also dir. Pilgrim Orch. Club (1904–10) and Elyria Orch. (1905–7); examiner for vl., Am. Coll. of Musicians.—Works: String-quartet in C m.; string-sextet in D m.; Deukalion, cantata for s., ch. and orch.; overture to Byron’s Lara; 2 pieces for orch., Frei’s Sehnsucht and Der Freude Kuss; Symphonic Scherzo in A; Scherzo in F; Maurisches Ständchen f. orch.; Meeresabend for sop. with orch.; Wie schön bist du for tenor with orch.; Aus meinem Leben, tone-poem for orch.
9Beck, Johann Nepomuk, b. Pest, May 5, 1828; d. Presburg, April 9, 1904. Dramatic baritone, and fine actor of great versatility; voice ‘discovered’ at Pest, where he first sang; début at Vienna procured eng. at Frankfort; he also sang in Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Mayence, Wurzburg; revisited Vienna, 1853, and sang in Court Opera till retirement on pension (1885). He died insane.—Rôles: Tell, Don Giovanni, Alfonso, Hans Sachs, Alberich, etc.
11Beck, Karl, the ‘creator’ of the rôle of Lohengrin at Weimar, August 28, 1850; b. 1814; d. Vienna, March 3, 1879.
13Beck’er, Albert (Ernst Anton), highly gifted composer; b. Quedlinburg, June 13, 1834; d. Berlin, Jan. 10, 1899. Studied at Quedlinburg under Bonicke, and at Berlin under Dehn (1853–6); 1881, teacher of comp. at Scharwenka’s Cons.; also cond. of Berlin cathedral choir. His symphony in G min., a grand mass in B♭ m. (1878), and the oratorio Selig aus Gnade (op. 61), have attracted general notice; other works of importance are Op. 4, songs; op. 13, 5 songs from Wolff’s Rattenfanger; op. 14, 5 songs from Wolff’s Wilder Jager; op. 15, songs; op. 32, No. 1, 147th Psalm for double ch. a cappella; op. 47, Ballade, A min., and Scherzo, B min., for pf.; op. 48, 5 songs; op. 49, pf.-quintet; op. 50, Cantata for soli, ch. and orch.; op. 51, Sacred songs, with pf.-accomp.; op. 52, Fantasy and fugue for organ; op. 66, Concertstück for vln. and orch.; op. 70, Adagio in E, for vln. and orch.; op. 73, Cantata Herr, wie lange, for soli, ch., orch. and org.; op. 81, Adagio for ’cello and org.; op. 85, Psalm 104, for mixed ch. and orch.; op. 86, Adagio (No. 6) in A min., for vln. and orch.; opera Loreley (1898).
15Beck’er, Georg, b. Frankenthal, Palatinat, June 24, 1834; pianist, composer and writer; a pupil of Kuhn and Prudent. He resides at Geneva, and has published La Musique en Suisse (1874); Aperçu sur la chanson française [from the 11th–17th century]; Pygmalion de J.-J. Rousseau; Les projets de notation musicale du XIXe siècle; La Musique à Genève depuis 50 ans; Eustorg de Beaulieu; Guillaume de Guérout; Notice sur Claude Goudimel; Jean Caulery et ses chansons spirituelles; H. Waelrant et ses psaumes (1881); De l’instrumentation du XVe au XVIIe siècle (1884). Edited the ‘Questionnaire de l’Association internationale des Musiciens-Écrivains’; contributor to the ‘Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte,’ etc. Has published pf.-pieces and songs.
17Beck’er, Hugo, famous ’cellist; b. Strassburg, Feb. 13, 1864. Pupil of his father, Jean B. (q. v.), of K. Kündiger, and later (at Dresden) of Grützmacher and Hess; also of Piatti and Jules de Swert. On his father’s death he became ’cellist in the opera orch. at Frankfurt (1884–6); 1890–1906 member of the Heermann Quartet; teacher at the Hoch Cons. Succeeded Piatti (1901) as ’cellist of the London Monday Concerts; since 1910 principal instr. of ’cello at the Kgl. Hochschule in Berlin. In 1902 he was elected member of the Stockholm Academy. He is not only one of the greatest solo performers, but equally remarkable as an ensemble-player. In recent years he has frequently
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