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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians Third Edition, 1919
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1member of the Théâtre Italien orch.—Works: Fantaisie for vln. and pf.; Air varié for vln., vla. and bass; ditto, with quartet; etc.
3Bečvařov’sky [betch-var-shohv’ske], Anton Felix, b. Jungbunzlau, Bohemia, April 9, 1754; d. Berlin, May 15, 1823. Organist at Prague and (1779–96) Brunswick; lived in Bamberg till 1800, thereafter at Berlin.—Works: 3 pf.-concertos, 3 pf.-sonatas, and many songs for solo voice with pf.—See Q.-Lex.
5Bédard [bā-dahr’], Jean-Baptiste, a harp and violin virtuoso; b. Rennes, Bretagne, c. 1765; d. Paris, c. 1815; lived in Paris from 1796. Wrote 2 symphs., 5 sonatas for harp (with vl. ad lib.), trios, duos for harp with other instrs., solos for harp; also studies for harp, vl. and guitar.
7Bedford, Herbert, b. London, 1867. Although a painter, his mus. comps. are worthy of serious attention; had excellent training at the Guildhall School of Music; in 1894 he married Liza Lehmann.—Works: The Optimist, a symph.; Love-scene from Romeo and Juliet; Nocturne for alto w. orch.; Sowing the Wind, symph. poem; Over the Hills and far away, symph. interlude; Queen Mab, suite for orch.; Ode to Music (Shelley), and other songs. An opera, Kit Marlowe, is MS.
9Bedford, Mrs. Herbert. See LEHMANN, Liza.
11Bedos de Celles [bū-doh’ dū sel], Dom François, Benedictine monk at Toulouse, b. Caux, near Béziers, 1706; d. St.-Maur, Nov. 25, 1779. Wrote L’art du facteur d’orgues (3 vols., Paris, 1766–78), a valuable work on which many later treatises are based; a fourth part, containing historical notes on the organ, has appeared in German (1793). Also an account of the new organ at St.-Martin de Tours (‘Mercure de France’ for Jan., 1762; German transl. in Adelung’s ‘Musica mechanica organcedi’).
13Beecham, Sir Thomas, b. n. Liverpool, April 29, 1879. While a student at Rossall School he had some lessons in comp. from Dr. Sweeting, and later, at Oxford Univ., from Dr. V. Roberts. In 1899 he founded, chiefly for his own pleasure, an amateur orch. at Huyton; in 1902 he was cond. of K. Truman’s travelling opera company, gaining valuable practical experience; at the conclusion of the tour he devoted an entire year to further serious study. In 1905 he gave his first symph. concert in London with the Queen’s Hall Orch.; the next year he estab. the New Symph. Orch., which he conducted till 1908, when he resigned and formed the Beecham Symph. Orch. By this time his reputation as a forceful and magnetic cond. was securely established. In 1910 he appeared in a new rôle, that of operatic impresario. With a company of splendid artists, his own well-trained orch., and himself as conductor, he gave a season of grand opera during Feb. and March (22 perfs) that created a sensation, not so much because of the excellence of the ensemble, but because of the variety of the répertoire; not less than three novelties were produced: R. Strauss’ Elektra, Delius’ Romeo and Juliet in the Village, E. Smythe’s The Wreckers—besides a revival of Sullivan’s Ivanhoe. The success of this new venture was so pronounced, that in May and June of the same year B. gave a season of ‘opéra comique’ in English, when Strauss’ Feuersnot and Stanford’s Shamus O’Brien had their first performance in Engl. Before the year was out a third season, beginning in October, was given, in which the novelties were d’Albert’s Tiefland, Leroux’s Le Chemineau, and Strauss’ Salome. In 1913 he gave a season devoted chiefly to Wagner; the important novelties were Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Ariadne auf Naxos; the season of 1914 brought forth Strauss’ Josef-legende, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or and Holbrooke’s Dylan; the season of 1915 was devoted entirely to opera in English, and in deference to popular demand had to be extended by six weeks, lasting into 1916; novelties, Liza Lehmann’s Everyman and Stanford’s The Critic.—In 1915 B. was elected conductor of the London Philh. Soc.; on Jan. 1, 1916, he was knighted.—Cf. ‘M. T.’, Oct., 1910.
15Bee’cke, Ignaz von, b. Wimpfen, Oct. 28, 1733; d. Wallerstein, Jan. 2, 1803. Captain of dragoons, later ‘Musikintendant’ to the Prince of Ötting-Wallerstein. Highly accomplished harpsichordist, a friend of Jommelli, Gluck and Mozart. Wrote 7 operas; an oratorio, Die Auferstehung Jesu; a cantata, symphonies, quartets, 4 harpsichord-trios, 6 harpsichord-sonatas, many songs, etc.—Cf. L. Schiedermair in ‘Sbd. Int. M.-G.’, ix, p. 107.
17Beellaerts, Jean. See BELLÈRE.
19Beer [bär], Jacob Liebmann. Original name of GIACOMO MEYERBEER.
21Beer, Josef, b. Grünwald, Bohemia, May 18, 1744; d. Potsdam, 1811, as Royal Prussian chamber-musician. Skilful clarinetist, who invented the improvement of a fifth key, and wrote concertos, duets, variations, etc., f. clar.
23Beer, Jules, Meyerbeer’s nephew (son of Michael Beer, 1800–33), b. c. 1833, lived in Paris as an amateur dramatic composer (5 comic operas, and other works).
25Beer, Max Josef, b. Vienna, Aug. 25, 1851; d. there Nov. 25, 1908. Pupil of Dessoff; pianist and composer.—Works: The
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