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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians Third Edition, 1919
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1Behr, Franz, comp. for pf.; b. Lubtheen, Mecklenburg, July 22, 1837; d. Dresden, Feb. 15, 1898. Publ. a great number of light and popular salon-pieces and instructive pieces, some under the pseudonyms of 'William Cooper,' 'Charles Morley,' and 'Francesco d'Orso.'
3Behrend, William, b. Copenhagen, May 16, 1861. Having completed his regular academic education and passed the state examination in 1885, he followed the profession of law, accepting a government position; now (1916) chief of the 'Bureau for the Welfare of the Young' in Copenhagen. His love for music showed itself early, and he received thorough instruction on the violin from Amberg and Axel Gade, while G. Matthisson-Hansen was his teacher in theory. For many years he was mus. critic of 'Politiken' and 'Illustrirte Zeitung'; now on the staff of 'Tilskueren'; contributor to 'Die Musik' and 'Signale' (Berlin) and 'Musikalisches Wochenblatt' (Leipzig); one of the founders of the Danish Richard Wagner-Verein (at present its vice-pres.). Years of intimate association with Niels Gade stimulated him to write about music; married in 1900 Gudda Horne-man, a writer of some reputation; created 'Knight of Danebrog' in 1914. Wrote a biography of J. P. E. Hartmann (1895), vol. ii of Illustreret Musikhistorie (1905; from Gluck to modern times; 2d ed. in prep.), the biographies of musicians for Salmonsen's 'Konversationslexikon' (18 vols.); numerous articles in German and Danish journals; is engaged on an exhaustive biogr. of Gade—a brief essay appeared in 1887 in 'Tilskueren'—to be publ. in the year of G.'s centenary (1917).
5Behrens, Cécile Matullath, concert-pianist; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 25, 1879. Pupil in San Francisco of Ernest Hartmann; début there in 1886; then st. in N. Y. with Wm. Mason, whose asst. she became later; subsequently also with V. Safonov. Resides in N. Y. as teacher; specially valued as an ensemble player (w. Kneisel Quar., etc.).
7Beier, (Dr.) Franz, b. Berlin, Apr. 18, 1857; d. Kassel, July 25, 1914. In 1894, Kapellm. in the Royal Theatre at Kassel.—Opera-parody Der Posaunist von Speikingen (Kassel, 1889: succ.); comic operetta Der Gaunerkönig (Kassel, 1890; succ.). Prod. a revision of Spohr's Die Kreuzfahrer (Kassel, 1899).
9Bekker, Paul, b. Berlin, Sept. 11, 1882. Pupil of F. Rehfeld (vl.), A. Sormann (pf.), and B. Horwitz (theory); began his career as violinist in the Philh. Orch. in Berlin; for a short time cond. at Aschaffenburg and Görlitz; returned to Berlin in 1906 as mus. critic of the 'Neueste Nachrichten,' writing also the program-books for the concerts of the Philh. Soc.; 1909, critic for the 'Berliner Allgem. Zeitung'; removed to Frankfort in 1911, and has since then been critic for the 'Frankfurter Zeitung.' Publ. biographies of Oskar Fried (1907) and Jacques Offenbach (1909); also Das Musikdrama der Gegenwart (1909) and Beethoven (1911).
11Bel'cke, Christian Gottlieb, b. Lucka, July 17, 1796; d. there July 8, 1875; a brilliant flutist, 1819–32 in Gewandhaus Orch., Leipzig; 1834–41 at Altenburg. Wrote concertos, fantasias, etc., for flute.—His brother,
13Bel'cke, Friedrich August, b. Lucka, Altenburg, May 27, 1795; d. there Dec. 10, 1874. Celebrated trombone-player; 1815, in Gewandhaus Orch., Leipzig; chamber-musician at Berlin, 1816–58. He was the first concert-virtuoso on the trombone, for which he wrote concertos and études.
15Belia'iev [Beljajew], Mitrofan Petrovitch, the noted music-publisher; b. Petrograd, Feb. 22, 1836; d. there Jan. 10, 1901. On finishing his regular schooling, he entered the business of his father, a lumber-dealer, but still maintained, as a musical amateur, his intimacy with leaders of the neo-Russian school of music. On his father's death (1888) the income from the business was employed to found a music-publishing establishment solely for works by young Russian composers; some 3,000 numbers have been issued (chiefly opera-scores, piano-arrangements, concert-pieces, symphonies, and chamber-music). He also instituted symphony and chamber-concerts for the aid and encouragement of struggling talent; his will (by which the music-publ. establishment is constituted a foundation, conducted by a committee of Russian composers — Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Liadov) provides for at least 10 symphony concerts and 4 'Quartet Evenings' each season, besides continuing other chamber-music performances, offering prizes for the best compositions, and establishing a pension fund for needy comps., musicians, and their families.
17Be'liczay [-lit-sil], Julius von, b. Komorn, Hungary, Aug. 10, 1835; d. Pest, May 1, 1893. Pupil of Joachim, Hoffmann and Franz Krenn; 1888, prof. of theory at the Nat. Acad. of Mus., Pest.—Works: Mass in F, often perf.; symphony in D m. (1888); Ave Maria, f. soprano solo, ch. and orch. (op. 9); serenade for strings (op. 36); Andante for string-orch. (op. 25); trio in Eb (op. 30); string-quartet in G m. (op. 21); pf.-pieces, études, songs, etc. In 1891 he publ. Part I of a 'Method of Comp.' (in Hungarian).
19Bell, William Henry, b. St. Albans, Engl., Aug. 20, 1873: Chorister at St. A. Cath. until 1889, when he won the Goss scholarship at
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