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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians Third Edition, 1919
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1the R. A. M.; studied there 4 years with Steggall (org.), Burnett (vl.), Izard (pf.), and F. Corder (comp.); 1903–12, prof. of harmony there; since 1912, dir. of South African Coll. of Music in Cape Town.—Works: Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Canterbury Tales, three symph. poems; Walt Whitman, symph. in C m.; The Open Road, symph. in F; the symph. preludes A Song in the Morning, The Passing of Wenonah, Agamemnon (Æschylus); other works for orch., Mother Carey, Love among the Ruins, The Shepherd, Two Mood-Pictures, Epithalamion, Arcadian Suite; English Dance Suite for small orch.; choral works with orch., Hawke, The Call of the Sea, Ballad of the Bride, The Baron of Brackley; 2 string-quartets; sonata for vla. and pf.; songs.
3Bel'la, Johann Leopold, b. Lipto-Szent Miklós, Upper Hungary, Sept. 4, 1843; priest and canon at Neusohl; now cantor and mus. dir. at Hermannstadt; comp. of much church-music in severe style; also orch. works, national choruses for men's voices and mixed chorus, pf.-pieces, etc.
5Bellaigue [-äg'], Camille, b. Paris, May 24, 1858. Law-student, taking a course in music under Paladilhe and Marmontel; 1884, music critic for the 'Correspondant'; since 1885, on 'La Revue des deux Mondes'; also writing for 'Le Temps.' His best-known essays and studies are publ. under the following titles: L'année musicale (5 vols., 1886–91); La Musique française au XIXe siècle (2 vols., 1890); L'année musicale et dramatique (1893); Psychologie musicale (1894); Portraits et silhouettes de musiciens (1896; English, '97; German, 1903); Études musicales et nouvelles silhouettes de musiciens (1898; Engl., 1899); Impressions musicales et littéraires (1900); Études musicales (2 vols., 1903, '07); Mozart: biographie critique (1906); Mendelssohn (1907, in 'Maîtres de musique'); Les Époques de la musique (2 vols., 1909); Gounod (1910).
7Bella'sio, Paolo, comp. of the Venetian school in the 16th century; published a vol. of Madrigals (1579), one of Villanelle alla Romana (1595), and various other madrigals in the collection 'Dolci affetti' (1568).
9Bel'lasis, Edward, English writer; b. Jan. 28, 1852. Publ. Cherubini: Memorials Illustrative of His Life (London, 1874); also pf.-music, several songs, etc.
11Bell'Ave're (or Bell'Haver'), Vincenzo, b. Venice, 1530 (?); d. there 1588 (?); pupil of A. Gabrieli, whom he succeeded as 2nd org. of San Marco (1586). Publ. several books of madrigals (1567–75; only Book II, a 5, is extant), and single ones in various collections.
13Bellaz'zi [-läht'sći], Francesco, Venetian comp., pupil of Giovanni Gabrieli; publ. (1618–28) a mass, psalms, motets, litanies, canzoni, etc. one of two readings
14Bellaz'zi [-läht'sc], Francesco, Venetian comp., pupil of Giovanni Gabrieli; publ. (1618–28) a mass, psalms, motets, litanies, canzoni, etc. one of two readings
16Bellère [-lär'] (or Bellerus, properly Beel-laerts), Jean, bookseller and music-publ. at Antwerp, where he died in 1595. A partner of Pierre Phalèse (fils). His son, Balthasar, transferred the business to Douai, and printed much music up to c. 1625. His printed catalogue of compositions publ. by him (1603–5), was found by Coussemaker in the Douai library.
18Bellermann, (Johann) Friedrich, b. Erfurt, Mar. 8, 1795; d. Berlin, Feb. 4, 1874. From 1847–68, Director of the gymnasium 'Zum grauen Kloster' at Berlin. Distinguished writer on Greek music. His chief work is Die Tonleitern u. Musiknoten der Griechen (Berlin, 1847; explanatory of the Greek system of notation); Die Hymnen des Dionysios u. Meso-medes (Berlin, 1840), and Anonymi scriptio de musica, Bacchii senioris introductio, etc. (1841), are smaller treatises on Greek mus. as practised.
20Bellermann, (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich, son of preceding; b. Berlin, Mar. 10, 1832; d. Potsdam, April 10, 1903. Pupil of the R. Inst. for Ch.-music, also of E. A. Grell. 1853, teacher of singing at the 'Graues Kloster'; 1861, R. Musikdirektor; 1866, prof. of music at Berlin Univ., succeeding Marx. He composed many vocal works. His book, Die Mensuralnoten und Taktzeichen im 15. u. 16. Jahrh. (Berlin, 1858; 2d ed. 1906), gives an excellent exposition of the theory of mensural music; his treatise Der Kontrapunkt (1862; 2d ed. 1877) revives the theories of J. J. Fux's 'Gradus ad Parnassum,' his adherence to which B. attempted to justify in a pamphlet Die Grosse d. mus. Intervalle als Grundlage d. Harmonie (1873). He also contributed interesting articles to the 'Allgem. musikal. Zeitung' (1868–74) and publ. a biography of E. A. Grell (1899).
22Belleville-Oury, Caroline de, brilliant pianist, b. Landshut, Bavaria, Jan. 24, 1808; d. Munich, July 22, 1880. Pupil of Karl Czerny; made long concert-tours, and lived for many years in London, where she married the violinist Oury. Her popular pf.-comps. are, properly speaking, arrangements.
24Bell'Haver, Vincenzo. See BELL'AVERE.
26Bel'li, Domenico, from 1610–13 Gagliano's successor as teacher of singing at S. Lorenzo, Florence; early comp. for accomp. solo voice; publ. Arie a 1 e 2 voci per sonare con il chitarrone (1616), and Orfeo dolente (5 Intermezzi to Tasso's Aminta; 1616).
28Bel'li, Girolamo, composer of the Venetian school; b. in Argenta (Ferrara), 1552; a pupil of L. Luzzaschi; chapel-singer to the
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