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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1publ. a str.-quartet in G; pieces for vln. and pf.; and many songs (Parting, The Brook, A Dream, Shadows, etc.).
3Vomáčka, Boleslav, Czech composer; b. Mláda, June 28, 1887. Pupil of Stecker and Novák at the Prague Cons.; from 1919 a clerk in the Labour Ministry at Prague; from 1922–6, ed. of the review 'Listy Hudební Matice'; mus. critic for the 'Lidove Noviny', etc.—Works: The opera The Water Sprite (in Czech; Prague, 1938); symph. poem. with chor., Mladi (Youth); Chaconne for orch.; The Living to the Dead, for chor. and orch. (1928); vln.-sonata; sonata and other pf.-works; songs; choruses.
5Von der Hoya, Amadeo, b. New York, Mar. 13, 1874; d. Linz, Upper Austria, Apr. 4, 1922. St. vln. and theory in Berlin; toured as vln.-virtuoso; was cond. of the N. Y. Symph. Orch. in 1893; from 1894–6, concert-master of the Vienna Hofoper; from 1901, do. of the Musikverein in Linz. Publ. Die Grundlagen der Violintechnik, a valuable and progressive method; also Moderne Lagenstudien für Violine and Studienbrevier.
7Von Ende, Herwegh, violinist; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 16, 1877; d. New York, Jan. 13, 1919. St. in Chicago and Berlin (with Halir and Witek); member of the Berlin Philh. Orch. for 1 season (1898–9); 1899–1900, toured in the U. S. with the sopr. Adrienne Reményi (daughter of Eduard R.), whom he married in 1900. In that year he settled in N. Y. and from 1903–10 was head of vln.-dept. at the Amer. Inst. of Applied Music. In 1910 he establ. a school of vln., enlarged in 1911 to comprise a full cons. course (Von E. School of Music), with his wife in charge of the vocal department.
9Voormolen, Alexander Nicolas, composer; b. Rotterdam, Mar. 3, 1895. St. in Holland with J. Wagenaar and W. M. Petri, later in Paris with Ravel and Roussel; living in The Hague as mus. critic and comp.—Works: The ballets Le Roi Grenouille (1918), Baron Hop (1926), Diana (1935); the melodrama Beatrijs; for orch.: Droomhuis (1923), Zomerlied (1926), De drie Ruytertjes (vars. on an old Dutch song; 1927), Concerto for 2 oboes and orch. (1934), etc.; chamber-mus.: str.-quartet, pf.-trio, 2 vln.-sonatas, suite for vcl. and pf., etc.; pf.-pcs.; about 50 songs.
11Voss, Charles, pianist and composer; b. Schmarsow, Pomerania, Sept. 20, 1815; d. Verona, Aug. 29, 1882. St. in Berlin; went to Paris in 1846 and gained a high reputation there as player, composer and teacher; publ. a great number of salon-pieces for pf., also some concertos and études of a higher order.
13Vredenburg, Max, Dutch composer; b. Brussels, Jan. 16, 1904. Pupil of Paul Dukas at the École Normale in Paris; living in The Hague as mus. critic, pianist and comp.; in 1927 founded the 'Haag'sche Studiekring voor moderne Muziek'. Has comp. incid. music for the Zionistic play The Only Solution; choral works; pf.-sonata; sonatina for oboe; vln.-suite; songs; etc.
15Vret'blad, Viktor Patrik, organist, composer and writer; b. Svartnäs, Sweden, Apr. 5, 1876. St. at Stockholm Cons. from 1895–1900; also private pupil of Hilda Thegerström (pf.) and J. Dente (comp.); won a stipend in 1901 and spent the next year in Berlin. Until 1907 he was org. at the French Ref. Ch. in Stockholm, then at St. Oscar's; since 1902 active as mus. critic (from 1920 for the 'Social Demokraten'); in 1921 he became a member of the Swedish Acad.; in 1938 he was head of the press dept. of the State Broadcasting Corp. in Stockholm.—Author of Johan Helmich Roman (2 vols., 1914; with thematic catalogue of works); Konsertlivet i Stockholm under 1700-talet (1918); A. Hallén (1918); Abbé Vogler (1933).
17Vreuls [vröls], Victor, composer; b. Verviers, Belgium, Feb. 4, 1876. St. at the École de Musique of Verviers, at the Liége Cons. and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris with d'Indy; in 1903 won the Prix Picard of the Belgian Académie Libre; from 1901–06, prof. of solfège, harm. and vla. at the Schola Cantorum; from 1906–20, dir. of the Luxembourg Cons.—Works: Opera, Olivier le Simple (Brussels, 1921); lyric comedy, Un songe de nuit d'été (ib., 1925); the symph. poems Werther, Jour de Fête, Cortège Héroïque; a symph. with vln. solo (Ysaÿe Prize, 1904); Poème for vcl. and orch.; chamber-mus.; piano-pieces and songs.
19Vrieslander [frēs'-], Otto, born Münster, July 18, 1880. Pupil of J. Buths in Düsseldorf and of O. Klauwell and M. van de Sandt at the Cologne Cons. (1901–2); also st. with H. Schenker in Vienna (1911–12). From 1904 lived in Munich, and from 1912–24 in Ebertsberg n. there, becoming esp. known as a comp. of song-cycles; after spending some time in Naples and Vienna, he settled in Locarno-Solduno (Switzerland). Has publ. Ph. E. Bachs Klavierstücke für Anfänger mit kompositionstechnischer Analyse (1914); Lieder und Gesänge von Ph. E. Bach nebst Einleitung (1922); Ph. E. Bach als Klavierkomponist, in 'Ganymedjahrbuch' (1922); Ph. E. Bach (1923); Ph. E. Bach als Theoretiker, in Von neuer Musik (1925). Arr. 6 symphs. by Ph. E. Bach for pf. (4 hands), etc.
21Vrionides, Christos, musicologist; b. Khania, Crete, Jan. 12, 1894. St. at the Odeon in Athens, where he taught theory and double-bass from 1920–22; then came to the
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