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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1Gretchaninov, Alexander Tikhonovitch. Add to works: Symph. No. 6. 1941, living in New York.
3Grocheo, Johannes de (fl. ca. 1300), author of the tract Theoria, important especially for the information it gives us—by way both of defining forms and of giving certain technical rules—with regard to secular music of the Middle Ages. It is printed in the original Latin with Ger. transl. by J. Wolf in the 'Sbd. Int. M.-G.' I, 1. Cf. also Hermann Müller in 'Sbd. Int. M.-G.' IV, 361, and Ernst F. Rohloff, Studien zum Musiktraktat des Johannes de Grocheo (1930).
5Guarnieri, Camargo, Brazilian composer and conductor; b. Tieté, State of São Paulo, Feb. 1, 1907. St. pf. in São Paulo with E. Braga and A. de Sá Pereira, comp. and cond. with Lamberto Baldi; went to Paris in 1938 and st. comp. and orchestration with Ch. Koechlin, cond. with Fr. Ruhlmann; also gave concerts of his own works there. Was cond. of the Philh. Soc. of São Paulo and dir. of the Côral Paulistano; also teacher at the São Paulo Cons.
7Gunn, Glenn Dillard. 1940, in Washington, D. C. as music editor of the 'Washington Times-Herald.' Pub. Music, its History and Enjoyment (1939).
9Harris, Roy. Add to works: American Creed, comp. for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Chicago Symph. Orch. (1940); vla.-quintet (Coolidge Festival, 1940); Evening Piece for str. orch. (N. Y. Philh., Mar., 1941); Cimarron for band (Chicago Univ., 1941); Ode to Truth for band (San Francisco Symph., Mar., 1941).
11Harty, Sir Hamilton, d. Brighton, England, Feb. 19, 1941.
13Hasler, Jakob. b. 1565. Two of his keyboard-pcs. are reprinted in 'D. d. T.' Jg. IV, 2 (ed. by E. v. Werra).
15Haydn (Franz) Josef. Add to bibliogr.: E. Deldevez, Curiosités musicales (Paris, 1873); R. Tenschert, Die Frauen in Haydns Leben (1935).
17Hertzmann, Erich, b. Crefeld, Germany, Dec. 14, 1902. Pupil of Bernhard Sekles (comp.) at Hoch's Conservatory, and of M. Bauer (hist. of music) at the Univ. Frankfurt-on-Main, 1922-1924; st. at Univ. Berlin (Joh. Wolf, Abert, C. Sachs, Schering, von Hornbostel) from 1924, and at the Sorbonne with Pirro (hist. mus.) from 1926. Ph. D. 1930 at Berlin Univ.; from 1939 lecturer in music at Columbia Univ., N. Y.—Wrote: Adrien Willaert in der weltlichen Vokalmusik seiner Zeit (1931); Studien zur Basse dance im 15. Jahrh., in 'Ztschr. f. M.-W.' (1928); Zur Frage der Mehrchörigkeit, in 'Zschr. f. M.-W.' (1929); Frottole und Madrigal im Zusammenhang mit der Kultur des 15. und 16. Jahrh., in 'Caecilia en de Musiek' (1934), etc.—Ed. Volkstümliche italienische Lieder (Wolfenbüttel, 1930) and the Willaert items in Blumes 'Chorwerk'.
19Hindemith, Paul. Add to works: Concerto for 'cello and orch. (Boston Symph., Feb. 7, 1941.)
21Hirsch, P. A. Vol. III of the Catalogue of the H. Libr., was publ. in 1936. H. wrote a pamphlet on Some Early Mozart Editions (repr. from 'The Mus. Review', 1940).—Cf. L. M. Peppercorn, Uma nova biblioteca musical na Inglaterra, in 'Rev. brasileira de música' VI (1939).
23Howard, John Tasker. Add to writings: Our Contemporary Composers (1941).
25Jahn, Otto, W. A. Mozart, completely revised edition by H. Abert (1921).
27Jokl, Georg. 1940, living in New York.
29Juon, Paul, d. Vevey, Switzerland, Aug. 21, 1940.
31Kaprálová, Vítězslava, d. Montpellier, June 16, 1940.
33Keller, Otto, d. Salzburg, Oct. 25, 1928.
35Keller, Walter, d. Chicago, July 7, 1940.
37Kinkeldey, Otto. 1940, re-elected Pres. of Amer. Musicological Soc.
39Kipnis, Alexander, b. 1896, not 1891. Line 6 of article (after semi-colon) to 8 (semicolon) should read: made début in 1917 in Wiesbaden.
41Knabe, William, d. New Rochelle, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1939. He was a grandson of the founder of the Knabe Piano Co., and vice-pres. of the firm until his retirement in 1924.
43Koenen, Tilly, d. Holland, Jan., 1941.
45Koshetz, Nina, soprano; b. Kiev, Dec. 30, 1894. St. pf. at the age of 11 at the Moscow Cons. Began to st. singing at 16. Later toured Russia with symph. orch. under Koussevitzky. Also toured with Rachmaninoff, of whose songs she is an eminent interpreter. American début with Detroit Symph. Orch. under Gabrilovitch. She has since appeared in most of the principal musical centers of Europe and the Americas. Many songs have been dedicated to her by prominent composers. '1941, teaching in Hollywood, Calif.
47Koussevitzky, Sergei (Alexandrovitch). Apr. 16, 1941, became American citizen.
49Křenek, Ernst. Add to works: Tarquin, "a new form of opera for the modern stage", prod. at Vassar Coll., May 13, 1941.
51Kubelík, Jan, d. Prague, Dec. 5, 1940.
53Kurt, Melanie, d. New York, Mar. 11, 1941.
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