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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1Abos (or Avos, d'Avossa), Girolamo, comp. for stage and church; b. Malta, c. 1700; d. Oct. 1760. Pupil of Leo and Durante at Naples; in 1756, maestro al cembalo at the Italian Th., London; in 1758, teacher in the Cons. della Pietà de' Turchini. Naples (Paisiello was his pupil). Wrote 14 operas for Naples, Rome and London, and, after 1758, much sacred music (7 masses, several litanies, etc.).—See Q.-Lex.
3Abraham, John. See BRAHAM.
5Abraham, Max, b. Danzig, June 3, 1831; d. Leipzig, Dec. 8, 1900. Became a partner in C. F. Peters' 'Bureau de Musique' in 1863, and sole proprietor in 1888. On Jan. 1, 1894, his nephew, Heinrich Hinrichsen, of Hamburg, entered the firm, and became its head. The famous 'Edition Peters' was inaugurated by Dr. A.
7Abraham, Otto, b. Berlin, May 31, 1872; d. there, Jan. 24, 1926. St. medicine and natural science; specialized in tone-psychology; asst.-prof. (with Stumpf) at the Berlin Psychological Institute from 1894; chief of the Phonogrammarchiv, with E. v. Hornbostel.—Important books: Wahrnehmung kürzester Töne und Geräusche (1898); Das absolute Tonbewusstsein and Studien über das Ton- system und die Musik der Japaner (1904); Phonographierte Indianermelodien aus Britisch-Columbia (1905; with E. v. Hornbostel); also wrote studies on recorded Turkish, Siamese, and other Indian melodies; studies on Chinese notation; analyses of orchestral pieces of Asia; etc.
9Ábrányi, Emil, b. Budapest, Sept. 22, 1882. In 1907, Hofkapellmeister in Hanover; 1911, Kapellm. at the Royal Opera House in Budapest; 1919, dir. of the Budapest National Opera; since 1921 dir. of the Budapest Municipal Th. (popular opera); since 1922 also cond. of the Budapest Symph. Orch. Has composed the Hungarian operas A Ködkirály (King of the Mist; Budapest, 1903); Monna Vanna (ibid., 1907); Paolo and Francesca (ibid., 1912); Don Kijote (ibid., 1917); Ave Maria (1-act; ibid., 1922).
11Abra'vanel, Maurice de, conductor; b. Salonique, Greece, Jan. 6, 1903; studied at Lausanne Univ. with E. Masson; later, in Berlin with Kurt Weill and Marta Gratenau; was cond. then in Germany (Neustrelitz, 1923; Zwickau, 1924-26; Altenburg, 1926-29; Kassel, 1929-32); left Germany in 1933 and conducted ballets in Paris and London; 1934-35, toured Australia with the British Natl. Opera Co.; also cond. concerts in Sydney and Melbourne; engaged by M. O. H. 1936-38; guest-cond. in Germany, Paris, Rome and Switzerland.
13Abt, Franz, song-writer and conductor; b. Eilenburg, Dec. 22, 1819; d. Wiesbaden, Mar. 31, 1885. He was sent to the Leipzig Thomasschule to study theology, his father being a clergyman, and later obtained an excellent musical education both there and at the Univ. On his father's death he gave up theology, having already made several successful attempts at composition, and having conducted a students' philharmonic society. In 1841 he went to Bernburg as Kapellm. of the Court Th., but in the same year relinquished this post for a similar one at the Zurich Th. Here he remained till 1852 conducting several singing-societies and composing many vocal works, particularly for men's voices. He was then app. 2nd Kapellm. at Brunswick, 3 years later becoming 1st Kapellm., a position held up to 1882, when he retired on pension to Wiesbaden.—Abt wrote over 500 works, comprising more than 3,000 numbers; the largest are the 7 secular cantatas. His popularity as a song-writer is due chiefly to the flowing, easy and elegant style of his vocal melodies, many of which (Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n, Gute Nacht, du mein herziges Kind, So viele tausend Blumen, etc.) have become true folk-songs; numerous part-songs are likewise deservedly prime favorites; in these and his choruses for men's and for women's voices, he long rivaled Mendelssohn in the hearts of his countrymen. On his vocal works rests his lasting fame; his pf.-compositions, of a light and popular character, are already forgotten.—Cf. B. Rost, Vom Meister des volkstümlichen deutschen Liedes F. A. (1924).
15Achron, Isidor, pianist and composer; b. Warsaw, Nov. 24, 1892; studied at the Leningrad Cons. of Music with A. Liadov (comp.), Anette Essipov (pf.), and N. Dubassov (pf.); graduated in 1915; came to the U. S. after the Russian Revolution; toured the U. S. and Europe as accompanist of famous violinists; later, soloist with major orchestras (London, 1937; Paris, 1938); now living in New York where he is teaching privately. Has written a pf.-concerto which was successfully perf. by the N. Y. Philh. Orch. under Barbirolli with the composer as soloist, Dec. 1937; also pf.-pieces (Valse Intime [1936], etc.).
17Achron, Joseph, violinist and composer; b. Lozdzeye, Lithuania, May 1, 1886; studied at the Petrograd Cons. with L. Auer (vln.) and A. Liadov (harm.); graduated in 1904; also studied with Lotto (vln.) and Steinberg (orchestration) in Warsaw; 1913-16, taught and concertized at the Kharkov Cons.; also toured southern Russia; 1916-18, in the army; 1918-22, concertized extensively (over 1000 concerts); also had master-classes in the
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