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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1dubbed him 'the young Tausig' on account of his remarkable technique. On Feb. 5, 1881, he played the Schumann concerto at the Crystal Palace, London, and, on Oct. 24, a concerto in A, of his own, at a Richter Concert. From that time he arrived at full pianistic maturity, one of his feats being the performance of [address hidden] sonatas (op. 31, 53, 90, 109, 110) at a Gewandhaus recital on Nov. 20, 1893, thus vying with Bülow's famous programs. From his first appearance he occupied a conspicuous place among the greatest of contemporary pianists. 1895, app. 1st Kapellm. at Weimar, as Dr. Lassen's successor; but resigned speedily, being himself succeeded by Bernhard Stavenhagen. He was Kgl. Prof., Hofrat, and member of the Kgl. Akademie der Künste; decorated with 16 orders. As a composer he publ. 2 pf.-concertos, in B m. and E; a 'cello-concerto in C; 2 overtures (Hyperion and Esther); a symphony in F; an orchl. suite in 5 movements (1924); a pf.-sonata in F# m.; a pf.-suite in 5 movements; 2 string-quartets (A m., Eb); minor pf.-pieces, and songs; op. 14, Der Mensch und das Leben (by O. Ludwig), for 6-part chor. and orch.; op. 16, 4 pf.-pieces (Waltz, Scherzo, Intermezzo, Ballade). He wrote the operas Der Rubin [The Ruby] (Karlsruhe, Oct. 12, 1893), which had a favorable reception; text and music of the 3-act opera Ghismonda (Dresden, 1895, mod. success); opera Gernot (Mannheim, 1897; succ.); 1-act mus. comedy Die Abreise (Frankfort, 1898; succ.); Kain (Berlin, 1900); Der Improvisator (Berlin 1900); Tiefland (Prague, 1903; v. succ.; American première at M. O. H., Nov. 23, 1908); Flauto solo (Prague, 1905); Tragaldabas (Der geborgte Ehemann; comedy-opera in 4 acts; Hamburg, 1907; succ.); Izeyl (Hamburg, 1909); Die verschenkte Frau (Vienna, 1912); Liebesketten (Vienna, 1912); Die toten Augen succ. (Dresden, 1916); Der Stier von Olivera (Leipzig, 1918); Revolutionshochzeit (Leipzig, 1919); Scirocco (Darmstadt, 1921); Mareike von Nymwegen (Hamburg, 1923); Der Golem (Frankfort, 1926); Die schwarze Orchidee (1931); Mister Wu (1932). He also made piano transcriptions of several of Bach's organ works, edited the Well-tempered Clavichord, and was one of the editors of the monumental edition brought out by Breitkopf & Härtel.—D'Albert married the celebrated pianist Teresa Carreño in 1892 (divorced 1895). From 1895-1910 he was married to the singer Hermine Finck.
3Alber'ti, Domenico, b. Venice, circa 1717; d. Formio (or Rome), circa 1740, is still known to fame as the first to develop and extensively employ the style of broken-chord bass-accomp., in similar figures, named 'Alberti' or 'Albertinian' bass after him. He first attracted notice as an amateur singer, developing into a pianist and composer of easy popular piano-music, also 3 operas, Endimione, Galatea, Olimpiade. In 1737 he was attached to the suite of the Venetian ambassador at Rome, and was a much-admired singer and player.
5Albino'ni, Tommaso, opera-composer and violinist; b. Venice, 1674; d. there, 1745; wrote some 51 operas, chiefly for Venice; in Germany he was best known as a violinist and instrumental composer (symphonies, sonatas, concertos, etc., among them some valuable works). He was also an admired singer. Joh. Seb. Bach wrote 3 fugues (in A, F m. and B m.) on themes by A.—New editions: violin-concerto, ed. by Vieweg (publ. by Upmeyer); two vln.-sonatas and a trio-sonata, ed. by Nagel (publ. by Upmeyer); organ transcriptions of two violin-concertos by J. G. Walther; flute-sonata, ed. by Schäffler (Nagel) and Moffat (Schott).—See Q.-Lex.
7Albo'ni, Marietta, celebrated contralto, b. Cesena (Romagna), Mar. 10, 1823; d. Ville d'Avray, France, June 23, 1894. Studied under Mme. Bertolotti at Bologna (where she began her stage career in 1839), and later with Rossini, whose sole pupil she is said to have been. Her début as Orsini in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, at La Scala (Milan, 1843), was a brilliant success; with her impresario, Merelli, she made an Italian tour, then proceeding to Vienna. She visited Petrograd, returned to Germany in 1845, sang at the Roman carnival in 1847, and appeared at Covent Garden in London the same spring, entering into not unsuccessful rivalry with Jenny Lind, then at the zenith of her fame. Engaged the following October in the Italian Opera at Paris, she was received with unbounded enthusiasm, and sang for several years alternately in these capitals. In 1853 she made a triumphal progress through the two Americas; married Count Pepoli in 1854, and at his death (1866) retired from the stage. In 1877 she married a French officer, Ziegler. Her voice was rich, sweet and powerful, with a compass of 2 octaves (g—g²) and perfectly equalized.—Cf. A. Pougin, M. A. (2nd ed. Paris, 1912).
9Al'brecht, Eugen Maria, a fine violinist and musician; b. Petrograd, June 16, 1842; d. there Feb. 9, 1894. 1857-60, a pupil of David at Leipzig Cons.; 1860-77, leader of the orchestra at the Italian opera, Petrograd, and (1867-72) musical director of military schools; 1872, app. inspector of the Imperial orchestras; 1892, librarian of the Imperial Theatres. Also the founder (1872) of the Chamber-music Society, and violin-master to several of the Imp. princes.—His father, Karl A., b. Posen, Aug. 27, 1807; d. Gatchina, Feb. 24, 1863, was Kapellm. for 12
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