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1(1895); Quintet for flute, clar., horn, bassoon and pf. (1895); Sonata in D m. for pf.; Trio in E m.; about 100 pieces for pf.; do. for organ; many songs. He also wrote several books, the more important of which are Schubert (1905; rev. ed. 1934); The Story of Minstrelsy (1907); History of Music (1908); Encyclopedia of Musical Terms (1913); Elementary Musical Composition (1913); Ultra-modernism in Music; Art of Pianoforte Playing (2 vols., 1913). Publ. a coll. of English songs, The Minstrelsy of England (2 vols., 1905, '09).
3Duncan-Rubbra, Edmund, composer and pianist; b. Northampton, May 23, 1901; first st. pf. with his mother; began composing very early; 1918, gave a concert at Northampton of Cyril Scott's works, attracting the attention of that composer, under whom he then studied in London; won the open mus. scholarship at Reading Univ. in the following year and, soon after, the comp. scholarship at the R.C.M. (the latter with a piece for pf. and orch. in 1 movem., Nature's Call); pupil at the R.C.M. of Holst, Ireland, Gardiner, Goossens, Vaughan Williams, etc.—Works: The 1-act opera Beebee-bei; The Mystic Trumpeter, for double chor. and orch.; The Ballad of Tristram, for chor. and orch.; La Belle Dame sans Merci (after Keats), for small chor. and orch. (1925; 1st perf. 1927); [address hidden] for a capp. chor. (1933; 1st perf. 1934); Double Fugue for orch. (1924; 1st perf. 1925); Concerto for pf. and orch. (1931; 1st perf. 1933); Sinfonia concertante for do. (1934); Rhapsody for vln. and orch. (1935); 2 symphs. (1: 1935–37, 1st perf. 1937; 2: 1937); orchl. arr. of Brahms' Handel Vars. (1938); Rhapsody for sop. and 13 instrs. (1927); Pastoral Phantasy for pf.-quintet (1929; 1st perf. 1931); str.-quartet (1933; 1st perf. 1934); 2 vln.-sonatas (1924, '32); pf.-sonatina (1928); songs; etc.
5Dunham, Henry Morton, b. Brockton, Mass., July 29, 1853; d. Brookline, Mass., May 4, 1929. Graduate of the N. E. Cons., (1873), and later of the Boston Univ. Coll. of Music at Boston (1875); among his teachers were G. E. Whiting (org.), J. C. D. Parker (pf.) and J. K. Paine (comp.); org. of Porter Cong. Church, Brockton, 1875–83; of [address hidden]. Baptist Church, Boston, 1883–96; Shawmut Cong. Church, Boston, 1896–1906, and Harvard Church, Brookline, 1906–12, when he retired. Prof. in New Engl. Cons. from 1880; director of music at Lassell Seminary, Auburndale, from 1910.—Publ. works: 'Organ School' (in 4 books); 3 organ-sonatas (in G m., F m., and D m.); marches, preludes, fugues, passacaglias, and other organ-music; also made numerous organ-arrangements.—A System of Technique for Pf.; Capriccio brillante for pf.; The Choir-Manual; Hymn Music (3 books); etc.
7Dunhill, Thomas Frederick, b. Hampstead, London, Feb. 1, 1877. Ent. R. C. M. in 1893, and studied with F. Taylor and C. V. Stanford; won scholarship for comp. in 1897; 1899–1908, asst.-prof. of pf. at Eton Coll.; since 1905 prof. of harm. and cpt. at R. C. M.; in 1907 he founded the 'Concerts of British Chamber-Music', which he cond. until 1916; member of the faculty, Univ. of London; adjudicator to numerous music festivals; A. R. C. M.—Works: The operas The Enchanted Garden (Carnegie award, 1925; perf. at R. Acad. of Music, London, 1927), Tanivy Towers (London, 1931; succ.), Happy Families (1933); ballet, Gallimantry (Hamburg Opera, 1937); for orch.: Symphony in A m. (Belgrade, 1922, comp. cond.); Elegiac Variations (Gloucester Fest., 1922); The Pixies, suite; Dick Whittington, do.; Valse-Fantasia, for fl. and orch.; Capricious Variations, for vcl. and orch.; Rhapsody in A m.; chamber-music: Phantasy for str.-quartet; pf.-quintet in C m.; Quintet for vln., vcl., clar., horn and pf., in Eb; Quintet for horn and str.-quartet, in F m.; pf.-quartet in B m. (1908); vla.-sonata (1911); Pleasant-ries (trio); 2 vln.-sonatas; Comrades, for bar. and orch.; The Wind among the Reeds, song-cycle for ten. and orch.; John Gilpin, cantata for treble voices, op. 29 (1909); children's choruses, operettas and cantatas; songs (The Cloths of Heaven, The Fiddler of Dooney, etc.); vln.-pieces; comps. for 'cello.—Books: Chamber-Music (a treatise for students, 1912); Mozart's String-Quartets (2 vols., 1926); Sullivan's Comic Operas (1928); Sir Edward Elgar (biography, 1938).
9Du'ni, Egidio Romualdo, b. Matera, n. Otranto (Naples), Feb. 9, 1709; d. Paris, June 11, 1775. He first studied in the Cons. 'della Madonna di Loreto,' under Durante; then in the Cons. 'della Pieta de' Turchini.' His first opera, Nerone (Rome, 1735), was a great popular success, completely eclipsing Pergolesi's Olimpiade. Composing industriously, he visited Vienna; 1743–5, was m. di capp. at S. Nicolò di Bari, in Naples; then went to Holland, Paris, and London; became tutor at the Court of Parma, where, encouraged by the Duke, he began composing French operettas, the first of which, Ninette à la cour (Paris, 1755), was so well received that D. settled in Paris, where he brought out a swarm of light and frivolous stage-pieces which just suited the prevailing taste. He is looked upon as one of the founders of French opéra bouffe. He wrote about [address hidden] operas, and 20 in French.
11Dunkley, Ferdinand (Luis), b. London, July 16, 1869. Pupil, 1886–90, at R. A. M.
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