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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1Instrs., etc.; composed many services and anthems, some of which are still sung; also wrote catches, and the like. The collections of Boyce, Arnold and Page contain numerous compositions of his.—See Q.-Lex.
3Aldrich, Perley Dunn, b. Blackstone, Mass., Nov. 6, 1863; d. Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1933. Studied at the New England Cons., and from 1883–6 with S. A. Emery, L. Maas and G. Whiting; studied singing with W. Shakespeare in London, 1892–5; then with Trabadello in Paris; sp. course on voice-culture with Sbriglia in Paris, 1903–4, acting at the same time as his asst.; prof. of mus., Univ. of Kansas, 1885–7; at Utica Cons., 1889–91; Rochester, 1891–1903; then in Philadelphia until 1911; from 1911 in New York as vocal teacher. He wrote La Belle Dame, for men's voices, a cantata, The Sleeping Wood-Nymph; Book of Songs, and other songs; several anthems. Author of Vocal Economy (1895).
5Aldrich, Richard, b. Providence, July 31, 1863; d. Rome, June 2, 1937. Graduate Harvard Univ., 1885; pupil of J. K. Paine. Critic 'Providence Journal' (1885–9); priv. sec. of U. S. Senator Dixon (1889–91) and at the same time critic Washington 'Evening Star'; from 1891–1901 with the N. Y. 'Tribune' in various editorial positions and as assistant to H. E. Krehbiel; mus. editor of N. Y. 'Times' from 1902; retired from that position in 1924. Was a member of Natl. Institute of Arts and Letters. Translated Lilli Lehmann's 'How to Sing' (1902, 2nd ed. 1914); wrote Guide to Parsifal (1904); Guide to the Ring of the Nibelung (1905); Musical Discourses (latest ed. 1928); contrib. to Grove's Dictionary and Cobbett's Encyclopaedia; numerous articles in various journals.
7Aldrovandi'ni, Giuseppe (Antonio Vincenzo), b. Bologna, circa 1673; d. Feb. 9, 1707. Cpt. pupil of J. A. Perti; 1695, a member, and 1702, 'principe,' of Bologna Philh. Academy. Wrote 15 operas; also much church-music (6 oratorios; concertos, motets, sinfonie, etc.), some of which was publ.—See Q.-Lex.
9d'Alembert [dāh-lāhn-bär], Jean le Rond, mathematician and writer; b. Paris, Nov. 16, 1717; d. there Oct. 29, 1783. His works on musical science were Eléments de musique théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de M. Rameau, a treatise giving R.'s theories in luminous detail (1752); Recherches sur la courbe, que forme une corde tendue mise en vibration, R.'s sur les cordes sonores, R.'s sur la vitesse du son; Histoire de la musique française; most of which were also publ. in German. He contributed many articles on musical subjects to the great 'Dictionnaire encyclopédique,' edited by himself and Diderot (Paris, 1751–72, in 28 vols.).
11Alessan'dri, Felice, dramatic composer and conductor, b. Rome, Nov. 24, 1747; d. Casalbino, Aug. 15, 1798. Studied music at Naples; m. di capp. at Turin; then lived 4 years in Paris, and after revisiting Italy went to London (1768), producing the comic operas La moglie fedele and Il Re alla caccia, and appearing as a pianist. Later in Italy, Russia, and (1789) Berlin, where he was [address hidden]. of the R. Opera (1790–2), and brought out 2 operas, Il Ritorno d' Ulysse (1790) and Dario (1791), and in 1792 the comic opera l'Ouverture du grand opéra italien à Nankin, at Potsdam; after which nothing more is known of him.—Works: 32 operas (prod. 1764–94); a ballet, an oratorio, 6 sinfonie a 8 (op. 6), [address hidden] for 2 vlns. with b. cont.; none of lasting value. (See Valdrighi, F. Alessandri, 1896.—Also Q.-Lex.)
13Alexandre, Jacob, b. 1804; d. Paris, June 11, 1876; founder (1829) of the celebrated firm of harmonium-makers, by whom the 'Alexandre' organ (an improvement of the so-called 'American organ') was introduced in 1874.
15Alfa'no, Franco, opera-composer; b. Posilippo (Naples), Mar. 8, 1876. Pupil of de Nardis and Serrao (Naples), of Jadassohn and Sitt (Leipzig). In 1900 he lived in Paris; later in Bologna (dir. of 'Liceo musicale'); since 1923 in Turin (dir. of 'Liceo musicale G. Verdi').—Orchl. works: Suite Romantica; a symph. in E; 2 str.-quartets (in D and C m.); a 'cello-sonata; a violin-sonata; songs with piano and str.-quartet accomp.; pieces for pf.—Operas: Miranda (Leipzig, 1896); La Fonte d'Enscir (Breslau, 1898); Risurrezione (Turin, 1904; v. succ.; later at Berlin, Paris, and Chicago Civic Opera, 1925); Il Principe Zilah (Genoa, 1909); L'ombra di Don Giovanni (La Scala, Milan, 1914); Sacuntala (Bologna, 1921; later in Germany and So. America); Madonna Imperia (Turin, 1927; Vienna; M. O. H., Feb. 8, 1928); Piccolo Lord (1930); Cyrano de Bergerac (Buenos Aires, 1937). Alfano finished the last Puccini opera, Turandot, by request of P.'s heirs and added the last scene. A. is one of the greatest living Italian composers.—Cf. G. M. Gatti, F. A. in 'Musicisti moderni d'Italia e di fuori,' (Bologna, 1920), and in the 'Mus. Times' (March, 1921); G. Cesári, La leggenda di Sacuntala di F. A., in the 'Riv. M. I.' (1921); Andrea della Corte, Ritratto di F. A. (Torino, 1936). Ettore Desderi publ. a list of A.'s works in 'Bolletino bibl. mus.' (Milano, 1931).
17Alfar'a'bi, or Alphara'bius, properly El Farabi (abbr. Farabi), so named from his
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