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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1birthplace Farab (now transoxine Othrâx). Famous Arabian mus. theorist; b. 900 (?); d. Damascus, 950. His works contain descriptions of the different Arabian mus. instrs., of the mus. scales, and of the different systems of music. He vainly attempted to introduce the Greek system into his own country. See Rod. Baron d'Erlanger, La Musique arabe, vol. I: Alfarabi (1930). His Latin-Arabic writings on music have been ed., with Engl. transl. and notes, by H. G. Farmer (1934).
3Alfera'ky, Achilles Nikolaievitch, b. Taganrog, July 3, 1846; d. Leningrad, 1920. St. at Moscow Univ.; also pf. with Volange, and comp. with Suk (1884–5). His works include an opera, St. John's Eve; meritorious pf.-pieces; and over 100 songs, many of which show the influence of Ukrainian folk-melodies.
5Alfie'ri, Abbate Pietro, Camadulian monk, prof. of singing at the English College, Rome; b. Rome, June 29, 1801; d. there June 12, 1863. His fine collection of 16th-century church-music, Raccolta di Musica Sacra (1841–6), in 7 vols., is very valuable, being the first edition of the collected works of Palestrina, and is supplemented by later and less extensive ones: Excerpta ex celebrioribus de musica viris [Palestrina, Vittoria, Allegri] (Rome, 1840); Raccolta di Mottetti [Palestrina, Vittoria, Avia, Anerio] (Rome, 1841), etc.; his essays on plain song: Accompagnamento coll' Organo (1840); Ristabilimento del Canto e d. Mus. eccl. (1843); Saggio storico … d. Canto Gregoriano (1855); Prodromo sulla restaur. de' libri di Canto detto Greg. (1857); and many other articles in mus. periodicals on eccl. music, are of noteworthy historical interest; as also his biogr. sketches of N. Jommelli (1845), B. Bittoni, and others.
7Al'ford, Violet, b. Bristol, England, March 1881; educated at Bedford College, Univ. of London; studied also with Mary Cruse at the R.A.M.; has devoted her studies to folk dance-music; organizer of folk dance groups in Spain and France; living in Bristol, England. Hon. secretary, Internat. Folk Dance Festival, London 1935.—Author of A Folk Masque (showing origins and development of the folk dance; frequently performed since 1925). Publications: English Folk Dances (London, 1923); The Traditional Dance (with Rodney Gallop; ib. 1935); Pyrenean Festivals (1937); contrib. to the 'Mus. Quart.', 'Antiquity,' 'Folk-Lore,' 'Bulletin du Musée Basque,' etc.; also lectures on Folklore, Folk Dance-music, Saturnalia and Carnival, Moriscas, Primitive Dances, etc.
9Alfvén, Hugo, outstanding Swedish comp.; b. Stockholm, May 1, 1872. Pupil at the Cons. there of Lindegren in theory, and member of the court orch. Aided by the gov't. stipend for young composers he studied the violin with César Thomson at Brussels (1896–9), lived for a time in Paris, and travelled in Germany. In 1900 he won the Jenny Lind stipend, which he held for three years. Since 1910 he has been musical director at the Univ. of Upsala, where he conducts an excellent students' chorus, 'Orpheidrängen'; Mus. Doc., hon. c., Upsala (1917); now touring northern Europe, Germany and France.—Works: 5 symphs.; 2 symph. poems; a Swedish rhapsody, Midsommarvaka; 2 choral works with orch., Sten Sure and The Lord's Prayer; lyric scene with orch., The Bells; a cantata for the Linné bi-centennial (1907); Triumphal March; a cantata for the Baltic exhibition (1914); Ode on Gustavus Vasa for soli, mixed chor. and organ; Sleeping Wood; Mimodrama Berlagungen (Stockholm, 1923); elegy for horn and pf.; a vln.-sonata in C m.; a romance for vln.; pf.-pieces; songs.
11Algarot'ti, Francesco, b. Venice, Dec. 11, 1712; d. Pisa, May 3, 1764; a man of versatile ability and wide knowledge, a favorite of Frederick the Great, who induced him to come to Berlin in 1746, and gave him the title of Count. His musical monument is the Saggio sopra l'opera in musica, publ. 1755, and in many later editions, and transl. into German and French.—Cf. R. Northcott, F. A. A Reprint of His 'Saggio …' and a Sketch of His Life (London, 1918).
13Aliabiev [ähl-yah'b'yěv], Alexander, well-known Russian song-composer; b. Moscow, Aug. 16, 1787; d. there, Mar. 6, 1851. Publ. 111 songs and romances, the Nightingale (Salavei) being a special favorite. In collaboration (more or less) with Verstovsky, Wielhorski and Maurer he set to music the ballad-operas of Chmelnitsky (The Village Philosopher, and others); and several operas (The Moonlight Night, or The Brownies; The Prisoner of the Caucasus [very popular at the time]).
15Aliprandi, Bernardo, b. early in the 18th century at Milan; d. after 1780. Violoncellist in the court orch. at Munich (1732); concert-master in 1750; pensioned 1780. He wrote the operas Apollo tra le Muse in Parnasso (1737); Mitridate (1738); Ifigenia (1739); Semiramide (1740); also a Stabat Mater for soprano, alto and orchestra (1749).
17Alkan [-kăhn'], (recte Morhange), Charles-Henri-Valentin (Alkan l'aîné), b. Paris Nov. 30, 1813; d. there March 29, 1888; a pupil of Zimmerman in the Paris Cons., to which he was admitted when but 6 years of age; took the first piano-prize at 10, and after 1831 occupied himself with composition and teaching, with occasional appearances in public as pianist. His publ. works reach op. 74. His romantic comps. for pf. are highly original, diversified, and often very
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