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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1specially built 'color-keyboard' (N. Y., Mar. 20, 1915). A. is now (1938) living as conductor and teacher of 'cello in Los Angeles.
3Alvara'do, Alberto M., b. Durango, Mexico, Dec. 10, 1864; composer of the Venezuelan State Song; has also written a symphony, El principe de Asturias; symphonic poems Angel Mujer, Almas Destrozadas, Cuauhtemoc, La Fiesta encantadora, Suite Tropical, Corazón latino; light operas; waltzes; more than 1000 compositions publ. in Mexico, Spain, the U. S. and Europe.
5Alvarez [-rā'] [nom de théâtre of Albert-Raymond Gourron], celebrated stage-tenor; b. Bordeaux, France, 1861; d. Feb. 26, 1933. At 18 he volunteered for military service as a bandmaster; in 1883, studied singing in Paris with A. de Martini, and soon made his début at Ghent, Belgium. He then sang at the 'Grands Théâtres' of Lyons and Marseilles, winning a reputation which caused his engagement at the Paris Grand Opéra in 1892 (début as Romeo). After that he sang the chief tenor rôles on that stage, creating leading parts in Thaïs, La Montagne noire, Frédégonde, Hellé, Messidor, Les Maîtres-Chanteurs, Burgonde, and Gautier l'Aquitaine (Vidal). His repertory comprised about 60 rôles. He appeared several seasons at the Metr. and Manh. Opera Houses, New York, and at Covent Garden.
7Alvárez [-vah'-rēth], Fermin Maria, songwriter; b. Saragossa, Spain; d. Barcelona, 1898.—Publ. some 100 vocal works, accomp. in part by pf., in part by other instruments; also a few piano-pieces.
9Alva'ry, Max, dram. tenor, b. Düsseldorf, May 3, 1858; d. at his country-seat Datenberg, near Gross-Tabarz, Thuringia, Nov. 7, 1898. His real name was Achenbach, his father being the celebrated painter. Pupil of Stockhausen; debut at Weimar; be became famous in New York, 1884–9, as a Wagner singer (Siegfried was his finest rôle); then returned to Hamburg, but visited N. Y. during two subsequent seasons; later sang at Mannheim.
11Al'win, Karl, b. Koenigsberg, April 15, 1891; studied in Berlin with Humperdinck and Hugo Kaun; then became coach for Karl Muck (Berlin and Bayreuth, 1912); cond. at Halle (1913), Posen (1914), Düsseldorf (1915–17) and Hamburg (1917–20); 1920–38, cond. of Vienna Staatsoper, also guest-cond. in England, France and Spain; left Austria in 1938. Has written some works for orch., and songs. In 1920 he married the famous stage-soprano, Elisabeth Schumann (divorced, 1936).
13Al'wyn, William, b. Northampton, Engl., 1905; educated at the R. A. M., where he is now (1938) prof. of comp.—Works: Overture, The Innumerable Dance; Serenade for orch.; pf.-concerto; Aphrodite in Aulis for small orch.; 11 string-quartets; Phantasy-trio; oboe-sonata; Quartet for fl., vln., vla. and harp; numerous pf.-pieces; songs (The Songs of Innocence, with string-quartet).
15Aly'pios, Grecian musical theorist circa 360 A. D., whose Introd. to Music, containing all the Greek transposing scales both in vocal and instr. notation, is the chief source for our knowledge of ancient Greek notation. It has been publ. by Meursius (1616) and Meibom ('Antiquae musicae auctores septem,' Amsterdam, 1652); the notation has been reprinted more recently by Bellermann, Paul, Riemann, etc.; a new critical ed. in Jan's 'Scriptores' (1895). See A. Samojloff in AfMW IV, 383.
17Ama'dio, John, flutist; husband of Florence Austral (q.v.).
19Ama'lia, the name of three artists, princesses by birth. (1) Anna A., Princess of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, b. Nov. 9, 1723; d. Mar. 30, 1787; composed a series of excellent chorales, and also wrote music to Ramler's Tod Jesu, later composed by Graun.—(2) Anna A., Duchess of Weimar, mother of the Grand-duke Ernst August, b. Oct. 24, 1739; d. Apr. 10, 1807; composed the operetta Erwin und Elmire (text by Goethe).—(3) Marie A. Friederike, Princess of Saxony, sister of King John of Saxony, b. Aug. 10, 1794, Dresden; d. there Sept. 18, 1870. As a writer of comedies she was known under the name 'Amalie Heiter'; composed also church-music and several operas (Una donna, Le tre cinture, Die Siegesfahne, Der Kanonenschuss, etc.). [RIEMANN.]
21Ama'ni, Nicholas, b. 1875; d. 1904. Russian composer.—Op. 1, string-trio; op. 3, Variations for pf.; op. 4, pf-suite; op. 5, two pf.-valses; op. 6, 4 songs; op. 7, 4 characteristic pieces for pf.; op. 8, [address hidden] for pf.
23Amar, Licco, distinguished violinist; b. Budapest, Dec. 4, 1891; studied in Budapest and Berlin (Marteau); played second violin in the Marteau Quartet; 1915, concert master of the Berlin Philh. Orch.; 1920, do. in Mannheim; 1923, organized a quartet consisting of A. Walter Caspar, Paul Hindemith and Maurits Frank (succ. by Rudolf Hindemith); toured throughout Europe with this group until 1929; 1933, left Germany; now living in Paris.
25Ama'ti, a renowned family of violinmakers at Cremona, Italy. (1) Andrea, b. 1530 (?), d. 1611 (?), was the first violinmaker of the family; his violins were usually of small pattern, but show a marked advance over the Brescia instrs.—His 2 sons, (2)
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