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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1also a fine concert-singer, and was heard all over Europe. His most famous part was Don Giovanni. He lived in Berlin.
3Andra'de, Mario de, musicologist; b. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 9, 1893; educated at the mus. cons. there, and graduated with high honors; 1922, appointed prof. of music history and musicology; has done special research work on Brazilian folk-music; also active as critic; since 1935, dir. of the Dept. of Culture, Sao Paulo.—Main works: Compendio de Historia da Música; Ensayo sobre Música Brasiliera; Música, doce Música; Modinhas Imperiais; Cultura Musical; O Samba Rural Paulista. A. has also done much for the reconstruction and renewing of traditional folk-songs and dances of Brazil.
5André, Johann, father of a musical family; b. Offenbach, Mar. 28, 1741; d. there June 18, 1799. Founder of the well-known music-publ. house at Offenbach, est. Aug. 1, 1774. He was an accomplished pianist, a composer of some 30 operas and 'Singspiele' (Der Töpfer, Erwin und Elmire, Belmonte e Constanze [Berlin, 1781, a year before Mozart's], etc.), of many instrl. works and songs (Rheinweinlied, Bekränzt mit Laub), and was the creator of the durchkomponierte Ballade, the first being Die Weiber von Weinsberg (1783). For 7 years (1777–84) he was Kapellm. at Döbbelin's Theatre in Berlin. Up to his death his establishment had issued about 1,200 numbers.—See Q.-Lex.
7André, (Johann) Anton, third son of Joh. A.; b. Offenbach, Oct. 6, 1775; d. there April 6, 1842. A precocious mus. talent, pupil of Vollweiler in Mannheim 1793–96; was a fine pianist, violinist and composer before entering the Univ. of Jena; after completing his studies he made extensive travels, and on his father's death took charge of the business, adding peculiar lustre to its good name by the purchase (1800) of Mozart's entire mus. remains. He publ. M.'s autograph thematic catalogue, and supplemented it by a list of the works so acquired. By accepting the application of the lithographic process to music-printing (1779), another long stride was taken towards placing this firm in the front rank. He was an excellent composer (2 operas, symphonies, songs, etc.), a successful teacher, and a noteworthy theorist (Lehrbuch d. Tonsetzkunst [unfinished], 2 vols. on Harmony, Cpt., Canon, and Fugue, 1832–43, new revised ed. 1875; and Anleitung zum Violinspiele).—See Q.-Lex.—His sons were: (1) Carl August, b. June 15, 1806; d. Frankfort, Feb. 15, 1887; head (from 1835) of the Frankfort branch, opened in 1828, and founder of the piano-factory ('Mozartflügel'); author of Der Klavierbau und seine Geschichte (1855).—(2) Julius, b. Offenbach, June 4, 1808; d. Frankfort, Apr. 17, 1880; a fine organist and pianist, pupil of Aloys Schmitt (his grandfather's pupil), author of a Praktische Orgelschule, composer of several interesting organ-pieces, and arranger of Mozart's works for pf. 4 hands.—(3) Joh. August, b. Mar. 2, 1817; d. Oct. 29, 1887; his father's successor (1839) in the Offenbach publishing establishment. His 2 sons, Karl (b. Aug. 24, 1853; d. June 29, 1914) and Adolf (b. April 10, 1855; d. Sept. 10, 1910), succeeded to the business.—(4) Jean Baptiste (de St.-Gilles), b. Mar. 7, 1823; d. Frankfort, Dec. 9, 1882; pianist, and composer of various pcs. for piano and voice, was a pupil of A. Schmitt, Taubert (pf.), and Kessler and Dehn (harmony); lived for years in Berlin with the (honorary) title of 'Herzoglich bernburgischer Hofkapellmeister.'
9Andre'ä, Volkmar, b. Bern, Switzerland, July 5, 1879. While pursuing his course at the 'Gymnasium,' he studied music at the same time with Karl Munzinger; 1897–1900 pupil of the Cologne Cons. (Wüllner, Kleffel, Staub); spent 1 year (1900–1) at the Univ. of Bern; 1901–2 'solorepetitor' at the R. Court Op. in Munich; 1902–4 cond. 'Stadtbürgerverein' in Winterthur; then cond. of a mixed chor. (from 1902), a male chor. (from 1904), and the Philh. 'Tonhalle' concerts (from 1906) at Zurich, which he still conducts; 1913 mus. dir. at the Univ.; 1914 Ph. D. (hon. c.); in same year app. dir. of the Zurich Cons.; 1920–25 pres. of the 'Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein.' Has travelled extensively as guest-cond. (many German cities, Paris, Barcelona, Milan); conducted in Milan (1911) the first performance ever given in Italy of [address hidden]. Matthew Passion.—Works: The operas Ratcliff (Duisburg, 1914) and Abenteuer des Casanova (Dresden, 1924); Magentalied for male chor. and orch.; Ouverture (Vienna Festival, 1931); pf.-trio in F m., op. 1; do. in Eb, op. 14; Das Göttliche, cantata for soli, chor. and orch., op. 2; Charons Nachen, do., op. 3; vln.-sonata, op. 4; songs, op. 5, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 23; male chors. a capp., op. 6, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24; op. 7, Symphonische Fantasie for orch.; op. 9, str.-quartet; op. 19, Vaterunser for soli, chor. and orch.; op. 20, Sechs, Klavierstücke; op. 29, str.-trio; op. 33, str.-quartet in E m.; Notturno and Scherzo for orch., op. 30; op. 27, Suite for do.; op. 31, Symphony in C; op. 32, Rhapsodie for vln. and orch.—Cf. F. Seiler, Dr. V. A. zum Jubiläum s. 25jg. Tätigkeit in Zurich (1930).
11Andre'vi, Francesco, was a prominent Spanish composer and theorist, of Italian parentage; b. Sanayuba, near Lerida, Nov. 16, 1786; d. Barcelona, Nov. 23, 1853. He took holy orders; was music-director at the cathedrals of Valencia, Sevilla, and other
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