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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1Spanish cities, also at Bordeaux from 1832–42, during the Carlist wars. From 1845–9 he lived in Paris, and was then called to Barcelona as maestro of the church of Our Lady of Mercy. The best of his numerous and excellent compositions are an oratorio, The Last Judgment, a Requiem, and a Stabat Mater; only a Nunc dimittis and a Salve regina have been printed. A treatise on Harmony and Cpt. has been translated into French (Paris, 1848).
3Andries [-drès'], Jean, b. Ghent, Apr. 25, 1798; d. there Jan. 21, 1872; from 1851 Director, and after 1856 Hon. Dir., of the Ghent Cons., where he had been prof. of vln.- and ensemble-classes since 1835; also (till 1855) solo violinist at the theatre.—Wrote: Aperçu historique de tous les instrs. de musique actuellement en usage; Précis de l’histoire de la musique depuis les temps les plus reculés (1862); Instrs. à vent. La Flûte (1866); Remarques sur les cloches et les carillons (1868).
5Andries’sen, Hendrik, brother of Willem; b. Haarlem, Holland, Sept. 17, 1892; now (1938) dir. of the Cons. at Utrecht. Composer of 2 symphonies; Missa Simplex; Missa Sponsa Christi; Miroir de Peine (songs); sonatas for vln. and ’cello; 4 sonatinas for vln. and pf.; Sonata da Chiesa; and [address hidden] for organ.
7Andries’sen, Willem, Dutch composer and pianist; b. Haarlem, Oct. 25, 1887; studied pf. with de Pauw in Amsterdam, theory with B. Zweers; graduated 1908 (first prize of Amsterdam Cons.); 1910–18, prof. of pf. at the Hague Cons.; later, at the Rotterdam Cons.; since Sept. 1937 dir. of the Amsterdam Cons. He has written a mass for soli, chor. and orch., a pf.-concerto in D min., pieces for orch., and many songs.
9Ane’rio, Felice, b. Rome, 1560; d. there Sept. 28, 1614; st. under G. M. Nanini; was then app. maestro of the English College, and later (Apr. 3, 1594) Palestrina’s successor as composer to the Papal Chapel. His eminence is best attested by the fact that several of his comps. were for a long time supposed to be Palestrina’s own. Besides numerous MSS. in Roman libraries, many of A.’s works are extant in printed collections, between 1585–1622; several books of madrigals a 5 and 6, canzonets and madrigals a 3–4, concerti spirituali a 4, litanies a 4–8, and 2 books of hymns, cantica and motets; also separate motets, etc.—See Q.-Lex. and L. Torri and A. Cametti in the ‘Rivista musicale italiana’, 1914–15.
11Ane’rio, Giovanni Francesco, younger brother of Felice, b. Rome, circa 1567; d. there 1620 (?); 1575–79, chorister at St. Peter’s circa 1609, m. di c. to King Sigis mund III of Poland; 1610, m. di c. at Verona cathedral; 1611, Prefect of the Seminario romano; and 1613–20, m. di c. of the Jesuit church of S. Maria dei Monti at Rome, taking holy orders in 1616. A very prolific composer in all the forms of sacred music then in vogue, many of his works being printed by the leading Italian publishers; celebrated as the arranger of Palestrina’s 6-part Missa Papæ Marcelli, for 4 parts (Rome, 1600.)—See Q.-Lex.
13Anet, Baptiste. See BAPTISTE.
15Anfos’si, Pasquale, prolific composer of operas (76 in all); b. Taggia near Naples, Apr. 25, 1727; d. Rome, Feb. 1797. Originally a violinist, he studied composition under Piccinni, and brought out 2 unsuccessful operas, but with his third venture, L’incognita perseguitata (Rome, 1773), won popular approval, being supported by a powerful clique hostile to Piccinni. In ungenerous rivalry with his old teacher and friend, he brought out a great number of operas; his works soon palled on the Roman palate, and he sought new fields,—in Paris (1779), London (1781–3, as director of the Italian Opera), and after that in Prague, Dresden, and Berlin. Returning to Italy in 1784, he was in 1791 made m. di c. at the Lateran, and turned his attention to sacred composition (12 oratorios, masses, psalms, etc.). His once lauded works are now forgotten.
17d’An’geli, Andrea, b. Padua, Nov. 9, 1868. While pursuing his academic studies at the Univ. of Padua (Ph.D. with the diss. La Musica nel Dramma Greco), he studied comp. at the Istituto Cesare Pollini; prof. of Italian literature at the Collegio in Calegari; then prof. of Ital. lit. at the Liceo Mamiani and prof. of aesthetics and history of music at the Liceo Rossini in Pesaro; also ed. ‘La Cronaca Musicale’ there for 12 years; now (1938) living in Verona; was the first to introduce into Italy the (until then unknown) ‘lecture-recital’ as ‘Concerti della Università popolari.’ Has comp. the operas L’Innocente (text by himself; succ. prod. at Novi Ligure, 1896; Bologna, 1897), Il Negromante and Al Ridotto di Venezia (not yet prod.), Fiori e Colombi (1929), and Maurizio e Lazzaro (1930); author of several libretti (Carbonieri’s Edith, Gibellini’s Ebles di Provenza, Alberti’s Myrtilia, etc.); has written a Stabat Mater, some masses, chamber-music and romances (Serate d’inverno); contributed some valuable hist. essays to var. journals (Il teatro alla moda di Benedetto Marcello; Il Petrarca musicista; Gluck, Algarotti e Wagner, in ‘Cronaca’; etc.); has also written the books Verdi (3rd ed. 1924) and Benedetto Marcello (Milan, 1930).
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