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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1An'schütz, Karl, b. Koblenz, Feb., 1815; d. New York, Dec. 30, 1870. Pupil of Friedr. Schneider; in 1844 he assumed the directorship of the music-school founded by his father, but went in 1848 to London (where he conducted the Wednesday Concerts for a time), and in 1857 to N. Y. as conductor of Strakosch & Ullmann's opera-troupe. In September, 1862, he opened a season of German opera on his own account, which deserved the success it failed to obtain. From 1860–2 he conducted the Arion singing-society. He was a gifted conductor and cultivated musician; his publ. comps. consist of a few piano-pieces.
3An'sermet, Ernest, distinguished conductor; b. Vevey, Switzerland, Nov. 11, 1883; first studied mathematics, then music (in Lausanne with Denéréaz, in Paris with Gédalge, in Geneva with Barblan and E. Bloch); cond. concerts in Montreux (1912–14), in Geneva (succ. Stavenhagen, 1915–18); 1918, founded the Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande; cond. the Diaghileff Russian Ballet touring France, England, Italy and Spain; came to the U. S. (first in 1915) and South America. He is an outstanding interpreter of modern music, especially of Stravinsky. Has written pf.-pieces, songs, and the symph. poem, Feuilles au Printemps.
5An'sorge, Konrad (Eduard Reinhold), pianist; b. Buchwald, near Liebau, Silesia, Oct. 15, 1862; d. Berlin, Feb. 13, 1930. Pupil, 1880–2, of Leipzig Cons.; 1885, of Liszt; after long concert-tours in Germany, Russia, Austria and America, he settled in Berlin as a successful concert-player; 1898–1903, teacher in the Klindworth-Scharwenka Cons.; 1918, professor; 1920, at German Cons., Prague.—Works: 3 sonatas, Ballade, Traumbilder, Polish Dances, for pf.; sonata for 'cello and pf., in D m.; 2 str.-quartets, in Ab and A; a str.-sextet; a pf.-concerto; orchl. and chamber-music; Requiem for male chor. and orch.; songs.
7Antegnati [-tān-yah'tē], Costanzo, celebrated organ-builder; b. Brescia, circa 1557; d. there circa 1620. Organist at Br. cathedral. Wrote sacred comps. (masses, motets, psalms, and canzoni), publ. Venice, 1619–21, and pieces in organ-tablature; also an interesting and rare treatise, L'Arte organica (Brescia, 1608).—[address hidden] for organ are reprinted in vol. III of Torch's 'L'Arte mus. in Italia.'
9An'tes, John, "Moravian" minister; b. Frederickstownship, Pa., March 24, 1740, d. Bristol, Engl., Dec. 17, 1811. He left America in 1764. For a number of years he lived as a missionary in Egypt where he was beaten and crippled by order of a Bey who tried to extort money from him. He spent the rest of his life in England. A., who learnt the trade of a watchmaker, was a clever artisan. He is said to have made a quartet of stringed instruments; an instrument, made by A. in Bethlehem, 1759, is preserved in the Museum of the Moravian Historical Society at Nazareth, Pa. A contribution by A. to the 'Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung' in 1806 describes a device for better violin tuning, as well as improvements of the violin bow and of the keyboard hammer. A. also invented a machine with which one could turn pages while playing. An old tradition says that A. made the acquaintance of Haydn. He wrote a number of melodious short anthems to German or English words for chorus, strings and organ. MS. compositions by A. are in the Archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa. A sacred song for soprano, strings and organ is included in the first volume of the series 'Music of the Moravians in America' issued by the N. Y. Public Library. A.'s well written autobiography was published in 'Nachrichten aus der Brüder-Gemeine', Herrnhut, 1845.
11An'theil, George, composer; b. Trenton, N. J., July 8, 1900; pupil of Constantine von Sternberg and Ernest Bloch, also, for some time, at the Philadelphia Cons. of Music with Clark Smith; won the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1931 and '32; was in Europe, where his symphonic and dramatic works were performed in Germany and France; also was guest-cond. of his incid. music to Oedipus at the Berlin State Opera, 1929–30; now (1938) associated producer at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Cal., serving his apprenticeship for the production of musical pictures.—Main compositions: Incid. music to Oedipus (1928); ballet, Fighting the Waves (1929); 3-act opera, Transatlantic (Frankfort Op., 1930); ballet for marionettes, Flight (1930); opera, Helen Retires (book by John Erskine; Juilliard Inst., N. Y., Feb. 1934); ballet, Dreams (American Ballet, Adelphi Th. N. Y., 1935). For orch.: Zingareska (1921); Ballet mécanique (Paris, Golschmann, 1926); 3 symphonies (I, Berlin 1922; II, Paris 1926; III, 1938); pf.-concerto (1926); Capriccio (Berlin, Prague, London, 1930); Archipelago (General Motors Radio Hour, 1935). For chamber-orch.: Suite (1926); Crucifixion for strs. (1927); Jazz Symphony (1922). Chamber-music: 3 vln.-sonatas (I, 1923; II, 1923; III, 1924); 2 str.-quartets (1924, '28); Concerto for fl., bassoon and pf. (1930); Chamber-concerto for 8 instruments (1932).—Cf. E. Pound, A. and the Treatise of Harmony (1927).
13Anti'co, Andrea. See ANTIQUUS, ANDREAS.
15An'tipov, Constantin, b. Russia, Jan. 18, 1859; d. (?).—compositions for pf.: Op. 1, [address hidden]; op. 2, [address hidden]; op. 3, Vars. on an
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