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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1original Russian theme; op. 5, 5 pieces (the Romance is fine); op. 6, 4 pieces (Nocturne); op. 8, [address hidden]; op. 9, [address hidden] (Valse); op. 10, Prelude; op. 11, Valse and Étude; op. 12, Nocturne; op. 13, Impromptu and Valse; op. 7, Allegro symphonique for orchestra.
3Anti'quus, Andreas (also A. de Anti-quiiis Vene'tus, or Andrea Anti'co), b. Montona (Istria), latter half of the 15th century. Music-printer in Rome and (1520) Venice, probably the first of his trade after Petrucci, who publ. many of A.'s Frottole (Venice, 1504–8).
5Antoi'ne, Georges, gifted composer; b. Liége, April 28, 1892; d. Bruges, Nov. 15, 1918 (of an ailment he acquired in the war). Wrote a symph. poem, Veillée d'Armes (1918); a pf.-concerto (1914); a vln.-sonata (1912–15); a pf.-quartet (1916); songs. Was also a contributor to various magazines.
7Antoi'ne, Josephine, coloratura soprano; b. Denver, Colorado, Oct. 27, 1908; st. at the Univ. of Colorado (grad. 1929), then with Marcella Sembrich at the Juilliard Graduate School (1931–35); M. O. H. début as Philine in Mignon, Jan. 4, 1936; since then, member; has sung also with the Philadelphia Opera (1935) and Chicago Opera Co. (1936–37).—Rôles: Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss), Maria Malibran, etc.; also recitals and tours as soloist in the U. S.
9Antoine, Paul. Pen-name of ERNEST CLOSSON.
11An'ton, Karl, b. Worms, June 2, 1887; studied theology and music (singing); took the degree of Dr. phil. with the thesis Beiträge zur Biographie Karl Loewes mit besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Oratorien und Ideen zu einer volkstümlichen Ausgestaltung der protestantischen Kirchenmusik (publ. in book form, 1912); teacher of music history at the Mannheim Hochschule für Musik, and minister in that town. He has also written Luther und die Musik (1918); Aus tiefer Not, liturgisches Hilfsbuch (with Dr. Arper; 1919); Angewandte Liturgik (1919).
13An'ton, Max, conductor and teacher; b. Bornstedt near Eisleben, Germany, Aug. 2, 1877; pupil of Stavenhagen (Munich), and Kwast (Frankfurt); was teacher at the Conservatories in M.-Gladbach and Detmold; cond. in Osnabrück; from 1922, do. in Bonn; retired in 1934.—Works: An opera, Die Getreuen; an oratorio, Ekhard; pieces for orch.; concertos for vln., pf. and horn; pf.-pieces; songs.—Book: Versuch einer Kunstanschauung (1922).
15Anto'ny, Franz Joseph, b. Münster, Westphalia, Feb. 1, 1790; d. there Jan. 7, 1837. 1819, music-director at the cathedral; 1832, organist, succeeding his father (Joseph A., b. Jan. 12, 1758; d. 1836). Publ. Archäologisch-liturgisches Gesangbuch des Gregorianischen Kirchengesangs (1829), and Geschichtliche Darstellung der Entstehung und Vervollkommung der Orgel (1832). Composed church-music.
17A'pel, Johann August, b. Leipzig, Sept. 17, 1771; d. there Aug. 9, 1816. Dr. juris; author of a series of articles on rhythm ('Allg. musikal. Zeitung,' 1807–8), and a large work, Metrik (1814–16, 2 vols.). His Gespensterbuch (1810–14) suggested to Weber the subject of Der Freischütz.
19A'pel, Willi, musicologist; b. Konitz, Germany, Oct. 10, 1893; studied pf. in Berlin, musicology at the Universities of Munich, Bonn and Berlin (Dr. phil., Berlin Univ., 1920); 1920–35, prof. at various German colleges; 1935, came to the U. S., where he has held teaching positions at the following institutions: Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Mass. (since 1936); Harvard Univ., Division of Music (since 1937); Radcliffe College (since 1937); Boston Center for Adult Education. He established the Collegium Musicum at Harvard in 1938, as well as collections of photostatic copies of early sources of keyboard music at Ishem Memorial Library, Harvard.—Publications of early music: Music of Early Times (1550–1650) for pf. (2 vols., Mayence); Compositions of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries for pf. (Boston, 1938); German edition of Tagliapietra, Anthologia Pianistica; editions of August Halm's pf.-works.—Books: Accidentien und Tonalität in den Musikdenkmälern des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (Strasbourg); Die Fuge (Berlin, 1932); articles (publ. in Berlin) on pf.-music, German tablatures, and Bach's 'Art of the Fugue'; also Early Spanish Music for Lute and Keyboard Instruments, in the 'Mus. Quart.' (1934); Early German Keyboard Music, ib. (1937); Neapolitan Cembalists as Links between Cabezón and Frescobaldi, ib. (1938); La musique française pour l'orgue au 16e siècle, in 'Revue musicale' (Paris, 1937); Partial Signatures in the Sources prior to 1450, in 'Acta musicologica' (1938); many lectures (Pre-Bach Organ-Music; Accidentals and Modes; etc.).
21Appel, Richard Gilmore, organist, and composer; b. Lancaster, Pa., April 25, 1889; attended Franklin and Marshall Coll. (A. B., 1908), Harvard Univ. (M. A., 1912), Columbia Univ. (1910–11), and Heidelberg Univ., Germany (1913). His teachers were J. F. Woele, Wallace Goodrich, Karl Straube and Ralph Kinder (org.), Mason and Spalding (theory); won the Boott prize in vocal comp. at Harvard in 1913; organist and instructor in church-music at Episcopal Theological
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