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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1School, Cambridge, Mass., since 1910; 1901–10, org. of First Reformed Ch., Lancaster, Pa.; 1910–30, do. of St. John’s Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, Mass.; since 1937, do. of Christ Ch., Cambridge; music-librarian of Boston Public Library since 1922; lecturer on Boston Symph. programs, University extension, since 1924; instructor of Hymnology at New England Cons. of Music since 1933; do. of American Music at Boston Univ. in 1930; founder and dir. of Summer School of Church-Music at Wellesley and Cambridge, 1914–24.—Works: Blessed is the man, anthem (1914); In Flanders Fields for male voices (1930); Benedicite in D flat (1932); Benedicite in D (1933); orchestral arrangement of Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (1933).—Books: Landmarks in Boston Music (1630–1924); Aids to the Study of the Boston Symph. Programs; also contrib. to ‘The Onlooker,’ ‘Harvard Musical Review,’ ‘Christian Science Monitor,’ ‘Phonograph Monthly Review,’ etc.
3Ap’peldoorn, Dina, b. Rotterdam, Holland, Feb. 26, 1884. Composer of a symphony, two symph. poems (Noordzee and Volkfeest), Pastorale, and chamber-music.
5Apri’le, Giuseppe, one of the finest contralti of his time; b. Bisceglia (Apulia), Oct. 29, 1738; d. Martina, 1814; a pupil of Avos, and the teacher of Cimarosa. From 1763 he sang in the principal theatres of Italy and Germany, then settling in Naples as a singing-master. His vocal method, The Italian Method of Singing, with [address hidden], first publ. by Broderip (London), has been reprinted in many editions and several languages; he also wrote vocal music, solfeggi, etc.—See Q.-Lex.
7Ap’thorp, William Foster, b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1848; d. Vevey (Switzerland), Feb. 19, 1913. Writer and critic. A student at Harvard, where he graduated in 1869, he st. pf., harm., and cpt. under J. K. Paine from 1863–7; then pf. under B. J. Lang. While in Harvard, he was asst.-pianist and cymbalist in the Pierian Sodality, and cond. that society 1868–9. Taught pf. at Boston ‘National Coll. of Music’ (1872–3); then, until 1886, taught successively pf., harm., cpt., fugue, and general theory at the N. E. Cons.; also, for some years, aesthetics and mus. hist. in the Coll. of Mus. of Boston Univ. He began his career as music critic on the ‘Atlantic Monthly’ (from 1872–7); was eng. as mus. critic on the ‘Evening Transcript’ from 1881, also dram. critic after 1882; contributed many articles on music and drama to leading periodicals; edited the ‘Program-books’ of the Boston Symph. Orch. from 1892–1901; and publ. the following works: Hector Berlioz. Selections from his Letters and … Writings (N. Y., 1879); Musicians and Music-lovers, and Other Essays (N. Y., 1894); Jacques Damour, and Other Stories, Englished from Zola (Boston, 1895); By the Way—About Music and Musicians (Boston, 1899); The Opera, Past and Present (1901). Critical editor of Scribner’s ‘Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians’ (N. Y., 1888).
9Aptom’mas, John and Thomas, two brothers, b. at Bridgend, England, in 1826 and 1829 respectively; remarkable harp-players; both lived in London as teachers; the younger was from 1851–6 in New York. Compositions elegant, though hardly equal to Parish-Alvars’; they also wrote a History of the Harp (London, 1859).
11Ara, Ugo, b. Venice, July 19, 1876; d. Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 10, 1936. Pupil of P. A. Tirindelli (vln.) at the Cons. Benedetto Marcello in Venice; 1889, at age of 13, member of orch. at Th. ‘La Fenice’. In 1894 he continued his vln. studies with César Thomson at the cons. of Liége. After a few months, however, owing to violinist’s cramp, he was obliged to give up playing altogether. The next seven years (1894–1901) he spent in Vienna, studying comp. with R. Fuchs at the Cons. In 1902 he was able to resume his playing, and at the suggestion of Pochon, a fellow-student under Thomson, he devoted himself to the viola in order to join the Flonzaley Quartet, which was established in 1903; member of this group from 1903–17; then entered the war service in Italy. Composed a symphony, and several songs.
13Ara’ja, Francesco, opera-composer; b. Naples, circa 1700; d. Bologna, circa 1770. His first opera, Lo matremmonejo pè mennetta (Naples, 1729), made his fame; in 1735 he went to Petrograd with an Italian opera-troupe, and wrote many successful operas in Italian and Russian, his La Clemenza di Tito (1751) being the first opera written in the Russian language. Returned to Italy in 1759. He wrote 22 operas; also church-music, and a Christmas oratorio, La Natività di Gesù.
15A’ranyi, Francis, violinist; b. Budapest, March 21, 1893; studied there at the Royal Academy, later, at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin with Willy Hess and Henri Marteau; début in Budapest, 1904; has concertized extensively in Germany, Holland, Austria, Hungary, France and Italy; came to the U. S. in 1936; appointed head of the violin dept. at Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa.; American début in Town Hall, N. Y., Oct. 1937.
17d’A’ranyi, Yelly, violinist, b. Budapest, May 30, 1895, grandniece of Joachim, studied with Hubay in Budapest; for 13 years toured Europe very successfully as a child prodigy. In 1913 she settled in London, where her residence has been since; has given sonata recitals with Myra Hess, and has made
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