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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1ister at Norwich and Rochester cathedrals; articled at the latter to Dr. Hopkins in 1850, and asst.-organist till 1856; org. of Chichester cath. in 1861; in 1862, of Durham cath.; in 1897, Queen Victoria Lecturer at Trinity Coll., London, and prof. of music at Durham Univ. He was Mus. Doc. of Oxford and Durham; F. R. C. O. (1892); etc.—Works: Oratorios Hezekiah (Newcastle-on-T., 1877); St. John the Evangelist (Leeds, 1881); St. Barnabas (Durham, 1891); communion services, anthems, etc. His 5-part madrigal Victoria won the first (Molineux) prize of the Madr. Soc., 1897.
3Ar'min, George (real name Herrmann), singing-teacher and writer; b. Braunschweig, Nov. 10, 1871; first an architect, then turned to singing; pupil of Iffert in Cologne, of Mary David and Törsleff in Leipzig; teacher in Berlin and ed.-in-chief (since 1925) of the periodical Der Stimmwart. Has publ. numerous books and pamphlets concerning voice-production, the most important of which are Das Stauprinzip (1905) and Von der Urkraft der Stimme (1921).
5Armingaud [-män-goh'], Jules, b. Bayonne, May 3, 1820; d. Paris, Feb. 27, 1900; one of the best violinists of Paris, who was refused admission to the Cons. when 19 because he was 'too far advanced'; orchestra-player at the Grand Opéra, and leader of a famous string-quartet later enlarged by adding some wind-instrs., and called the Société classique. He was the reputed introducer of Beethoven's quartets into Parisian mus. circles; publ. some violin-pcs.
7Ar'mitage, Merle, b. Mason City, Iowa, Feb. 12, 1893; began his career as a civil engineer; then connected with the advertising dept. of Packard Motor Car Comp.; 1911–18, managed local appearances of famous singers; 1919–21, managed transcontinental tours of Scotti, Grand Opera Co., Pavlova, Russian Grand Opera, Beggar's Opera, Diaghilev Ballet, etc.; since 1922 living in Los Angeles, where he founded (with Gaetano Merola) the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association (1924–30); now (1938) impresario there, presenting outstanding events on the Pacific coast.—Books: Hollywood Bowl (1936); Stravinsky (1936); Schoenberg (1937); George Gershwin (1938); also author and designer of 22 books on sculptors, painters and composers.
9Armstrong, William Dawson, organist and composer; b. Alton, Ill., Feb. 11, 1868; d. there, July 9, 1936. Pupil of E. R. Kroeger (comp.) and Clarence Eddy (org.). Organist at St. Paul's P. E. Ch., Alton, 1890–96; Ch. of the Redeemer, St. Louis, 1896–1900; Ch. of the Unity, St. Louis, 1900–8. Instructor Forest Park Univ., St. Louis, 1888–90; Western Military Academy, 1898–1908; 1908 until his death, dir. of his own mus. school at Alton. Was solo organist at St. Louis World's Fair, 1903; Pres. of 'Ill. State Music Teachers' Assn.', 1899–1901; V.-Pres. of 'Natl. Music Teachers' Assn.', 1904–5; Pres. of Mus. Section of 'Ill. State Teachers' Assn.', 1902–3; Assoc., 'Amer. Guild of Org.'; member of 'Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique,' Paris.—Works: The operas The Spectre Bridegroom (St. Louis, 1899) and Claudia; Suite de Ballet for orch. (1897); Overture From the Old World; Communion Service for the Episcopal Church, in G; Mass in F; [address hidden]; other church-music; over 100 smaller works for org., pf., vln., and songs. He also wrote The Romantic World of Music (N. Y., 1922) and Rudiments of Musical Notation, an Elementary Handbook.—Cf. W. F. Norton, W. D. A. (N. Y., 1916).
11Arne, Michael, natural son of Dr. Arne, b. London, 1741; d. there Jan. 14, 1786 [not 1806]; a clever dramatic composer (9 operas, the best being Cymon, 1767); writer of a number of songs, and a skilful player on the harpsichord. In 1779, music-director at Dublin Theatre; from 1784 onward he conducted some of the Lenten oratorios at London theatres. A curious episode in his career was his search for the philosopher's stone (c. 1768), during which he neglected his profession and ruined himself pecuniarily.
13Arne, Thomas Augustine, one of the foremost of English composers; b. London, March 12, 1710; d. there March 5, 1778. By dint of stolen nightly practice he became a fine player on the spinet and violin, in despite of his father's wishes that he should study law; the latter finally yielded to the inevitable, and Arne, free to pursue his mus. work, set to music various texts—Addison's Rosamond and Field's Tragedy of Tragedies (1733); a masque, Dido and Æneas (1734); and Zara (1736). In 1736 he married Cecilia Young, a fine singer and a prime favorite of Handel's. In 1738, as composer to the Drury Lane Th., he set Dalton's adaptation of Comus to music, a composition which firmly established his reputation. The music to the masque of Alfred (1740) contains, among other fine songs, the celebrated Rule, Britannia. While residing in Dublin (1742–4) he brought out 2 new operas, Britannia and Eliza, and the musical farce Thomas and Sally. He became comp. to Vauxhall Gardens, London, in 1745. Further dramatic works were Congreve's masque, The Judgement of Paris (1740), Colin and Phæbe (1745), Artaxerxes (1762), Olympiad (1765), and the music to Mason's Caractacus (1776); also settings for songs in As You Like it and 'Where the Bee Sucks' in The Tempest; etc. His 2 oratorios are Abel (1755) and Judith (1761).
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