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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1works have been perf. at the fests. of the I.S.C.M. in Prague (1935) and in Paris (1937).—Major works: The ballet Great Agrippa (1935); pf.-concerto (1928–29; Prague Philh. Orch., 1930); The Land, suite for orch. (London, 1930); Suite for chamber-orch. (London, 1931); viola-concerto (London, 1938); 2 str.-quartets (London, 1933); Prelude, Interlude and Fugue for 2 vlns. (I.S.C.M. Fest., Prague, 1935); viola-sonata (1937; London, 1938); 2 motets for double choir (1936; BBC); How Samson bore away the Gates of Gaza, scena for voice and pf. (1938).—Cf. F. Howes, E. M., in 'Monthly Mus. Record' (July-Aug., 1938).
3Macpherson, Charles, b. Edinburgh, Mar. 10, 1870; d. London, May 28, 1927. From 1879–87, chorister at St. Paul's Cath., and pupil of Sir G. Martin (org.); ent. the R.A.M. in 1890, won the Lucas prize in 1892, and became A.R.A.M. in 1896; then prof. of harm. and cpt. there; 1913, cond. of the London Church Choral Soc.; 1916, org. at St. Paul's Cath.; 1919, hon. Mus. Doc., Durham.—Comp. orchl. works, chamber-music, church-music, songs and part-songs. Ed. [address hidden] songs in 8 vols.; author of A Short History of Harmony (1917).
5Macpherson, (Charles) Stewart, b. Liverpool, Mar. 29, 1865. Won the Sterndale Bennett scholarship and ent. the R. A. M. in 1880, where he st. pf. with W. C. Macfarren and comp. with Sir G. A. Macfarren; won the Balfe scholarship in 1882, the Lucas medal in 1884, and the Potter Exhibition in 1885; app. org. of Immanuel Ch. in 1885; prof. of harm. and comp. at R. A. M. in 1887; F. R. A. M., 1892; 1885–1902, cond. of Westminster Orchl. Soc.; 1886–1904, cond. of Streatham Choral Soc.; in 1898 app. examiner to the Assoc. Bd. of R. A. M. and R. C. M., in which capacity he visited Canada, Australia and New Zealand in 1900, and South Africa in 1905; from 1903, prof. of comp. in the R. Normal Coll. for the Blind; teacher and conductor until 1920, when he retired.—Works: Symphony in C; Ballad for orch.; a vln.-concerto; Mass in D; overtures; services; pf.-pcs.; songs. Ed. the 'Music Student's Library' and Joseph Williams' 'Handbooks of Music' series. Author of Practical Harmony (1894); Practical Counterpoint (1900); Rudiments of Music (1907); [address hidden] in Harmony (1907); Evolution of Musical Design; Form in Music (1908); Music and Its Appreciation (1910); Aural Culture Based upon Musical Appreciation (with Ernest Read; in 3 parts: 1912, '14 and '18); Studies in Phrasing and Form (1911); Musical Education of the Child (1915); Studies in the Art of Counterpoint (1928); Principles of Tonality (1929); etc.
7Maddy, Joseph Edgar, American educator and conductor; b. Wellington, Kansas, Oct. 14, 1891; st. at Bethany Coll., Wichita Coll., and at the Columbia School of Mus., Chicago; played the vla. and clar.; member of the Minneapolis Symph. Orch. (1909–14) and St. Paul Symph. (1914–18); supervisor of instrl. mus. in the public-schools of Rochester, N. Y. (1918–20), Richmond, Ind. (1920–24); instructor of public-school methods at Earlham Coll. (1922–24); 1924, asst. prof. of mus. education at the Univ. of Mich.; since 1928 full prof. there; founder and cond. of the Natl. High School Orch., for which he established, with T. P. Giddings, the Natl. Mus. Camp at Interlochen, Mich.; [address hidden]., [address hidden]., of the Mus. Educators Natl. Conference; 1940, elected member (for 6 yrs.) of Music Education Research Council.
9Madeto'ja, Leevi, Finnish composer; b. Oulu (Uleåborg), Feb. 17, 1887; st. at the Helsingfors Univ. (M.A., 1910), later at the Cons. there also, in Paris with d'Indy (1910–11) and in Vienna with Fuchs (1911–12); cond. of the Helsingfors Philh. (1912–14) and the Viipuri (Viborg) Orch. (1914–16); since 1926 teacher of comp. and member of the Board of Dirs. of the Helsingfors Cons. Has written an opera, Pohjalaisia (Helsingfors, 1924); a ballet, Okon Fuoko (1927); 3 symphs.; symph. poems (Kullervo, Tanssinäky, etc.); cantatas; chamber-music; pf.-pcs.; songs; etc.
11Magani'ni, Quinto, flutist, conductor and composer; b. Fairfield, Calif., Nov. 30, 1897; flutist of the San Francisco Symph. Orch. (1917), N. Y. Symph. (1919–28); pupil of Emilio Puyans, Barrère, Brescia, Nadia Boulanger, etc.; 1925–26, st. at the Amer. Cons. in Fontainebleau; 1927, won the Pulitzer Prize; 1928–29, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship; 1930, cond. of the N. Y. Sinfonietta; since 1932 head of his own orch., The Maganini Chamber Symph., with which he has toured widely; guest-cond. in San Francisco, N. Y., etc.; he is an editor for Carl Fischer, Inc., and for Edition Musicus; also a dir. of the Affiliated Mus. Corp. Has written numerous original works and made revisions, transcriptions and arrangements.
13Maggi'ni, Giovanni Paolo (also Magini, Magino), b. Botticino-Marino, Italy, Aug. 25, 1580; d. Brescia, ca. 1640. Famous violin-maker at Brescia. His violins, violas, 'celli and double-basses are prized almost equally with Stradivari's and Guarneri's; the double-basses are especially valued. The violins have a soft, viola-like tone. The label reads: Gio. Paolo Maggini, Brescia.—Cf. M. L. Huggins, G. P. M., His Life and Work (London, 1892); A. Berenzi, Gli artefici liutai bresciani (Brescia, 1890); id., Di G. P. M. (Cremona, 1907).
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