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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1(1906), Un Quaderno di Autografi di Beethoven del 1825 (1907; originally publ. in 'Riv. M. I.', 1904–7; description of sketches for op. 130, 132, 133), etc.
3Rode [rohd], (Jacques-) Pierre (-Joseph), French violinist; b. Bordeaux, Feb. 26, 1774; d. Château-Bourbon, n. Damazon, Nov. 25, 1830. Pupil of Fauvel; from 1787, of Viotti at Paris. Début 1790 in a concerto by Viotti, at the Th. Feydeau, where he was leader of the 2d violins 1790–4; then, after tours in Holland and Germany, and a short visit to London, he was app. prof. of violin at the newly opened Cons. During a visit to Spain in 1799 he met Boccherini, who wrote concertos for him. In 1800, solo violinist to Napoleon; from 1803–8, with Boieldieu in Russia, becoming 1st violinist to Emperor Alexander. After 3 years in Paris, he toured Germany and Austria (at Vienna Beethoven wrote for him the Romance, op. 50); lived for a time in Berlin, where he married in 1814, then retiring to Bordeaux. His final appearance in Paris (1828) was a disheartening failure.—Works: 13 violin-concertos; the famed and indispensable [address hidden] en forme d'études, dans les 24 tons de la gamme; 12 études; 3 books of violin-duos; etc.; and a Méthode du violon (with Baillot and Kreutzer).—Cf. A. Pouglin, Notice sur R. (Paris, 1874), H. Ahlgrimm, P. R. (Diss., Vienna, 1929).—See also Q.-Lex.
5Rö'der, Carl Gottlieb, b. Stötteritz, n. Leipzig, June 22, 1812; d. Gohlis, Oct. 29, 1883. Founder of the great Leipzig establishment for engraving and printing music. He started in 1846 with one engraver's apprentice; later the business became one of the largest of its kind in the world. A book-printing department was also added. In 1872 R.'s sons-in-law C. L. H. Wolff and C. E. M. Rentsch became partners in the firm; R. himself retired in 1876. After Rentsch's death (Feb. 19, 1889) his heirs withdrew from the firm, but a son-in-law of Wolff, Karl Johannes Reichel (b. Aug. 15, 1853; d. Leipzig, Sept. 9, 1927) became a partner, and after Wolff's death (in June, 1915), head of the firm. Members of the Rentsch family are now in charge of the business. On the 50th anniversary of its foundation the firm issued a 'Festschrift', to which H. Riemann contributed a valuable essay, Notenschrift und Notendruck; a second 'Festschrift' (75th anniversary), to which W. von zur Westen contrib. Musiktitel aus [address hidden], was published in 1921.
7Rö'der, Martin, b. Berlin, April 7, 1851; d. Boston, Mass., June 7, 1895. Pupil of the R. Hochschule, Berlin, 1870–1; chorusmaster at the Teatro dal Verme, Milan, 1873–80. In 1875 he organized the 'Società del Quartetto Corale,' which gave fine performances of classical music; also conducted opera in various cities. From 1880–1 he lived in Berlin as a singing-teacher; then taught at Scharwenka's Cons. until 1887, when he went to Dublin as prof. at the R. Acad. of Music; a position exchanged, in 1892, for the directorship of the vocal department in the New Engl. Cons., Boston. He was a musician of broad scholarship and versatile attainments, and a composer of marked ability.—Publ. Über den Stand der Öffentlichen Musikpflege in Italien (in Waldersee's 'Samml. mus. Vorträge', 1881); Studi, critici, raccolti (Milan, 1881; he was an esteemed contributor to the 'Gazzetta Musicale,' signing his articles 'Raro Miedtner'); and Dal taccuino di un direttore di orchestra (1881); in Ger. as Aus dem Tagebuch eines wandernden Kapellmeisters (1882).
9Rodgers, Richard, composer; b. New York, June 28, 1902; st. at Columbia Univ. (1923) and the Inst. of Musical Art, N. Y. He is well-known as the collaborator of Lorenz Hart in the comp. of musical comedies: Garrick Gaieties, Dearest Enemy, Connecticut Yankee, Present Arms, On Your Toes, Babes in Arms, I'd Rather be Right, I Married an Angel, etc.
11Ro'dio, Rocco, celebrated contrapuntist of the early Neapolitan school; b. Calabria, ca. 1530. Publ. Regole per far contrapunto solo e accompagnato nel canto fermo (1st ed. ca. 1600; 3d ed. 1626); also a coll. (Naples, 1580) of 9 masses; the last, Missa de Beata Virgine (a 5) is remarkable, as it can be sung by 4 or 3 voices by omitting the quintus and superius (soprano), and also by the 3 highest voices if quintus and bassus are omitted.
13Rodríguez de Hita [rōh-drē'geth dēh ē'tah], Antonio; d. Madrid, Feb. 21, 1787. In 1757 he was choirm. at the Cath. of Palencia, where he publ. a book of advice to his pupils, Consejos que a sus discípulos da don A. R. de H. Then he became mus. dir. at the Convent of the Incarnation in Madrid. From 1768 he collaborated with the dramatist Ramón de la Cruz in a series of notable stage-works impregnated with Spanish atmosphere; the best are the comic operas (zarzuelas) Las Segadoras de Vallecas (1768) and Las Labradoras de Murcia (1769; revived by Pedrell at the Madrid Cons. in 1896). He also comp. the Spanish opera Briseida (1768), and Hymns for 4 and 8 vcs.—Cf. E. Cotarelo y Mori, Don Ramón de la Cruz [with mus. examples]; id., Historia de la Zarzuela (Madrid, 1934).
15Rodríguez de Ledesma, Mariano, b. Zaragoza, Dec. 14, 1779; d. Madrid, Mar. 28, 1847. One of the most important Spanish composers of the 19th century; chorister at the Cath. of Zaragoza; pupil of F. Javier García; 1799–1802, org. and choirm. at
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