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Biographical dictionary of musicians : with a bibliography of English writings on music, 1886
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1AGAZZARI (Agostino). Italian comp., B. Sienna, Dec. 2, 1578. Master of Chap. at German Coll., Rome, 1603. Master of Sienna, Cath. 1630-40. D. 1640.
3WORKS.—Il Primo Libro di Madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1600. Madrigali Armoniosi a cinque o sei voci, Venice, 1600. Sacrae Cantiones, 5, 6, 7, 8 voci, Liber primus, 1602. Do., Liber Secundus, 1603. Do., Third Book, 1603. Three Books of Motets, 1608-9. Sacrae Cantiones, 2, 3, 4 voices and organ, 2 Books, 1603. Sacrae Laudes de Jesu, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 voices and organ, 1603. Il primo libro di Motteti, for 2 and 3 voices, 1604. Sacrae Laudes, 2nd. Book, 1603. Psalmi, 1618. Eucharisticum, 1625. Litanie, 1639. La Musica Ecclestica, 1636. Eumelio, a pastoral drama, 1614.
5AGNESI (Louis F. L.) French bass vocalist, B. Erpent, 1833. D. London, Feb., 1875. S. Brussels Cons. Celebrated as an operatic singer.
7AGOSTINI (Ludovico). Italian comp. and poet, B. Ferrara, 1534. Chap.-master to Duke Alfonso II. d'Este. D. Sept. 20, 1590.
9WORKS.—Il primo libro di Madrigali, a 5 voci, Venice, 1570. Madrigali, a 4 voci, Venice, 1572. L'Eco ed enigmi musicali, 6 voci, 1581. Messe, Vespri, Mottetti, Madrigali et Sinfonie, Ancona, 1588.
11AGOSTINI (Paolo). Italian comp., B. Vallerano, 1593. Pupil of B. Nanini. Master of Vatican Chap., Rome, Feb., 1629. Chap.-master and org. of S. Maria, Trastevere. Do. S. Lorenzo, in Damaso. D. Rome, 1629.
13WORKS.—Two Books of Psalms, Rome, 1619. Two Books of Magnificats, for 1 2, and 3 voices, Rome, 1620. Books of Masses, Rome, 1624-28. Motets, Masses, etc., preserved in the Vatican Library, Rome.
15"For invention he is said to have surpassed all his contemporaries. His composition for four, six, and eight choirs are said to have been the admiration of all Rome."—Hawkins.
17AGRELL (Johann). Swedish comp., B. Löth. Lived at Cassel and Nuremberg during 18th cent. D. Jan. 19, 1769. Writer of instrumental music, published during 1723-1761.
19AGRELLI (Salvatore). Italian comp., B. Palermo, 1817. S. Naples Cons. under Zingarelli, Donizetti, etc.
21WORKS.—Operas: I due Pedanti, 1834; Il Lazzarone Napolitano, 1838; Una Notte di Carnevale, 1838; I Due Gemelli, 1839; I Due Forzati, 1839; La Locandiera, 1839; La Sentinella Notturna, 1840; L'Omicido Immaginario, 1841; I Due Pulcinelli simili, 1841; Il Fantasma, 1846; La Jacquirie, 1849; Léonore de Médicis, 1855; Les Deux Avores, 1860; Calisto; Blanche de Naples; La Rose. Ballets, etc.
23AGRICOLA (Alexandre). Belgian comp., B. 1470. Entered service of Philip, Duke of Austria. Went to Castile, 1506, where he D. 1530 [1526-27].
25WORKS.—Motets, Masses, etc. Chiefly preserved in manuscript.
26He was accounted one of the greatest among the musicians of his day.
28AGRICOLA (Georg L.) German comp. and org., B. Thuringia, Oct. 25, 1643. Chap.-master at Gotha, 1670. D. Gotha, Feb. 22, 1676.
30WORKS.—Madrigals; Sonatas for Violin, etc.; Songs (Lieder), etc.
32AGRICOLA (Johann Friedrich). German comp. and org., B. Saxony, Jan. 4, 1720. S. under J. S. Bach, and at University of Leipsic. Resided at Berlin, 1741. Chap.-master and comp. to Frederick the Great, on death of Graun, 1759. D. Nov. 12, 1774.
34WORKS.—Operas: Il Filosofo convinto, 1750; La Ricamatrice divenuta damma; Il Re pastore, 1752; Cleofide, 1754; Il Tempio d'Amore, 1755; Psyche, 1756; Achille in Sciro, 1758; Ifigenia in Tauride, 1765. Cantatas. Pamphlets on musical subjects (satirical). A work on the precedence of Melody over Harmony. A work on the Elements of Singing, etc.
36AGRICOLA (Martin). German theoretical writer, B. Sorall, Silesia, 1486
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