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Biographical dictionary of musicians : with a bibliography of English writings on music, 1886
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1Opéra, 1879, and managed it till he D. at Paris, Nov. 2, 1884. He comp. operas, string quartets, sonatas for vn. and Pf., songs, and other works.
3VAUGHAN (Thomas). English tenor vocalist, B. Norwich, 1782. Chorister in Norwich Cath. under Beckwith. Lay-clerk St. George's Chap., Windsor, 1799. Gent. of the Chap. Royal, 1803. Vicar-choral St. Paul's, London, and lay-vicar Westminster Abbey. Married Miss Tennant, a soprano singer. Singer at Concert of Ancient Music, and at the principal London and provincial concerts. D. Birmingham, Jan. 9, 1843.
5VECCHI (Orazio). Italian comp., B. Modena, 1551. Chap.-master of Modena Cath., 1596. Director of music to court of Modena, 1598. D. Modena, Sept. 19, 1605. He comp. "Canzonette," 1580, 1585, 1590, and 1611; "Madrigali," 1589, 1591, etc. Motets, masses, and other church music.
7VELLUTI (Giovanni Battista). Italian soprano vocalist, B. Monterone, Ancona, 1781. S. under Calpi. Début at Forli, 1800. Appeared at Rome, 1805, Naples, 1807, Milan, 1809, Vienna, 1812, London, 1825 and 1829. D. Padua, Feb. 1861.
9VENOSA (Prince of). See GESUALDO.
11VERACINI (Francesco Maria). Italian comp. and violinist, B. Florence, 1685. Leader of the opera orch. in London, 1714-20. Soloist at Court of Dresden, 1720. Comp. in London, 1735. D. Pisa, 1750. Comp. "Adriano," 1735; "Roselinda," 1744; and "L'Errore di Salomone," 1744, operas produced at London; Violin sonatas, concertos, and other instrumental music.
13VERDI (Giuseppe). Italian comp., B. Roncole, near Busseto, Oct. 10, 1813. S. under Provesi, at Busseto, and at Milan, under Lavigna. Married to Margherita Barezzi, 1836, and in 1838 settled in Milan. Married again to Mme. Strepponi. Comp. for various Italian cities, London, 1847, etc. Has resided for a number of years at St. Agata, near Busseto.
15Works.—Operas: Oberto Conte di S. Bonifacio, Milan, Nov. 1839; Un giorno di Regno, 1840; Nabucodonosor, Milan, 1842; I Lombardi, Milan, 1843; Ernani, Venice, March, 1844; I due Foscari, Rome, 1844; Giovanna d'Arco, Milan, 1845; Alzira, Naples, 1845; Attila, Venice, 1846; Macbeth, Florence, 1847; I Masnadieri, London, July 22, 1847; Jerusalem, Paris, 1847; Il Corsaro, Trieste, 1848; La Battaglia di Legnano, Rome, 1849; Luisa Miller, Naples, 1849; Stifellio, Trieste, 1850; Rigoletto, Venice, March, 1851 (London, 1853); Il Trovatore, Rome, Jan. 19, 1853 (London, May, 1855); La Traviata, Venice, March 6, 1853 (London, May, 1856); Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Paris, 1855; Simon Boccanegra, Venice, 1857; Aroldo, Rimini, 1857; Un Ballo in Maschera, Rome, 1857; La forza del Destino, St. Petersburg, 1862; Don Carlos, Paris, 1867; Aïda, Cairo, 1871; Requiem mass, Milan, 1874. Some miscellaneous church and chamber music.
17One of the most popular operatic composers of the present century. His works abound in fine melody, and it is due to this more than to anything else that they have taken such a prominent place in the affections of the people. Notwithstanding, they are now declining in popular esteem in Britain, and his earlier works have long since lost place everywhere. His most powerful work, and that possessing the greatest kinship to the recent development in operatic writing, is Aïda, in which he has followed in a measure the leading of Wagner. "Il Trovatore" achieved most extraordinary popularity, and is still a leading favourite in Britain, where an English version has been performed for a number of years by various opera companies. His music is an advance on that of Donizetti and Bellini in its dramatic colouring, and in some respects equals and transcends that of Rossini. In his recent works he takes rank above all other Italian composers of the present time.
19VERHULST (Johannes Josephus Herman). Dutch comp. and cond., B. at the Hague, March 19, 1816. S. under J. Klein, and at Leipzig. Cond. of Euterpe Concerts at Leipzig (resigned 1882). Cond. at the Hague, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. Comp. symphonies, overtures, quartets, and other instrumental works, and music for the church and voice.
21VERNON (Joseph). English tenor vocalist, B. Coventry [1738]. S. under W. Savage. Appeared at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1751, and from 1756 sang at Vauxhall and other London Concerts, and appeared on the stage in
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