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Biographical dictionary of musicians : with a bibliography of English writings on music, 1886
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1Martilmasse Day; Soft thro' the woodland; Sweetly, sweetly tune the Lyre; Wind thy horn, my hunter boy! Glees, harmonized or adapted: Banks of the Yarrow; Bells of Aberdovey; Bells of St. Michael's Tower; Down the burn, Davie; Waters of Elle!; Erl-King; Fair Flora decks; Hark! Apollo strikes the Lyre!; Hence, gloomy care!; Hope told a flatt'ring tale; It was a friar of orders grey; Kelvin Grove; Pretty Fairy! when I view; Rosabelle (O listen, listen); Row, gently row; Rule Britannia; The Storm; Winds gently whisper; The midges dance aboon the burn; The Maid of Islay. Anthems: Calm on the bosom of thy God; My soul truly waiteth; Sing aloud unto God; The Prodigal Son (I will arise) adapted; also, hymn tunes, chants, school songs harmonized, rounds, etc.; Handbook of Musical Biography. London, 12mo, 1883.
3BAPTISTE (Ludwig Albert Friedrich.) French comp., B. Attingen, Swabia, Aug. 8, 1700. D. Cassel, 1764. Composer of instrumental music.
5BARBA (Joze). Spanish comp., B. Barcelona, April 15, 1804. Writer of church music. D. Barcelona, 1883.
7BARBAJA (Domenico). Italian impresario, B. Milan, 1778. D. Posilippo, Oct. 16, 1841. Produced operas by Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti, and brought forward a number of famous vocalists.
9BARBANDT (Charles). German org. and comp., was org. of Chap. of Count Haslang, the Bavarian Ambassador, London, 1764. Writer of symphonies for orchestra, and sonatas for harpsichord, etc. Teacher of Samuel Webbe, and compiler of "Sacred Hymns, Anthems, and Versicles,"…1766.
11BARBARA (Pierre Henri). French pianist and comp., B. Orleans, April 28, 1823. D. Libourne, May 9, 1863.
13BARBARINO (Bartolomeo). Italian comp. of motets and madrigals, issued during 1609-1617.
15BARBATI (Aniello). Italian professor and comp., B. Naples, Sept. 4, 1824. Writer of masses, operas, etc.
17BARBEDETTE (Henry). French writer, B. 1825. Author of works on Beethoven, Chopin, Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Heller, etc. The work on Heller has been translated into English by the Rev. R. Brown-Borthwick.
19BARBER (Abraham). English comp. of this name wrote a "Book of Psalm Tunes, in four parts," 1686; which in 1715 had reached a 7th edition. Barber was a bookseller in Wakefield.
21BARBEREAU (Mathurin Auguste B.) French comp., B. Paris, Nov. 14, 1799. S. at Paris Cons. from 1810. Gained "Grand Prix de Rome" (with "Agnes Sorel," cantata), 1824. Leader at Théâtre des Nouveautés, Paris. D. Paris, 1879.
23Barbereau's works consist of some orchestral pieces and a number of vocal pieces of varying extent. He is principally known in France as a theorist, while in England he is scarcely known at all. He travelled in Germany and Italy after gaining the Grand Prix, and while there, laid the foundation of that profound theoretical knowledge for which he has been made famous. His compositions are not numerous, and they do not seem to possess any of those features which claim popularity.
25BARBIER (Frédéric Étienne). French comp., B. Metz, Nov. 15, 1829. Resided in Paris, where he lived as teacher and leader at the Théâtre International.
27Works.—Operas: Le Mariage de Colombine; Une Nuit à Séville, 1855; Rose et Narcisse, 1855; Le Pacha, 1858; Francastor, 1858; Le Page de Mme. Malbrough, 1858; Le Faux Faust, 1858; Le Docteur Tam-Tam, 1859; Monsieur Deschalu-meaux, 1859; Le Grand Roi d'Yvetot, 1859; Le Loup et l'Agneau, 1862; Simon Terre-Neuve, 1863; Deux Permissions de dix heures, 1864; Panne aux Airs; Les Amours d'un Shah, 1861; Flamberge au vent, 1861; Versez, marquis, 1862; La Cigale et la Fourmi, 1862; La Gamine du Village, 1863; Les Trois Normandes, 1863; Achille chez Chiron, 1864; Le Bouqetière de Trianon, 1864; Mme.
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