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1AVARO
3AVARO, L' (The Miser), Italian opera, music by Anfossi, represented in 1775; music by Sarti, Venice, 1777; music by Rutini, Rome, 1789; music by J. S. Mayr, Venice, 1799; music by Orlandi, Bologna, 1801; music by Josef Haydn, Paris, 1802; music by Bianchi, Paris, 1804; music by Fioravanti, about 1804; music by Cordella, Naples, about 1810; music by Conte Miari, Venice, 1811; music by Savij, Parma, 1840; music by Quarenghi, 1863; music by C. Brizzi, Bologna, 1877. L' avaro burlato (The Miser Tricked), Italian comic opera, by Giovanni Paisiello, Prague, 1784; by Giuseppe Sborgi, 1873; by Margaria, Turin, 1877. L' avaro deluso (The Miser Deluded), by Sacchini, London, 1778. L' avaro punito (The Miser Punished), by Galuppi, about 1760.
5AVE, VERUM CORPUS, motet for chorus, with string accompaniment, by Mozart, composed at Baden, near Vienna, in June, 1791.
7AVILA, TOMÁSO LUÍS VITTORIO D', Spanish composer, living about the close of the 16th century. He published the following work: Motecta festorum totius anni cum communi sanctorum, quatuor, quinque, sex et octo vocibus (Rome, 1585).—Fétis.
9AVISON, CHARLES, born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in 1710, died there May 10, 1770. Vocal composer and organist, pupil of Geminiani; studied also in Italy. In 1736 he became organist of the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle. He was the author of "An Essay on Musical Expression" (1752), and he edited, with John Garth, organist of Durham, Marcello's Psalms (1757), adapted to English words. Works: 5 concertos for a full band of stringed instruments; 2 sets of sonatas for harpsichord and two violins; Quartets and trios. The once popular air, "Sound the loud timbrel," is adapted from one of his concertos.—Hawkins; Grove; Brand, Newcastle.
11AVONDANO, PIETRO ANTONIO, born at Naples about the beginning of the 18th century, died about 1786. Dramatic composer and violoncellist. Works: Berenice, opera, given at Naples about 1730; Il mondo della luna, do., ib., about 1732; Gioa, rè di Giuda, oratorio; La morte d'Abele, do.; Twelve sonatas for violin and violoncello, op. 1 (Amsterdam, 1732); Duets for violin and violoncello. The manuscript scores of his two oratorios are in the Royal Library at Berlin.—Fétis.
13AVVISO AI MARITATI, L' (Advice to the Married), Italian opera buffa, music by Cimarosa, represented in Naples, 1780; music by Isouard, his first opera, Florence, 1795; music by J. S. Mayr, Venice, 1798; music by Caruso, Rome, 1810; music by Henri Cohen, written for Naples, 1838, but not produced.
15AWAKE, MY SOUL, hymn, music by François Hippolyte Barthéléémon, written in London, about 1780.
17AXUR, RÈ D' ORMUS. See Tarare.
19AYLWARD, THEODORE, born in 1731, died in London, Feb. 27, 1801. He was awarded a prize medal by the Catch Club in 1769, and became professor of music in Gresham College in 1771; organist and choirmaster at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in 1788. Mus. Doc., Oxford, 1791. Works: 6 lessons for the harpsichord, organ, or pianoforte, op. 1; Elegies and glees, op. 2 (1785); Music for the dramas Harlequin's Invasion, Midsummer Night's Dream, etc.; 8 canzonets for two sopranos; Glees; Church music.—Grove.
21AYRTON, EDMUND, born at Ripon, England, in 1734, died in Westminster, London, May 22, 1808. Organist, pupil of Dr. Nares. He was elected, when quite young, organist of the collegiate church of Southwell; became in 1764 a gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and soon after vicar-choral of St. Paul's, and one of the lay clerks of Westminster Abbey. In 1780, on the resignation of Dr. Nares, he was appointed master of the children of His Majesty's chapels, which post he held until 1805. He received the degree of Mus. Doc. from the
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