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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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4(1815); Tutto il servigio di chiesa annuale, etc. (1816); Il terzo Miserere a dieci voci per servigio della cappella pontificia, etc. (1821). Besides these he composed a great number of masses, motets, hymns, psalms, and church concertos for from four to twelve voices.—Allgem. mus. Zeitg., xxxvi. 473; Fétis; Mendel; Schilling; do., Supplement, 13.
6BAJETTI, GIOVANNI, born at Brescia, Italy, in 1815, died in Milan, April 28, 1876. Dramatic composer, and musical director at the Teatro della Scala, Milan. Works: Gonzalvo, opera, given at Milan, La Scala, 1841; Il genio d’Italia, Piacenza, 1843; L’assedio di Brescia, Milan, 1844; Faust (ballet with Costa and Panizza), ib., 1848; Uberto da Brescia, ib., 1866.—Fétis; do., Supplément, i. 38.
8BAKER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, born of American parentage in Wenham, Massachusetts, July 10, 1811, still living, 1888. In 1822 he removed to Salem, and at the age of fourteen began to sing in the choir of the Howard Street Presbyterian Church in that city. During 1828–33 he resided in Boston, whence he removed to Bangor, Maine, to engage in commercial pursuits, without, however, severing his connection with music. In 1836 he returned to Boston, studied under John Paddon, and sang in the choir of the Chauncey Place Church, and in the following year took charge of the music in the Rev. Dr. Channing’s Church. In 1841 he was chosen successor to Lowell Mason, to teach music in the public schools of Boston, and was elected vice-president of the Handel and Haydn Society, a position which he held for six years, appearing in solos at many of the society’s concerts. In 1847 the preliminary work of establishing a music-school in Boston was begun by Mr. Baker, and in 1851 the Boston Music School was incorporated, with a full corps of teachers in the various departments, Mr. Baker being vocal instructor and principal. The establishment of this school was an important event in the development of musical culture in America. In 1868 the school was closed, and Mr. Baker retired from active professional work. Works—Vocal: Death of Osceola, quartet, 1846; Stars of the Summer Night, quartet, 1865; Ave Maria, 1871; The Storm King, cantata, 1856; The Burning Ship, do., 1858; Camillus, the Roman Conqueror, do., 1865; and other songs and quartets. He is also the author of Baker’s Thorough Bass and Harmony, and has compiled several books of glees and anthems.
10BAKER, GEORGE, born in Exeter, England, in 1773, died at Rugeley, Feb. 19, 1847. Organist, pupil (about 1780) of Hugh Bond and of William Jackson, organist of Exeter Cathedral; he also studied the violin under Ward, and the pianoforte and violin under Dussek and William Cramer in London in 1790. He was organist of Stafford in 1795, of Derby in 1810, and of Rugeley in 1824; received the degree of Mus. Doc., Oxford, about 1801. Baker wrote anthems, glees, organ voluntaries, pianoforte sonatas, songs, many of them composed for Incledon, and music to The Cuffres, given unsuccessfully at Covent Garden Theatre, June 2, 1802.—Grove; Fétis.
12BALAKIREV, MILY ALEXEJEVICH, born at Nijni Novgorod, Russia, in 1836, still living, 1888. Pianist, appeared in concerts when still a boy, although he did not take up music as a profession until after his acquaintance with Ulibischeff. In 1855 he appeared as pianist in St. Petersburg with great success, and in 1862 founded,
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