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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1BANISTER
3BANISTER, JOHN, born in London in 1630, died there, Oct. 3, 1679. Dramatic composer and violinist. His violin-playing attracted the notice of Charles II., who sent him to France to study, and on his return in 1663 made him leader of his band. He was the first to establish in London lucrative concerts, which he kept up until near the time of his decease. He wrote the music to the tragic opera of Circe, by Dr. Charles Davenant, eldest son of Sir William Davenant, given in 1676 at the Duke of York's Theatre; and also wrote, jointly with Pelham Humfrey, the music to The Tempest, performed in 1676. He was one of the contributors to Playford's Courtly Masquing Ayres (1662), and published some lessons for viols or violins.—Grove; Hawkins, Notes to North's Memoirs of Musick.
5BAPTISTE, JOHANN ALBRECHT FRIEDRICH, born, of French parents, at Oettingen, Bavaria, Aug. 8, 1700, died at Cassel about 1764. Violinist, lived in 1703-20 at Darmstadt, visited Paris in 1718, and travelled in Italy and most of the European countries until 1726, when he settled at Cassel as court dancing-master, his father's profession. Works: 12 solos for violin; 6 do. for violoncello; 6 trios for oboe and violoncello; 36 solos for bass viol; 12 concertos for do.; 6 sonatas for flute.—Fétis; Schilling.
7BAPTISTE (real name Baptiste Anet), lived last of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries. Violinist, pupil of Corelli for four years, from 1700. He went to Paris, where he was looked upon as a musical prodigy, and did much to develop violin-playing by introducing Corelli's method; but he failed to suit the taste of Louis XIV., who preferred Lulli's music, and Baptiste went to Poland, where he became music director to the King. Published works: Sonates pour violon, 1, 2, 3 liv.; Deux suites de pièces à deux musettes, œuv. 2; Six duos pour deux musettes, œuv. 3.—Fétis.
9BAPTISTIN (Batistin), JEAN, born, of German parents, in Florence, Italy, about 1690, died in Paris, Dec. 9, 1755. Dramatic composer and violoncellist in the orchestra of the Opéra in Paris. His real name was Johann Struck. He stood in high favour with Louis XIV., who allowed him an annual pension during his sojourn in France. Works: Méléagre, lyric tragedy, giyen in Paris, Académie Royale de Musique, 1709; Manto la Fée, do., ib., Opéra, 1711; Polydore, do., Académie, 1720; Four books of cantatas (Paris, 1706, 1708, 1711, 1714); Collection of arias (ib., 1709). Several operas and ballets, written for the court, and not performed in Paris.—Fétis; Mendel.
11BARBÉ, ANTOINE, born, probably in Hainault, in the early part of the 16th century, died at Antwerp, Dec. 4, 1564. Church composer, called to Antwerp in 1527 as maître de musique of the maîtrise of Notre Dame, which position he held for thirty-five years, becoming so famous as a composer and leader that the best musicians of that epoch placed themselves under his direction. Nearly all of his numerous masses, motets, hymns, anthems, etc., that were executed daily at Notre Dame, were destroyed with the cathedral by the Iconoclasts in 1566. Only the following survive: Two motets (Antwerp, Van Vissenaken, 1542); Four-part song (ib., Tylman Susato, 1544); Vecy la danse de Barbarie, mass (ib., 1545-46). His son (died, 1604) and grandson (died, 1626), both named Antoine, were also musicians of distinction.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, i. 703.
13BARBE-BLEU (Blue Beard), opéra-bouffe in three acts and four tableaux, text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, music by Offenbach, first represented at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris, Feb. 5, 1866.
15BARBELLA, EMANUELE, born in Naples, beginning of the 18th century, died
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