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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888

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1AHLSTRÖM
3With Boman, he edited a collection of Swedish popular airs, "Walda svenska Folkdansar och Folkledar" (Stockholm), some of which were sung by Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, and for two years edited a Swedish musical periodical, "Musikaliskt Tidsfördrif." Works: 4 sonatas for pianoforte (Stockholm, 1783, 1786); also operas, cantatas, and songs.—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling.
5AHLSTRÖM, JOHAN NICLAS, born at Wisby on the isle of Gothland, Sweden, June 5, 1805, died at Stockholm, May 14, 1857. Dramatic composer, studied music in his native place and, chiefly without a master, while at the University of Upsala; after returning home, he travelled as orchestra conductor with a theatrical company, and settled at Karlskrona to teach music. Having afterwards become organist and musical director at Westerås, he was called to Stockholm in 1842 as conductor at the newly erected Nya Theatern. From 1845 he held different positions as instructor, orchestra conductor at various theatres, and organist. He deserves much credit for having searched for and arranged many popular melodies. Among his numerous compositions are the operas: Alfred the Great, and Abu Hassan; Music to the tragedy of Agne; Several cantatas; 6 quartets for stringed instruments; Sonata for pianoforte, violin, viola, and violoncello; Quintet for flute, two violins, viola, and violoncello; Trio; Concerto for pianoforte, with orchestra.—Mendel, Ergänz., 6.
7AIBLINGER, JOHANN CASPAR, born at Wasserburg, Bavaria, Feb. 23, 1779, died in Munich, May 6, 1867. He began his musical education at the seminary of Tegernsee in 1790, then went to Munich, where he secured a pension which allowed him to study in Italy. At Bergamo in 1802 he wrote music under the direction of Mayr, was patronized by the Vice-Queen of Italy, and went to Milan as Kapellmeister to the royal chapel. He afterwards went to Venice, where, in conjunction with the Abbé Gregorio Trentino, he founded the Odeon Institution. On the death of Winter, in 1825, he was recalled to Bavaria and appointed Kapellmeister to the court. In 1833 he revisited Italy, was made a member of the Academy of St. Cecilia at Rome, and settled at Bergamo, where he collected ancient classical music, now in the Staatsbibliothek, Munich. Works: Bianca, ballet (Milan, 1820); I Titani, ballet (ib., 1820); Rodrigo und Chimene, opera, given at Munich, 1821; Requiems, Masses, Litanies, Psalms, Offertories, etc., with full vocal and instrumental choirs. Most of his church music, which is written with great skill, has been published in Munich, Augsburg, and Paris, and one pastorale for organ in Milan.—Allgem. d. Biogr., i. 163; Fétis; Mendel; Grove.
9AICH, GOTTFRIED, composer of church music, and canon of the Order of Premonstrants in the 17th century. He published at Augsburg, in 1663, a work entitled: Fructus ecclesiasticus trium, quatuor et quinque vocum, duorum vel trium instrum. cum secundo choro.—Fétis.
11AICHINGER, GREGOR, born at Augsburg (?) about 1565, died after 1614. Having taken holy orders, he became organist at Augsburg in the service of Jacob Fugger, baron of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn. In 1599 he visited Rome, and spent two years in study. His works show the influence of the Venetian school. His Madrigals, Cantatas, Litanies, etc., are among the best German compositions of the time. Works: Lib. i. Sacrarum cantionum and Lib. ii. Sacrarum cantionum (Venice, 1590–1595); Sacrae cantiones, dedicated to the chapter of the cathedral at Augsburg (Nuremberg, 1597); Tricinæ Mariana quibus, Antiphoræ, etc. (Innspruck, 1598); Divinæ laudes, etc. (1602); Vespertini Virginis canticum (Augsburg, 1604); Cantiones ecclesiasticæ, etc. (Dillingen, 1607); this work is especially remarkable for being one of the first wherein the words basso continuo appear. His church compositions number in all seventeen, published up to the year 1613. Proske gives a Litany, Stabat mater, and

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