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3Melbourne, Australia, where he was also conductor of Lyster's Opera Company. He organized an opera company with which he travelled through Australia, New Zealand, and India with great success; and on his return to England established a comedy opera company. Works—Operas: Castle Grim, given in London, 1865; The Viking; The Wicklow Rose, Manchester, 1882; 2 others in manuscript. Cantatas: Harvest Home, 1863; The Vintage of the Rhine, 1865; Ministering Angels, 1884; Te Deums; Anthems; Concerted vocal music; Songs.
5ALLES FÜHLT DER LIEBE FREUDEN. See Zauberflöte.
7ALLEVI, GIUSEPPE, Italian composer of the 17th century. He was maestro di cappella of the cathedral at Piacenza; author of three books of sacred music, the second and third of which are entitled: Composizioni sacre a due, tre, e quattro voci, Missa per li defonti a quattro a cappella (Venice, Magni e Gardano, 1662); Terzo libro delle composizioni sacre, etc. (Bologna, Monti, 1668).—Fétis.
9ALLEZ DANS UN CLOÎTRE. See Hamlet.
11ALLISON, HORTON CLARIDGE, born in London, July 25, 1846. Organist and pianist, pupil at the Royal Academy of Music of William Henry Holmes, of Macfarren and of Garcia, at the Conservatorium, Leipsic (1862–65), of Plaidy, Richter, Reinecke, Hauptmann, and Moscheles; won the first prize in 1865, and played at the Gewandhaus Concerts during his stay at Leipsic. Organist of St. James's, London, 1867; St. Paul's, Bolton, 1868; St. Paul's, Kersal, Manchester, 1869; appointed examiner, R.A.M., 1875, and one of the Queen's examiners, 1884. He became A.R.A.M., 1862; Mus. Bac., Cambridge, 1877; Mus. Doc., Dublin, 1877; M.R.A.M., 1880. Works: Sacred cantata for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra (1871), performed in 1877; Cantata for do. (1874); Symphony for full orchestra (1875); Suite for do.; Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra (1870), performed 1877; Le Champ de Mars, war-march for orchestra (1873); Sonata for organ (1865); String quartet (1865); Concerto for two pianofortes (1865), and other pieces and studies for pianoforte; The 110th, 117th, and 134th psalms, for solo voices, chorus, and string orchestra (1876); Lord Wolseley's March, 1883; Anthems; Songs and four-part songs.
13ALLISON, RICHARD, English composer and teacher of music in London in the reign of Elizabeth. His name first occurs as a contributor to Thomas Este's Whole Booke of Psalms, 1592. He published The Psalmes of David in Meter, 1599, a collection of old church tunes harmonized by himself, in four parts, with an accompaniment for the lute, orpharyon, citterne, or bass-viol; also An Hour's Recreation in Musicke, apt for Instruments and Voyces, 1606.
15ALLMÄCHT'GE JUNGFRAU. See Tannhäuser.
17ALLMÄCHT'GER VATER. See Rienzi.
19ALMA L' INCANTATRICE, opera seria in four acts, text by Saint-Georges, music by Flotow, represented at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, April 9, 1878. This work is the development of an older opera by the same master, entitled L'Esclave de Camoëns, given in Paris in 1843, and later in Vienna under the title of Indra.
21ALMEIDA, FERNANDO D', born at Lisbon, Portugal, about 1618, died at Thomar, March 21, 1660. Church composer, one of the most distinguished pupils of Duarte Lobo, and highly esteemed by King John IV. of Portugal. He entered the Order of Christ at Thomar in 1638. Of his works only a folio volume in manuscript is preserved, containing Lamentações, Responsorias e Misereres das tres Officias da
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