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1Hall. In 1885 he founded and edited The Keynote, a musical journal, and in 1887 became conductor of the Boston Oratorio Society, and removed to that city, where he still resides. Works: Adagio maestoso for organ; Fugue in D minor, id.; Grand fantasia in F, id.; Andantes in D, F, and A, id.; Concert variations, id.; Marche triomphale, id.; 12 pieces, id.; 2 gavottes in D and E-flat, for pianoforte; Polka de salon, id.; 3 impromptus, id.; King Witlaf's Drinking-horn; Songs, part-songs, etc. He is the author also of "The Organ," a theoretical treatise, with original exercises and compositions; and of "The Collegiate Organ Tutor" (London, n. d.).
3ARDEMANIO, GIULIO CESARE, born (?), died in Milan in 1650. Maestro di cappella and organist of the churches S. M. della Scala and S. Fedele. His compositions were held in high esteem long after his death. Among them are: Motetti (Milan, 1616); Faux-Bourdons (ib., 1618); Musica a più voci con basso per l'organo (ib., 1628).—Fétis; Schilling.
5ARDITI, LUIGI, born at Crescentino, Piedmont, July 16, 1825. Dramatic composer and violinist, pupil, in 1836–42, at the Conservatorio, Milan. In 1843 he made his début as director of the opera at Vercelli, where he was made honorary member of the Accademia Filarmonica. With Bottesini he visited Havana in 1846, and then Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, where he conducted the opera at the opening of the Academy of Music, Oct. 2, 1854. In 1856 he visited Constantinople, and in 1858 settled in London as conductor at Her Majesty's Theatre. He afterwards travelled with an Italian company through the principal German cities, and conducted Italian opera at St. Petersburg in the winter of 1871–73, and at Vienna each spring after 1870. Works: I briganti, opera, given at the Conservatorio, Milan, 1841; Il corsaro, do., Havana, about 1846; La spia, do., New York, 1856; Overture (1840); do., and Souvenir de Donizetti (1842); Commemoration ode, given at the Crystal Palace, June 10, 1873, and Il Bacio, vocal waltz; L'Ardita, do. He has also written violin music, consisting of arrangements from operas, or American songs.—Fétis, Supplément, i. 21; Mendel; Vapereau, 1880.
7ARDITI, MICHELE, Marchese, born at Presicca, Naples, Sept. 29, 1745, died in Naples, April 23, 1838. Amateur dramatic composer, pupil of Jommelli. In 1807 he became director-general of the Museo Reale Borbonico. Works: Olimpiade, opera; Sacred and secular cantatas; Motets; Symphonies; Overtures; Sonatas for pianoforte; Arias with orchestra or pianoforte.—Fétis.
9ARDORE, Principe D'. See Milano.
11ARENA, GIUSEPPE, born in Naples (?) at the beginning of the 18th century. Dramatic composer, very popular in his time. Works—Operas: Achille in Sciro, given in Rome, 1738; Tigrane, Venice, 1741; Alessandro in Persia, London, 1741; Farnace, Rome, 1742. He left in manuscript: Principj per cembalo o organo.—Fétis.
13ARENS, FRANZ XAVIER, born, of German parentage, on the banks of the Moselle, Germany, Oct. 28, 1856, still living, 1888. Organist, pupil on the pianoforte and organ of his father. When fifteen years old he became organist and choirmaster in a small town near Cleveland, Ohio; after finishing the normal school course at St. Francis, near Milwaukee, where he studied the organ, the violin, and harmony and singing, he took charge of a church choir in Milwaukee, at the same time continuing his lessons in counterpoint with Prof. Singenberger of the St. Francis Normal School. After acting as musical director of Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., three years, he went

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