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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1psalms; Cantatas; Pianoforte sonatas; Quartets for different instruments; Canzonets, and other compositions.—Fétis; Mendel; Schilling.
3NICCOLINI, LOUIS, born at Pistoja in 1769, died at Leghorn in 1829. Pupil of Rutini at Florence, then of Sala, Tritto, and Paisiello at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. In 1789 he was appointed maestro di cappella of the cathedral at Leghorn. Works: Several ballets for the Teatro San Carlo, Naples; Masses, litanies, and many other sacred compositions.—Fétis.
5NICCOLÒ DE’ LAPI, ossia l’assedio di Firenze, Italian opera seria in four acts, text by Pinto, music by Pacini, first represented in Florence, Oct. 29, 1873. It was sung by Mme Ronzi-Checchi, Augusti, and Nierly. Same text, music by Francesco Schira, London, March 7, 1863; by Giovanni Rossi, Ancona, 1864, Parma, 1866; by Gammieri, St. Petersburg, Dec. 6, 1877; and by Terziani, Rome, February, 1883.
7NICHELMANN, CHRISTOPH, born at Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, Aug. 13, 1717, died in Berlin, July 20, 1762. Instrumental and vocal composer, and writer on music; pupil of Bach, and his oldest son, at the Thomasschule in Leipsic, and of Quantz in Berlin, having in the meanwhile lived in Hamburg. In 1744–56 he was pianist to Frederick the Great. He is now chiefly known by his book Die Melodie nach ihrem Wesen, etc. (Dantzig, 1755), which he defended successfully against the attacks of a pseudonymous Dünkelfeind. Works: Il sogno di Scipione, serenade, Berlin, 1746; Galatea, pastorale (with Frederick the Great, Graun, and Quantz), ib.; Pianoforte music, and songs for the collections of Marpurg (1756), Voss (1758), Lange (1758), and Birnstiel (1760).—Fétis; Gerber; Mendel; Schilling.
9NICODÉ, JEAN LOUIS, born at Jerezik, near Posen, Aug. 12, 1853, still living, 1890. Pianist, first instructed in Berlin by his father, then pupil of Hartkäs, and at Kul- one of two readings
11lak’s Academie of Kullak on the pianoforte, and of Wüerst in theory; finally, of Kiel in counterpoint and composition. Having for several years taught in Berlin, where he repeatedly played in public, he made a concert tour with Madame Artôt through Galicia and Roumania in 1878, and became in 1879 instructor at the Conservatorium in Dresden. Works: Maria Stuart, symphonic poem; Symphonic variations on an original theme; Chamber music; Sonatas for pianoforte, etc.—Riemann. one of two readings
12NICODÉ, JEAN LOUIS, born at Jerezik, near Posen, Aug. 12, 1853, still living, 1890. Pianist, first instructed in Berlin by his father, then pupil of Hartkäs, and at Kulak’s Academie of Kullak on the pianoforte, and of Wüerst in theory; finally, of Kiel in counterpoint and composition. Having for several years taught in Berlin, where he repeatedly played in public, he made a concert tour with Madame Artôt through Galicia and Roumania in 1878, and became in 1879 instructor at the Conservatorium in Dresden. Works: Maria Stuart, symphonic poem; Symphonic variations on an original theme; Chamber music; Sonatas for pianoforte, etc.—Riemann. one of two readings
14NICOLA, KARL, born at Mannheim in 1797, died at Hanover, June, 1875. Violinist, pupil of Wendling and in composition of Gottfried Weber; member of the court orchestra at Mannheim, Stuttgart (1821–23), and finally at Hanover. Works: Overture to the drama Anna Boleyn; Adagio and rondo for violin and orchestra; 2 quartets for strings; Sonatas for violin and pianoforte; About 7 collections of German songs.—Fétis; Schilling.
16NICOLAI, (CARL) OTTO (EHRENFRIED), born at Königsberg, June 9, 1810, died in Berlin, May 11, 1849. Dramatic composer, pupil on the pianoforte of his father, a singing teacher; was so unhappy at home that he ran away at the age of sixteen. He was befriended by the Justizrath Adler, of Stargard, who helped him in his studies, and in 1827 sent him to Berlin, where he studied under Zelter and Klein. In 1833 the Chevalier Bunsen sent him to Rome, as organist to the chapel of the Prussian embassy, where he studied, under Baini, the great Italian masters, especially the older ones. Late in 1837 he
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