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1OBERTHÜR
3(London), viii.; Signale (1883), 865; (1886) 1153; Athenaeum (1878), ii. 771; Upton, Standard Operas, 333.
5OBERTHÜR, KARL, born in Munich, March 4, 1819, still living, 1890. Virtuoso on the harp, pupil of Elise Brauchle and G. V. Röder; was attached to the theatre of Zürich in 1837–39, then engaged in Wiesbaden, lived in Mannheim in 1842–44, and went to England in 1844, where he held a brief engagement at the Italian Opera in London, and then devoted himself to teaching, composition, and playing in concerts in England and abroad. Works: Floris von Namur, opera, Wiesbaden, about 1840; Der Berggeist des Harzes, do., about 1850; The Pilgrim Queen, cantata for treble voices; The Red Cross Knight, do. for female voices; Lady Jane Grey, cantata; Overtures to Macbeth and to Rübezahl; St. Philip de Neri, mass with harp; Concertino for harp and orchestra; Loreley, a legend, for do.; Quartet for 4 harps; Nocturne for 3 harps; Trios for harp, violin, and violoncello; Many solo pieces for harp; Pianoforte music, and songs.—Fétis, Supplément, ii. 282; Mendel.
7OBIOLS, MARIANO, born at Barcelona, Nov. 26, 1809, died there, Dec. 10, 1888. Violinist, pupil of one Juan Vilanova, and in harmony of Arbos and Saldoni, and in composition of Ramon Vilanova; went to Italy in 1831, and studied under Mercadante, with whom he travelled through Italy, France, and Germany. In 1837 he returned to Spain and soon after was made director of the newly created musical Lyceum at Barcelona, where he organized and conducted regular concerts, and finally became director general of music, and orchestra conductor of the grand theatre of the Lyceum. Works: Odio ed amore, opera, given at Milan, Scala, 1837; Editta di Belcourt, do., Barcelona, 1874; Il regio Imeneo, cantata; Many dramatic scenes for the Lyceum Theatre, Barcelona; Mass; Psalms; 3 Salve Regina; Motets; 3 concert overtures; Serenade; Concerto for English horn; Album religieux; 2 vocal albums, etc.—Fétis, Supplément, ii. 282; Mendel, Ergänz., 316.
9OBRECHT. See Hobrecht.
11OCA DEL CAIRO, L' (The Goose of Cairo), Italian opera buffa in two acts, text by Varesco, music by Mozart, written in Salzburg in July, 1783. Only the first act was finished, for Mozart was dissatisfied with the libretto. The autograph and sketches are in the possession of Jules André, Frankfurt. The scene is in Ripasecca. Characters represented: Don Pippo, Marquis of Ripasecca (B.); Donna Pantea, his wife (S.); Celidora, their daughter (S.); Biondello, a wealthy citizen of Ripasecca (T.); Calandrino, nephew of Donna Pantea (T.); Lavina, companion of Celidora (S.); Chichibos, steward in Don Pippo's house (B.); and Annetta, Donna Pantea's maid (S.). The opera was first published by André. The sketches were finished by Charles Constantin, who added numbers from Mozart's Lo sposo deluso and Zaïde, translated into French by Victor Wilder, and first represented at the Théâtre des Fantaisies Parisiennes, Paris, June 6, 1867; in Vienna, in 1868; and at Drury Lane, London, in Italian, May 12, 1870. Published by André (Offenbach, 1855); by Breitkopf & Härtel, Mozart Werke, Serie v., No. 37 (Supplement).—Köchel, Verzeichniss, No. 422; André, Verzeichniss, No. 47; Jahn, Mozart, iv. 163; Clément et Larousse, 489; Athenaeum (1870), i. 685; Hanslick, Moderne Oper, 49; Neue Zeitschr., liii. 80.
13OCCASIONAL ORATORIO, in three parts, by Handel, first performed at Covent Garden, London, Feb. 14, 19, and 26, 1746. It is supposed that this work was written to be performed at three free concerts which Handel gave to pay his debt to his former subscribers, who had lost eight concerts in the season of 1744–45. Another theory is that it was composed to celebrate the first
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