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Cyclopedia of music and musicians, 1888
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1MIRY
3years in Italy, appeared in concerts as a tenor, and made a tour in Great Britain with Catherine Hayes. He returned to Boston in 1854 and removed in 1856 to New York, where he settled as a singing teacher, singer, and composer. He served in the civil war as an officer in a New York regiment, was wounded at Chickamauga and sent home, and afterwards had a position in the custom house, New York. Works: Deborah, Italian opera in four acts (MS.); Grand Mass; Church services; 4 Te Deum; 300 songs, and many adaptations from the French, German, and Italian.
5*MIRY, CHARLES, died in Ghent, Belgium, in 1889.
7*MÜLLERLIEDER. For Müllerinn in second line read Müllerin, and for Wenzel in third line read Wilhelm.
9*NESSLER, VICTOR ERNST, died in Leipsic, May 28, 1890. Add to works: Otto der Schütz, Leipsic, 1887; Die Rose von Strassburg, Munich, 1890.
11PADEREWSKI, J. J., born in Poland (?), still living, 1890. Pianist and composer. Works: Praeludium and Minuetto for the pianoforte, op. 1; Élégie, for do., op. 4; Danses polonaises, do., op. 5; Introduction et toccata, do., op. 6; 4 Lieder for voice with pianoforte, op. 7; Chants du voyageur, for pianoforte, op. 8; Danses polonaises, for do., op. 9; Album de mai, do., op. 10; Variations et fugue, do., op. 11; Sonata for violin and pianoforte, op. 13; Humoresques de concert for pianoforte, op. 14; Dans le désert, for do., op. 15; 3 pieces for the pianoforte, Légende, Mélodie, and Thème varié, op. 16; and concerto for pianoforte and orchestra in A minor, op. 17.
13PIZZI, EMILIO, born in Verona, Italy, in 1862, still living, 1890. Dramatic composer, pupil at the Liceo of Bergamo, where he was graduated in 1881; then entered the Milan Conservatorio and was again graduated in 1884, after two years' study under Ponchielli, winning the first prize with a two-act opera entitled Lina. He then went to Scotland to gather material for a new opera, Guglielmo Ratcliffe, text by Zanardini, on a theme drawn from Scottish history. On Oct. 31, 1889, this opera, which was awarded the prize of 5,000 lire in the Baruzzi competition at Bologna, was produced at the Teatro Comunale, in that city, with great success. Two string quartets, composed about the same time, were also awarded the first and second prizes in a competition in Florence.
15*PROUT, EBENEZER. Add to works: Damon and Phintias, cantata for men's voices and orchestra, first given at Oxford, May 31, 1889.
17*PUGET, LOÏSA, died in Pau, France, Nov. 27, 1889.
19*REINECKE, KARL. Add to works: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, cyclus for orchestra, op. 202; Symphony for orchestra in C minor, Moscow, March 29, 1889; 3 songs from Fritz Reuter, op. 205.
21*REQUIEM. Vol. III., page 204, line 12, for Pohl, read Pole.
23*RHEINBERGER, JOSEF. Add to works: Mass for mixed chorus, op. 151; Das Zauberwort, Singspiel in two acts, text by F. von Hoffnaass, op. 153; for 3-part female chorus with organ, op. 155; 12 Characterstücke for organ, op. 156; Mass for mixed chorus with organ, op. 159; Ave Maria (1889).
25*RUBINSTEIN, ANTON. Add to works: Konzertstück for pianoforte and orchestra, op. 113; and Gorjuscha, Russian opera in four acts, on the occasion of the composer's jubilee, St. Petersburg, Dec. 3, 1889.
27*SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE. Add to works: Ascanio, opera in five acts and seven tableaux, text by Paul Meurice and Louis Gallet from the drama Benvenuto Cellini, Opéra, Paris, March 21, 1890.
29STOECKEL, GUSTAVE JACOB, born at Maikammer, Bavarian Palatinate, Germany, Nov. 9, 1819, still living, 1890, in
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