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1sented: La Sposina, a Riviera woman, and Il Marinajo, a Genoese sailor, and choruses of sailors and mothers and wives of the seamen. It was given at the Crystal Palace, London, Dec. 2, 1876. Published by Boosey (London, 1871).—Upton, Standard Cantatas, 334.
3ONSLOW, GEORGE, born, of English parentage, at Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), July 27, 1784, died there, Oct. 3, 1852. A grandson of the first Lord Ons- low, he passed some years while a child in London, where he was pupil of Hüllmandel, Dussek, and Cramer. Returning to France, he began the study of the violoncello, and played chamber music with his friends. He studied under Reicha, and resided a while in Vienna, then divided his time between Clermont and Paris. In 1842 he succeeded Cherubini as member of the Institut. He was a most industrious composer, and enjoyed a great reputation during his lifetime. Works—Operas: L'alcalde de la Vega, Paris, 1824; Le colporteur, ib., 1827; Le duc de Guise, ib., 1837. Four symphonies, op. 41, 42, 69, 71; Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and string quartet, op. 77; Septet for pianoforte, flute, oboe, etc., op. 79; sextet for do., op. 30; 34 string quintets; 36 string quartets; 10 trios for pianoforte and strings; 6 sonatas for pianoforte and violin; 3 do. for piano-forte and violoncello; Sonatas, variations, toccatas, etc., for pianoforte; Abel's Death, solo scena for bass, with orchestra.—Grove; Riemann; Fétis; Mendel; Schilling; Harmonicon (1828), 263; Riehl, Mus. Charakterköpfe, i. 293.
5ON THE BANKS OF SWEET GARONNE. See Oberon.
7Ô NUIT D'AMOUR. See Faust, Gounod.
8O, PARDON ME, MY GOD. See Erbarme dich, mein Gott.
9OPFERLIED (Offering Song), song with orchestral accompaniment in E, by Beethoven, op. 121b, on Matthison's song of the same title. It was written in 1794, and revised in 1801 or 1802, and again in 1805 or 1807, and completed in 1822–23 for the tenor Ehler's benefit concert in Presburg. The sketches are preserved in a note-book, in the Königliche Bibliothek, Berlin. Published by Schott (Mainz, 1825), as Chant du Sacrifice, by Schonenburg (Paris); by Breitkopf & Härtel, Beethoven Werke, Serie xxii., No. 212. Another song on the same poem, for voice with pianoforte, was written by Beethoven in 1797. Published without opus number by Breitkopf & Härtel, Beethoven Werke, Serie xxiii., No. 233.—Thayer, Verzeichniss, 144; Nohl, Beethoven, iii. 393, 577; Nottebohm, Beethoveniana, 51; Cäcilia, viii. 66; Allgem. mus. Zeitg., xxvii. 704.
11OPHELIA, symphonic poem for orchestra, by E. A. Macdowell, op. 22, first performed in Germany in 1885; at Chickering Hall, New York, Nov. 4, 1886.—Krehbiel, Review (1886–87), 16.
13Ô PUISSANTE MAGIE. See Pardon de Ploërmel.
15ORATORIO, FATHER OF. See Ani- muccia.
16ORATORIO DE NOËL (Christmas Oratorio), for chorus and soli, with accompaniment of strings, harp, and organ, text from the Bible, music by Saint-Saëns, op. 12. Published by Durand Schœnewerk & Cie. (Paris). Messe de Noël, oratorio, by Lesueur, first performed in Paris, Dec. 25, 1786.
18ORAZJ E CURIAZJ, GLI (The Horatii and Curiatii), Italian opera in two acts, text by Sografi, music by Cimarosa, first
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