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Dictionary of music, 1896
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1Bé, Guillaume le. (See Le Bé.)
3Beauchamps, Pierre François Godard de, b. 1689, Paris, d. there 1761. He wrote a History of the French theatre since the year 1161 (1735), and "Bibliothèque des Théâtres" (description of dramas, operas, etc., which have been performed, with notices of composers, etc., 1746).
5Beaulieu, Marie Désiré Martin, b. April 11, 1791, Paris, d. Dec. 1863, Niort; pupil of Méhul; won the Prix de Rome in 1810, but did not accept it. Soon afterwards he married and withdrew to Niort, where he founded a musical society, and devoted himself to study and to composition. In the course of years he stirred up musical life in other départements of the west, so that in 1835 a great central society, under the name "Association Musicale de l'Ouest," sprang into life, and established a grand musical festival every year in alternate towns. B. bequeathed 100,000 francs to this society. The Paris society for classical music was also created by B. The list of his compositions is a stately one, including operas, Anacréon, Philadelphie; lyrical scenes, "Jeanne d'Arc," "Psyché et l'Amour;" oratorios, masses, hymns, orchestral pieces, fantasias for violin, songs, etc. But besides these, B. published the following writings: "Du Rhythme, des effets qu'il produit et de leurs causes" (1852); "Mémoire sur ce qui reste de la musique de l'ancienne Grèce dans les premiers chants de l'Église"; "Mémoire sur le caractère que doit avoir la musique d'Église, etc." (1858); "Mémoire sur quelques airs nationaux qui sont dans la tonalité grégorienne" (1858); "Mémoire sur l'origine de la musique" (1859).
7Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Carron de, b. Jan. 24, 1732, d. May 19, 1799, Paris; famous French poet, whose two comedies, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, furnished the two libretti in each of which the genius of Mozart and of Rossini was most fully displayed.
9Beauquier, Charles, French writer on music, b. about 1830. He published a "Philosophie de Musique" (1865), a book of doubtful value. B. was for a long period a contributor to the Revue et Gazette Musicale; he was also the poet of the libretto of Lalo's Fiesque. Since 1870 he has been an administrative officer.
11Bebisation. (See Bobisation.)
13Bebung (Fr. Balancement). This was a mode of playing on the clavichord, not possible on the pianoforte (the clavier of our day). It consisted of a light balancing of the finger on the key, which produced a soft rubbing of the tangent against the string. The B. was indicated by . . . . above the note. Somewhat similar is the trembling of the tone on stringed instruments, also on the zither and the guitar, i.e., a light vacillation of pitch produced by a quick trembling movement of the finger placed on the string. The tremolo of the voice (which singers prefer to call B. or vibrato) is a similar kind of effect. Excessive use of such mannerisms produces dulness, and renders the performance effeminate.
15Bécarre (Fr.), the natural (‡, B. quadratum). (See B.)
17Beccatelli, Giovanni, Francesco, a native of Florence, maestro at Prato, d. 1734. He wrote several short musical essays, some of which were printed in Giornale de' letterati d'Italia (33rd year and third Supplement); the rest remained in manuscript.
19Becher, (1), Alfred Julius, b. April 27, 1803, Manchester, of German parents; went as a child to Germany, was for a short time lawyer at Elberfeld, but devoted himself to musical studies and to composition; was editor of a paper at Cologne, went next to Düsseldorf, the Hague, and finally to London, where he was appointed harmony teacher at the Academy in 1840. From there he moved to Vienna, where in 1848, on account of participation in the Revolution, he was condemned by martial law and shot. A great number of his pf. works and songs were printed, also the pamphlets "Das niederrheinische Musikfest, ästhetisch und historisch betrachtet" (1836), and "Jenny Lind, eine Skizze ihres Lebens" (1847).—(2) Joseph, b. Aug. 1, 1821, Neukirchen (Bavaria), first prefect of the normal school and precentor at Amberg, afterwards minister at Mintraching, near Ratisbon. He wrote a great number of sacred compositions (of masses alone more than sixty).
21Bechstein, Fr. W. Karl, pianoforte maker, b. June 1, 1826, Gotha; worked first in various German pianoforte factories, and from 1848–52 managed the business of G. Peran, at Berlin. He then travelled, for the purpose of study, to London and Paris, where he worked with Pape and Kriegelstein, and in 1856, with modest means, set up business on his own account in Berlin. Within a short space of time the house took such a favourable turn that the greatest pianists began to show an interest in Bechstein's manufactory. His three large factories in Berlin, with two steam-engines of 100 horse-power, at present give employment to 500 workmen, and he turns out yearly over 3,000 instruments, of which 1,200 are grands, and the rest cottage pianos. At the international exhibitions of London (1862), Paris (1868), and at other important exhibitions, his pianos received the highest medals. In London the firm keeps up a branch house. Bechstein's three sons now successfully assist him in the management of his factories, offices, and store-houses.
23Beck, (1) David, organ maker, at Halberstadt, about 1590; built the organ at Grünigen, near Magdeburg, 1592–96, which was restored 1705 (cf. A. Werckmeister), the organ of St. Martin's
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