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Dictionary of music, 1900
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1daughter Antonie was betrothed to Theod. Körner.
3Adami da Bolsena, Andrea, b. 1663, Bolsena, d. July 22, 1742, Rome; was papal maestro, and wrote "Osservazioni per ben regolare il coro dei cantori della Capella Pontifica" (1711), a book rich in historical notes.
5Adamonti, vide ADAMBERGER.
7Adams, Thomas, a distinguished English organist and composer for that instrument, b. Sept. 5, 1785, London, d. there, Sept. 15, 1858; superintended, amongst other things, the musical performances on the Apollicon, built by Flight and Robson. His published works are organ fugues, interludes, sets of variations (also for pf.), and sacred music.
9Adcock, James, b. 1778, Eton, Bucks, d. Apr. 30, 1860, Cambridge; was chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and then at Eton; in 1797 became a lay clerk, and afterwards a member of various church choirs in Cambridge, where he finally became choirmaster at King's College. He published "The Rudiments of Singing," and a number of glees of his own composition.
11Addison, John, English composer, b. about 1770, d. Jan. 30, 1844, London; led an active life as double-bass player, conductor (Dublin), cotton manufacturer (Manchester), music-seller (with M. Kelly in London), and finally as composer and teacher of singing, and of the double-bass. His wife (Miss Williams) was a highly esteemed opera singer. Addison's operettas were much admired in their day (1805-18).
13Addolorato (Ital.), with expression of grief.
15Adelboldus, Bishop of Utrecht, d. Nov. 27, 1027; the author of a treatise on musical theory, printed by Gerbert in the first volume of the "Scriptores."
17Adelburg, August, Ritter von, violinist, b. Nov. 1, 1830, Constantinople, d., disordered in intellect, Oct. 20, 1873, Vienna; was intended for the diplomatic career, but studied (1850-4) under Mayseder, who made him a first-rate violinist. In the sixties he created a sensation by the fulness of his tone. He composed sonatas and concertos for violin, stringed quartets, etc.; also 3 operas, Zrinyi (1868 at Pesth), Wallenstein, and Martinuzzi.
19Adelung, vide ADLUNG.
21À demi jeu (Fr.), with half the power of the instrument.
23À demi voix (Fr.), with half the power of the voice (mezza voce).
25À deux (Fr.), for two instruments or voices. This expression is also used for à deux temps.
27Adgio, Ado, abbreviations for ADAGIO.
29Adiaphon (= incapable of getting out of tune), or Gabelklavier, an instrument with keyboard invented by Fischer and Fritzsch at Leipzig, patented in 1882, and successfully produced at the festival of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein at Leipzig in 1883. Instead of strings it has tuning-forks. The ethereal though somewhat empty sound of the instrument has recently been strengthened by double forks tuned in octave.
31Adiràto (Ital.), in an angry manner.
33Adjustment of the registers of the voice. (See REGISTER.)
35Adler (1), Georg, Hungarian composer, b. 1806, Ofen; excellent performer on the violin and pianoforte, and teacher; published a series of good chamber-music works, pf. variations, songs, and part-songs.—(2) Guido, b. Nov. 1, 1855, Eibenschütz (Moravia), son of a physician, after whose early death (1856) the mother moved to Iglau. In 1864 A. attended the academic Gymnasium at Vienna, of which he conducted the pupils' choir for a time, and also the Conservatorium, where he became pupil of Bruckner and Dessoff. In 1874, after gaining a prize, he left the Conservatorium, attended the University, and, together with F. Mottl and K. Wolf, founded the academic Wagner Society, which soon became an important body. In 1878 he took the degree of Dr. juris, in 1880 that of Dr. phil. (Dissertation "Die historischen Grundklassen der christlich-abendländischen Musik bis 1600," printed in the Allg. M. Z., 1880, Nos. 44-47), and in 1881 qualified himself at the Vienna University as a private lecturer on the science of music (Thesis: "Studie zur Geschichte der Harmonie," printed in the report of the "Phil. hist. Kl. d. kaiserl. Acad. der Wissensch.," Vienna, 1881, also separately). In 1882 he went as delegate to the International Liturgical Congress at Arezzo, of which he wrote a detailed report. In 1884, together with Chrysander and Spitta, he founded the Vierteljahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft, which he edited for a year, and in 1885 was appointed Professor of the Science of Music at the German University at Prague. Adler on that occasion wrote a monograph on the Fauxbourdon (q.v.), and the treatise of Guilelmus Monachus, in which he clearly shows that counterpoint and harmony were of independent origin, and developed themselves collaterally. In 1892 he was elected president of the Central Committee of the International Exhibition for "Musik u. Theater."—(3) Vincent, composer and pianist, b. 1828, d. Jan. 4, 1871, Geneva.
37Adlgasser, Anton Cajetan, b. April 3, 1728, Innzell, near Traunstein (Bavaria), pupil of Eberlin at Salzburg, d. there Dec. 21, 1777, where from 1751 he was principal organist of the cathedral. His church compositions were highly valued, and were even performed at Salzburg after his death.
39Adlung (Adelung), Jakob, b. Jan. 14, 1699, Bindersleben, near Erfurt, d. July 5, 1762: studied philology and theology at Erfurt and
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