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1musical culture throughout the United States. As a composer he only produced a few orchestral pieces.
3Bergner, Wilhelm, organist, b. Nov. 4, 1837, Riga, where his father was organist at the church of St. Peter. He studied with his father, afterwards with the cathedral organist, Agthe, at Riga, and with Kühmstadt at Eisenach. After that he became teacher in a boarding school (Liebau), in 1861 organist of the English church at Riga, in 1868 cathedral organist there. By the establishment of a Bach society and cathedral choir B. raised the musical status of Riga, and it was owing to his influence that the great organ in the cathedral was built by Walcker (1882-3).
5Bergonzi, Carlo, celebrated violin-maker at Cremona (1716-55), Stradivari's most distinguished pupil. Of less importance were his son, Michelangelo, and his two grandsons, Niccolò and Carlo B.
7Bergreihen. (See BERGKREYEN.)
9Bergson, Michael, composer and pianist, b. May, 1820, Warsaw. He studied at Dessau with Friedrich Schneider, went to Italy in 1846, and produced the opera Luisa di Montfort at La Pergola, Florence, in 1847, with success (it was also given at Livorno and at Hamburg in German in 1849). He lived for several years at Berlin and Leipzig, and then settled down in Paris, where in 1859 he produced at a concert his one-act operetta, Qui va à la chasse perd sa place; he also offered a two-act opera to the Théâtre Lyrique, but it was not given. In 1863 he went as principal pianoforte teacher to the Geneva Conservatoire, of which institution he soon became director; a few years later he went to London, where he still lives as a private teacher. B. has written many études and characteristic pieces for pianoforte, also a pf. concerto, etc.
11Bergt, Christian Gottlob August, b. June 17, 1772, Öderan, near Freiburg; from 1802 until his death, Feb, 10, 1837, he was organist at Bautzen, also music teacher at the college and conductor of the choral union there. B. wrote a Passion oratorio, Te Deum, cantatas, and other sacred works, as well as symphonies, quartets, pf. variations, several operas, duets, ballads, and small songs, of which much was published.
13Beringer, Oscar, pianist and composer, b. 1844, Baden, studied under Moscheles, Reinecke, Richter at the Leipzig Conservatorium, and under C. Tausig and Weitzmann in Berlin. He has resided in London since 1871: and in 1873 established an "Academy for the Higher Development of Pianoforte Playing." He has composed pf. pieces, two sonatinas, songs, etc. He was recently appointed professor of the pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music.
15Bériot, Charles Auguste de, celebrated violinist, b. Feb. 20, 1802, Louvain, d. April 8, 1870, Brussels. He really never had a teacher of any name, but, for his virtuosity, he was indebted to his happy disposition, to his persevering diligence, and to the solid elementary training of his guardian, Tiby, a music teacher at Louvain. When he played to Viotti in 1821, he was already an independent artist. For a short time he attended the Conservatoire as a pupil of Baillot's, but only to make the discovery that this would be prejudicial to his individuality. His first public appearance in Paris was a victory, and he was at once able to make a successful concert journey to England. On returning home he was appointed solo violinist to the King of the Netherlands, with a stipend of 2,000 florins. The revolution of July, 1830, cut off this source of income, and B. was again compelled to travel, this time with Mme. Garcia-Malibran, whom he married, and whose singing, perhaps, had something to do with his method of producing tone. She bore him a son in 1833, but died already in 1836. During the next few years B. made no appearance in public; it was only in 1840 that he undertook a concert tour through Germany. In 1843 he was appointed professor of the violin at Brussels; but the complete loss of his eyesight, and, in addition, paralysis of the left arm, forced him to retire in 1852. His principal works are: seven violin concertos, a violin school in three parts (1858), several sonatas, sets of variations, and many studies for the violin, as well as some trios.
17Berlijn, Anton, b. May 2, 1817, Amsterdam, d. Jan. 16, 1870; pupil of Ludwig Erk. He was musical director at Amsterdam, and composed nine operas, seven ballets, one oratorio (Moses), symphonies, etc., and many small pieces; out of Holland, however, he is little known.
19Berlin, Joh. Daniel, b. 1710, Memel, went in 1730 to Copenhagen, and as organist to Drontheim (Norway) in 1737, where he died in 1775. He published an Elementary Method (1742), also a Guide to Temperament Calculations.
21Berlioz, Hector, b. Dec. 11, 1803, Côte St. André (Isère), d. March 8, 1869, Paris. He was the son of a physician, and intended for the medical profession. Against his parents' wish he left the University and went to the Conservatoire, and, since his father refused to help him, he was compelled to earn a living as chorister at the Théâtre Gymnase. He soon left the Conservatoire, as the dry rules of solid learning were not to his taste, and he then gave free rein to his phantasy. A mass with orchestra, first produced at St. Roch, the overtures Waverley and Les Francs Fuges, and the Fantastic Symphony, Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste, were already written and produced, when B. in 1830 won the Prix de Rome with his
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