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Dictionary of music, 1908
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1Liège, died there July 19, 1873. He rendered service towards the reform of Gregorian Song in Belgium by publishing: "Vesperal" (1829); "Graduel" (1831); "Manuale cantorum" (1849); "Processionale" (1849); "Rituale Romanum" (1862); also a "Traité de plainchant à l'usage des séminaires" (1839); and the pamphlet "De la musique religieuse, etc." (1866), jointly with Elewyck (q.v.).
3Vuillaume, Jean Baptiste, famous violin-maker, b. Oct. 7, 1798, Mirecourt, where his ancestors had already carried on the art of violin-making, d. March 19, 1875, Ternes. In 1818, he worked under Chanot at Paris, then under Lété, with whom he soon afterwards entered into partnership. But in 1828 he left Lété, and by his imitations of Antonio Stradivari's violins, acquired extraordinary fame. His instruments received prizes at all exhibitions; among others, at the London Exhibition of 1851, and at the Paris one of 1855. V. also constructed a new kind of viola, especially powerful and full-toned, which he named Contralto; also a monster double-bass of huge dimensions (Octobasse), descending a third lower than the double-bass, 4 metres high; a specimen has been preserved in the museum of the Paris Conservatoire. He also invented a machine for the fabrication of pure strings, and another for the construction of bows, etc.—His two brothers, Nicolas (1800-71) and Nicolas François (1802-76), became excellent violin-makers, the former at Mirecourt, the latter at Brussels. A third, Claude François, gave up violin-making for organ-building, while his son Sébastien established himself in Paris as a violin-maker, and was specially noted for his good bows.
5Vulpius, Melchior, composer and theorist, b. about 1560, Wasungen, cantor at Weimar, where he died in 1616. He published: 2 books of "Cantiones sacræ" (1602 [1603] and 1604, 2nd ed., 1611); "Kirchengesänge und geistliche Lieder Dr. Luthers u. a. mit 4 und 5 Stimmen" (1604); "Canticum beatissimae Virginis Mariae 4, 5, 6 et plurium voc." (1605); "Lateinische Hochzeitstücke" (1608); "Opusculum novum selectissimarum cantionum sacrarum 4, 5, et 6 vocum" (1610); "Erster (zweiter, dritter) Teil der sonntäglichen Evangelischen Sprüche von 4 Stimmen" (1619-21), also a new edition of Heinrich Faber's "Compendiolum musicæ" with German translations and some additional chapters of his own: "Musicæ compendium latino-germanicum M. Henrici Fabri, etc." (1610), etc.
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9Wach, Karl Gottfried Wilhelm, performer on the double-bass, b. Sept. 16, 1755, Löbau (Oberlausitz), d. Jan. 28, 1833, Leipzig, where from 1777, with exception of some concert tours, he resided; he was a member of the theatre orchestra, also of the Gewandhaus orchestra, etc.
11Wachsmann, Johann Jakob, musical director at the Cathedral, teacher of music at the Training School, and conductor of the Verein at Magdeburg. He published a number of elementary educational vocal works: "Praktische Singschule," a "Gesangsfibel für Elementarklassen" (1822), "Gesangsfibel in Ziffern" (1827), "Vierstimmige Schulgesänge" (1840), also an "Elementarschule für Pianoforte," an "Altargesänge," and "Choralmelodien zum Magdeburgischen Gesangbuch."
13Wachtel, Theodor, famous tenor singer, b. March 10, 1823, Hamburg, d. Nov. 14, 1893, Frankfort; son of a cab proprietor, who after his father's death continued the business, jointly with his mother. When his voice was discovered he first studied with Frl. Grandjean at Hamburg. Schwerin, Dresden, Würzburg, Darmstadt, Hanover, Cassel, Vienna, London, Berlin, Paris: these cities mark the stages of his dramatic career. During his last years W., who had long been a man of means, accepted no fixed engagement, but appeared now here, now there; in 1871 he visited the United States, and in 1875 went to California. W., as lyric tenor, had a powerful voice, and one of large compass; time and routine added what he originally lacked in musical training; still he remained more or less a singer of natural gifts. He reached his highest point in such rôles as George Brown, Postillon de Lonjumeau (in which the crack of his whip, recalling his father's occupation, secured for him tremendous success). His attempt to add Lohengrin to his répertoire (Leipzig, 1876) was bound to fail.—His son Theodor, also gifted with a voice, sang at various German theatres with success, but soon lost his voice, and died in January, 1875, at Dessau, as an embroiderer in gold.
15Waelput, Hendrik, Flemish composer, b. Oct. 26, 1845, Ghent, d. there July 8, 1885; pupil of the Brussels Conservatoire, received in 1866 the Prix de Rome for his Flemish cantata Het Woud (The Wood), became, already in 1869, director of the Conservatoire at Bruges, and at the same time theatre maître de chapelle and conductor of the Popular Concerts there. In 1871 he settled in Dijon, and in 1875 in Ghent as maître de chapelle at the Grand Théâtre, concert conductor, etc., and finally became professor of harmony at Antwerp Conservatoire. W. is held in high esteem as a composer in his native
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