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Dictionary of music, 1908
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1Hinton, Arthur, b. 1869. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and afterwards at Munich under Rheinberger. He has written operettas (The Disagreeable Princess, etc.) and much chamber music. His wife (Miss Katherine Goodson), b. 1872, studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Oscar Beringer from 1886-1892. She is an excellent pianist.
3Holbrooke, Josef, b. July 1878, Croydon. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Orchestral works:—"The Raven" (1900), "Ulalume" (1904), "Queen Mab" (Leeds Festival, 1904); choral work "The Bells" (Birmingham, 1906), chamber music, songs, pf. pieces, etc.
5Holder, Dr. William, b. 1614, Northamptonshire, d. Jan. 24, 1697, London, Canon of Ely, and Canon of St. Paul's. He wrote a work on the physiology of speech ("Elements of Speech," 1669), likewise a theory of harmony ("A Treatise on the Natural Grounds and Principles of Harmony" 1694, 2nd edition 1701; 3rd edition [with Gottfr. Keller's "Rules for playing a thorough bass"] 1731). The latter work contains, among other things, the oldest proof that the division of the octave into 53 parts is the one which offers the purest presentation of all tone relationships. (Cf. Riemann: "Katechismus der Akustik," p. 58).
7Hollander, Benno, b. June 8, 1853, Amsterdam. Studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Was leader during the German Opera Season under Richter (1882-4), also at Henschel's London Symphony Concerts, and afterwards at the Wagner Concerts under German conductors. H. formed in 1903 an Orchestral Society which gives concerts at Kensington. He has written a symphony and other orchestral pieces, two violin concertos, chamber music, songs, etc.
9Hollins, Alfred, b. Sept. 11, 1865, Hull. This distinguished blind organist studied at the Royal Normal College, Norwood, afterwards under E. J. Hopkins, and under Bülow at Berlin. He twice visited the United States (1886 and 1888) and Australia (1894). He is at present organist of St. George's Free Church, Edinburgh. He has written concert overtures, many organ pieces, songs, etc.
11Holmès (4), Augusta, add, Her opera La Montagnoire was produced at Paris, 1895.
13Hopkins (2), Edward John, d. Feb. 4, 1901, London.
15Horák (2), Eduard, d. Dec. 6, 1892, Riva (Lago di Garda).
17Hummel (3), F., add to compositions, opera Assarpai (Gotha, 1898), Sofie von Brabant (1899), and Die Beichte (1900).
19Humperdinck, add fairy operetta Die Königs-Kinder (1897), Moorish symphony (Leeds Festival, 1898). His opera Die Heirath wider Willen was produced at Berlin, April 14, 1905.
21Hurlstone, William Yeates, b. Jan. 7, 1876, London, where he died May 30, 1906. He gained a scholarship at the Royal College of Music. His orchestral fantasie "Variations on a Swedish Air" was performed at the first Patron's Fund Concert (1904), also a quartet for pf. and strings, other chamber music, songs, etc. Continued ill-health and an early death prevented him from maturing his great gifts.
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25Indy, d', add, last line but one, after "Paris," His opera Fervaal successfully produced at Brussels, 1897; Paris, 1898. His opera, L'Étranger was produced at Brussels (1903), and a symphony in D, at Paris (1904). He has also written incidental music to various plays. He was one of the founders in 1896 of the Schola Cantorum. His "César Franck" appeared in the "Maîtres de la Musique" series.
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29Jadassohn, S., d. Feb. 1, 1902.
30Jahn (2), W., d. April, 1900.
31Jan, Karl von, d. Sept. 3, 1899.
33Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile, b. July 6, 1865, at Vienna, of French parents. Studied music at Geneva Conservatoire, where in 1892 he was appointed professor of theory. He has composed the operas, Janie (1894), and Sancha Pansa (1897), both produced at Geneva, a Festival Vaudois for solo, chorus, and orchestra (1903), violin concerto, songs, etc.
35Jarring tones. (See Schnarrtöne.)
37Jehin-Prume (2), F., d. May 29, 1899, Montreal.
39Joachim, add, He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Cambridge (1877). In 1889 he celebrated at Berlin the jubilee of his début into public life, and in 1904 at London, the sixtieth anniversary of his first appearance in England, when his portrait, painted by J. Sargent, was presented to him by the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour. "Joseph Joachim, Ein Lebensbild" by J. Andreas Moser, appeared in 1898, and in English by Lilla Durham (1901). J. died Aug. 15, 1907.
41Joachim, Amalie, d. Feb. 3, 1899.
43Juon, Paul, b. March 8, 1872, Moscow, and studied at the Conservatoire of that city, and afterwards at Berlin. He has composed two symphonies, chamber music, and songs. He translated Modest Tschaikowski's Life of his brother from Russian into German (1900).
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