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1Festivals, and he directed the performances of the years 1825, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1834, and 1837, as well as those of 1826 and 1828 in conjunction with Spohr and Klein respectively. In 1834 he was appointed head of the town orchestra and Singakademie at Aix-la-Chapelle. But he was too independent to keep any post, and in 1836 he gave this up and returned to Frankfort. In 1837 he assumed the direction of the Cecilian Society there on the death of Schelble, but this lasted a few months only, for on Jan. 13, 1838, he died after a short illness.
3The principal works which he composed after his return to Germany are 'Die Räuberbraut,' which was first performed in Frankfort probably in 1829, then in Leipzig, July 4, and London, July 15, of the same year, and often afterwards in Germany; another opera, known in Germany as 'Liska,' but produced at the Adelphi, London, in English, as 'The Sorcerer,' by Arnold's company, August 4, 1831, and a third, 'Eine Nacht auf dem Libanon'; an oratorio, 'Der Sieg des Glaubens' (The Triumph of the Faith), apparently performed in Dublin for the first time in 18311 and then at Berlin, 1835; and a second oratorio, 'Die Könige Israels' (The Kings of Israel), Aix-la-Chapelle, 1837. He also wrote much chamber music and six symphonies. All these works, however, are dead. Beethoven once said of his compositions, 'he imitates me too much.' He caught the style and the phrases, but he could not catch the immortality of his master's work. One work of his will live—the admirable Biographical Notices of Ludwig van Beethoven, which he published in conjunction with Dr. Wegeler (Coblenz, 1838). The two writers, though publishing together, have fortunately kept their contributions quite distinct; Ries's occupies from pp. 76 to 163 of a little duodecimo volume, and of these the last thirty-five pages are occupied by Beethoven's letters. The work is translated into French by Le Gentil (Dentu, 1862), and partially into English by Moscheles, as an Appendix to his version of Schindler's Life of Beethoven.
53. HUBERT, youngest brother of the preceding, was born at Bonn, April 1, 1802. He made his first studies as a violinist under his father, and afterwards under Spohr. Hauptmann was his teacher in composition. From 1824 he lived at Berlin. In that year he entered the band of the Königstadt Theatre, Berlin, and in the following year became a member of the Royal band. In 1835 he was appointed Director of the Philharmonic Society at Berlin. In 1836 he was nominated Concertmeister, and in 1839 elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. [In 1851 he became a teacher at the Kgl. Theaterinstrumentalschule, from which he retired with a pension in 1872.] A thorough musician and a solid violinist, he was held in great esteem as a leader, and more especially as a methodical and conscientious teacher. His Violin-School for beginners is a very meritorious work, eminently practical, and widely used. He published two violin-concertos, studies and duets for violins, and some quartets. An English edition of the Violin-School appeared in 1873 (Hofmeister). He died in Berlin, Sept. 14, 1886. Three of his sons gained reputation as musicians:—
7LOUIS, violinist, born at Berlin, Jan. 30, 1830, pupil of his father and of Vieuxtemps, has, since 1853, been settled in London, where he enjoys great and deserved reputation as violinist and teacher. He was a member of the Quartet of the Musical Union from 1855 to 1870, and held the second violin at the Monday Popular Concerts from their beginning in 1859, until his retirement in 1897.
9ADOLPH, pianist, born at Berlin, Dec. 20, 1837, died in April 1899. He was a pupil of Kullak for the piano, and of Boehmer for composition, and lived in London as a pianoforte teacher. He published a number of compositions for the piano, and some songs. A. W. T.; with additions in square brackets by E. H.-A.
11RIES, FRANZ, violinist and composer, was born on April 7, 1846, in Berlin. His musical gifts were apparent in early youth. The possessor of an alto voice of exceptional beauty, he was admitted at the age of twelve to the Königl. Domchor (royal Cathedral choir), which then, under Neithardt's direction, enjoyed considerable reputation in the musical circles of Berlin. He studied the violin in the first instance under his father, and afterwards, in Paris, under Léon Massart and Henri Vieuxtemps. In composition he was a pupil of Friedr. Kiel. Gained in 1868 the first prize at the Paris Conservatoire, and was active in the musical life of the city as soloist and also as viola-player in the Vieuxtemps Quartet. In 1870 he migrated, owing to the Franco-German war, to London, appearing as a soloist at the Crystal Palace. But in 1872 an unfortunate nerve affection of the left hand compelled him to renounce the career of an executive artist. He founded in 1874 a publishing business in Dresden, and ten years later became partner in the firm Ries & Erler in Berlin, where he still resides. As a composer his main successes have been made in four suites for violin and pianoforte, which are in the repertory of almost every famous violinist. He has also written a string quintet, two string quartets, a dramatic overture, piano and violin solos and arrangements, besides a series of songs, one of which, the 'Rheinlied,' has taken rank in the Rhine provinces as a Folk-song.
13RIETER-BIEDERMANN. An eminent German firm of music-publishers. The founder was Jacob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann (born May 14, 1811; died Jan. 25, 1876), who in June 1849 opened a retail business and lending-
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