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Grove's dictionary of music and musicians, 1911

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1ADAMOWSKI TRIO, THE, was formed at Boston in 1896 with Mme. Adamowska as pianist, Timothée and Joseph Adamowski as violinist and 'cellist.
3ADAMS, CHARLES R. (1834, Charlestown, Mass. : July 3, 1900, West Harwich, Mass.), had for early teachers Edwin Bruce and Mme. Arnault. In 1856 he was the tenor in 'The Creation' with the Handel and Haydn Society, and for the next five years sang in concert and oratorio. In 1861, with his teacher Mulder and Mme. Febbri-Mulder, he appeared in concert and opera in the West Indies and in Holland. Called to Vienna, he learned his part in 'La Sonnambula' in three days, with successful result. After a tour in Russia he was engaged for three years at Budapest, but cut this short to accept a similar offer from the Royal Opera in Berlin. With an interim of one year, he was principal tenor at the Imperial Opera at Vienna in 1867–76. He sang also at Madrid, London, and Milan. Early in 1877 he returned to America, and sang in German opera in 1877–78, including the first American performances of 'Rienzi.' From 1879 he lived in Boston, where he was extremely successful as a teacher. His most effective rôles were Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Raoul, Masaniello, Rienzi, Manrico, Vasco da Gama and Don José. J. S. Dwight in 1877 said that 'his was the robust kind of tenor, of large compass, evenly developed, under complete control and intrinsically very sweet in quality. He sang superbly, in a large, frank, masterly, dramatic style, each tone fraught with meaning and intention.' [R.4]
5ADAMS, MRS. CROSBY, née Graves (b. 1858). See Register, 7.
7ADAMS, F. W., (1787–1859). See Register, 3.
9ADAMS, SUZANNE (1873, Cambridge, Mass.), early went abroad for study, becoming a pupil of Bouhy in Paris. In 1894 her début was made as Juliette at the Paris Opéra where she sang for three years, followed by one season at Nice. In 1898 she was engaged by Grau at Covent Garden, and appeared there each year until 1906. In 1898 she made her American début in Chicago, and at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1899. She married the English 'cellist Leo Stern in 1898, toured the United States with him in 1902–03 and on his death in 1904 retired from the stage for a year. She has been a favorite singer at Buckingham Palace and has frequently appeared in oratorio in England, where she has made her home since 1903. Her favorite operatic rôles are Juliette, Marguerite, Euridice, Gilda, Micaela, Zerlina, Cherubino and Donna Elvira. [R.8]
11ADDINGTON, STEPHEN. See TUNE-Books, 1807.
13AIKEN
15ADES, LUCIUS. See Colleges, 3 (Friends U., Kan.).
17ADGATE, ANDREW (d. 1793, Philadelphia), in 1784 founded in Philadelphia an Institution for the Encouragement of Church Music, and the next year established a Free School for Spreading the Knowledge of Vocal Music, which developed in 1787 into the Uranian Academy. Among the managers of the latter were many prominent citizens, like Hopkinson and Dr. Rush. From before 1785 Adgate promoted choral concerts at intervals, with programs including not only music by Billings, Lyon, Tuckey and others, but also the 'Hallelujah' from 'The Messiah.' On May 4, 1786, he gave a concert at the Reformed German Church with a chorus of 230 and an orchestra of 50. His programs and plans (often excellent) are detailed in Sonneck, Early Concert-Life in America, pp. 103–20. He died in the epidemic of yellow fever in 1793, but the Uranian Academy seems to have continued till after 1800. For his publications, see TUNE-BOOKS, 1785. [R.2] one of two readings
18ADGATE, ANDREW (d. 1793, Philadelphia), in 1784 founded in Philadelphia an Institution for the Encouragement of Church Music, and the next year established a Free School for Spreading the Knowledge of Vocal Music, which developed in 1787 into the Uranian Academy. Among the managers of the latter were many prominent citizens, like Hopkinson and Dr. Rush. From before 1785 Adgate promoted choral concerts at intervals, with programs including not only music by Billings, Lyon, Tuckey and others, but also the 'Hallelujah' from 'The Messiah.' On May 4, 1786, he gave a concert at the Reformed German Church with a chorus of 230 and an orchestra of 50. His programs and plans (often excellent) are detailed in Sonneck, Early Concert-Life in America, pp. 103–20. He died in the epidemic of yellow fever in 1793, but the Uranian Academy seems to have continued till after 1800. For his publications, see TUNE-Books, 1785. [R.2] one of two readings
20ÆOLIAN CHOIR, THE, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is a select chorus of forty-five voices organized in 1912 by N. Lindsay Norden for the cultivation and promotion of Russian a cappella church-music. He prepared for it English adaptations of over ninety Russian compositions that were previously inaccessible, including many that are extended and elaborate, sometimes in eight-part and even ten-part form. The publication of these works, illustrated by the recitals which the Choir gave in or about New York, aroused a widespread interest in the Russian style. See articles by Norden in the M. T. N. A. Proceedings, 1915, and 'The Musical Quarterly,' April, 1918.
22ÆOLIAN COMPANY, THE, of New York, has long been famous for making automatic instruments like the Æolian and the Pianola. It is part of the complex corporation known as the Æolian, Weber Piano and Pianola Co. (capital, $10,000,000), which also has absorbed the Weber Piano Co., Steck & Co., the Wheelock Piano Co., the Stroud Piano Co., the Vocalion Organ Co., the Votey Organ Co., the Orchestrelle Co. of Great Britain, the Choralion Co. of Germany and Austria, etc. This combination of interests is one of the largest instrument-makers in the world. The central office is at 29–33 West 42nd St., and in its building is Æolian Hall, which is one of the fine concert-halls in New York. The president of the Company is H. B. Tremaine.
24AGRAMONTE, EMILIO (1844– ? ). See Register, 5.
26AIKEN, CHARLES (1818–1882). See Register, 4.
28AIKEN, HENRY M. (1824?– ? ). See Register, 4.

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