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1ABBIE, HENRY EUGENE (1846–1896). See Register, 7. one of two readings
2ABBIEY, HENRY EUGENE (1846–1896). See Register, 7. one of two readings
4ABBOTT, EMMA (Dec. 9, 1850, Chicago : Jan. 5, 1891, Salt Lake City), attained success as a stage-soprano by hard work and pertinacity. During her youth in Peoria, Ill., she had few advantages, and her voice was neither large nor sympathetic. In 1870, however, aided by Miss Kellogg, she became a leading church-singer in New York and had lessons from Errani. Her advance was so marked that in 1872 friends enabled her to study at Milan under Sangiovanni and then at Paris under Mme. Marchesi, Wartel and Delle Sedie. Her operatic début at Covent Garden in 1876 and in New York in 1877 in 'La Fille du Régiment' was followed by a tour in Great Britain under Mapleson's direction. From 1878 she pursued an active career in America, mostly as the head of her own operatic troupe, which was managed by Eugene Wetherell of New York, whom she married in 1878. She appeared in standard Italian works and English operettas, but in Chicago she is credited with bringing out such works as Gounod's 'Mireille' and Massé's 'Paul et Virginie.' For a time she almost rivaled Miss Kellogg in popularity, and she and her husband (who died in 1888) became wealthy. [ R.6 ]
6A BECKET, THOMAS (1843–1918). See Register, 4.
8ABORN, MILTON (b. 1864) and SARGENT (b. 1866). See Register, 9.
10ABORN OPERA COMPANY, THE, was an operatic troupe organized in 1902 by the brothers Aborn for producing lighter operas in English, which continued for several years in different parts of the country with considerable success.
12ABOTT, BESSIE PICKENS (1878–1919). See Register, 8.
14ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE, of Boston, was an association, formed in 1833 under the lead of Lowell Mason, which established a music-school, promoted the recognition of music in the public schools and the holding of 'conventions' in many places, organized a chorus and an orchestra, and arranged public lectures on musical topics. After 1847 its functions were taken over by other agencies. In 1838 the Academy chorus of about 200 gave Romberg's 'Song of the Bell,' Neukomm's 'David' and Zeuner's 'Feast of Tabernacles,' the latter perhaps the first American oratorio. In 1840–41 Beethoven's 1st and 5th Symphonies were played by the orchestra. See L. C. Elson, History of American Music, pp. 52, 78–80, and Ritter, Music in America, chap. xii.
16ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE, of New York. See Vol. i. 12, Krehbiel, Chapters of Opera, and article by Saerchinger in 'The Musical Quarterly,' January, 1920, pp. 84–5. As an operatic headquarters it ceased to be important in 1897.
18ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE, of Philadelphia, was a theater and opera-house, erected in 1857, which long served as a center for opera-performances and concerts, like its New York predecessor.
20ADAMOWSKA, MME. See SZUMOWSKA.
22ADAMOWSKI, JOSEPH (July 4, 1862, Warsaw, Poland), in 1871–77 was a 'cello-student with Kontski and Goebelt at the Warsaw Conservatory. He then went to the Moscow Conservatory and studied 'cello with Fitzenhagen, composition with Tchaikovsky and piano with Pabst. Meanwhile he also entered the University and graduated. In 1883 he began concert-tours in Poland and Germany, and in 1885–87 was professor of 'cello and ensemble-playing at the Conservatory of Cracow. Coming to America in 1889, he played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra till 1907, and also in the Adamowski Quartet and Adamowski Trio. He has been professor in the New England Conservatory since 1903. He is one of the founders and directors of the Boston Symphony Orchestra pension-fund. In 1896 he married the pianist Antoinette Szumowska. [ R.7 ]
24ADAMOWSKI, TIMOTHÉE (Mar. 24, 1858, Warsaw, Poland), having studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Kontski and Roguski and in Paris with Massart, came to the United States in 1879 as a violin-virtuoso. He toured with Clara Louise Kellogg, Emma Thursby and Max Strakosch, and finally with a company of his own. In 1884–1908 he was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, resigning to become teacher of the advanced violin-classes at the New England Conservatory. In 1890–94 he conducted popular concerts in the summer. As soloist he has appeared in Paris with the Colonne Orchestra, in London with the Philharmonic Society under Nikisch, and in Warsaw with the opera orchestra. He has composed, for violin and piano, 'Novelette,' 'Air de Ballet,' 'Barcarolle,' 'Mouvement de Valse' and 'Berceuse.' [ R.6 ]
26ADAMOWSKI QUARTET, THE, was formed at Boston in 1888 with Timothée Adamowski as leader, E. Fiedler as second, D. Kuntz as violist and Giuseppe Campanari as 'cellist. In 1890 it was reconstituted with A. Moldauer, Max Zach and Joseph Adamowski in the place of the last three.
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