Books › Grove's dictionary of music and musicians, 1916 › scan 25
Scan 25
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians, 1916
34 lines. Read by computer on 5 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1DICTIONARY
2OF
3MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
5A
7A. The name of the sixth degree of the natural scale of C. The reason of its being applied to the sixth instead of the first degree will be found explained in the article ALPHABET. It represents the same note in English and German, and in French and Italian is called La.
9A is the note given (usually by the oboe, or by the organ if there be one) for the orchestra to tune to; in chamber music it is usual for the pianist to play the triad of D minor, so that A is the highest note. A is also the note to which French and German tuning-forks are set, the English being usually tuned to C.
11In all stringed instruments one of the strings is tuned to A; in the violin it is the second string, in the viola and violoncello the first, and in the contrabasso generally the third. A is also the key in which one of the clarinets in the orchestra is set. In German the keys of A major and A minor are occasionally expressed by A# and Ab.
13F. T. one of two readings
14AARON, Pietro, spelt Aron in works published after his death, born at Florence in the latter part of the 15th century. A monk of the order of Jerusalem, and devoted to the study of counterpoint. His various works on the history and science of music (for a list of which see Eitner's Quellen-Lexikon) were printed at Venice and Milan. By Pope Leo X. he was admitted into the Roman Chapel, and distinguished in various ways. In or about 1516 Aaron founded a school of music at Rome, which obtained much reputation. He became a canon of Rimini about 1523, and died before 1545. one of two readings
16AARON, PIETRO, spelt ARON in works published after his death, born at Florence in the latter part of the 15th century. A monk of the order of Jerusalem, and devoted to the study of counterpoint. His various works on the history and science of music (for a list of which see Eitner's Quellen-Lexikon) were printed at Venice and Milan. By Pope Leo X. he was admitted into the Roman Chapel, and distinguished in various ways. In or about 1516 Aaron founded a school of music at Rome, which obtained much reputation. He became a canon of Rimini about 1523, and died before 1545. one of two readings
17ABACO, Evaristo Felice Dall', born at Verona, July 12, 1675, a famous violinist and composer. After some years' sojourn in Modena, from 1696 to about 1701, he went to Munich, and entered the band of the Elector Max Emanuel as Kammermusiker, in April 1704. After the disaster of Höchstadt he accompanied the Court to Brussels, and on the restoration of the government in 1715 was appointed Concert-meister. His published works are as follows:—op. 1, 12 Sonate da Camera, for violin and violoncello with accompaniment; op. 2, 12 Concerti a quattro da Chiesa; op. 3, 12 Sonate da Chiesa a tre; op. 4, 12 Sonate da Camera a violino e violoncello; op. 5 and 6, Concerti a piu Istrumenti (sic). A selection of twenty compositions from opp. 1-4, edited by Adolf Sandberger, forms the first volume of Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst (zweite Folge, Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern) (1900). The memoir prefixed to this volume gives a detailed account of Dall' Abaco's career; he died July 12, 1742. one of two readings
19C. F. P. one of two readings
20A BATTUTA. See Battuta. one of two readings
22ABACO, EVARISTO FELICE DALL', born at Verona, July 12, 1675, a famous violinist and composer. After some years' sojourn in Modena, from 1696 to about 1701, he went to Munich, and entered the band of the Elector Max Emanuel as Kammermusiker, in April 1704. After the disaster of Höchstadt he accompanied the Court to Brussels, and on the restoration of the government in 1715 was appointed Concert-meister. His published works are as follows:—op. 1, 12 Sonate da Camera, for violin and violoncello with accompaniment; op. 2, 12 Concerti a quattro da Chiesa; op. 3, 12 Sonate da Chiesa a tre; op. 4, 12 Sonate da Camera a violino e violoncello; op. 5 and 6, Concerti a piu Istrumenti (sic). A selection of twenty compositions from opp. 1-4, edited by Adolf Sandberger, forms the first volume of Denkmäler Deutscher Tonkunst (zweite Folge, Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern) (1900). The memoir prefixed to this volume gives a detailed account of Dall' Abaco's career; he died July 12, 1742. one of two readings
24M. one of two readings
26A BATTUTA. See BATTUTA. one of two readings
28ABBATINI, ANTONIO MARIA, was born at Tiferno about 1605, and died there 1677. Was successively maestro di cappella at the Lateran, the Church of the Gesù, and San Lorenzo in Damaso, and three times held the like office at Maria Maggiore; was also, for a time, maestro at the church of Loreto. Was offered by Pope Urban VIII. the task of rewriting the Hymnal; but refused to supersede the music of Palestrina by any of his own. His published works consist of four books of Psalms and three books of Masses; 'Il Pianto di Rodomonte,' consisting of nine songs and a madrigal (Orvieto, 1633); some Antifone for twenty-four voices (Mascardi, Rome, 1630-38, and 1677), and five books of Motetti (Grignani, Rome, 1635). He also wrote two operas, 'Dal male il bene' (Rome, 1654) and 'Ione' (Vienna, 1666). The greater part of his productions remain unprinted. Some academical lectures by him, of much note in their time, mentioned by Padre Martini, do not seem to have been preserved. He assisted KIRCHER in his 'Musurgia.' one of two readings
30E. H. P. one of two readings
31ABBATINI, ANTONIO MARIA, was born at Tiferno about 1605, and died there 1677. Was successively maestro di cappella at the Lateran, the Church of the Gesù, and San Lorenzo in Damaso, and three times held the like office at Maria Maggiore; was also, for a time, maestro at the church of Loreto. Was offered by Pope Urban VIII. the task of rewriting the Hymnal; but refused to supersede the music of Palestrina by any of his own. His published works consist of four books of Psalms and three books of Masses; 'Il Pianto di Rodomonte,' consisting of nine songs and a madrigal (Orvieto, 1633); some Antifone for twenty-four voices (Mascardi, Rome, 1630-38, and 1677), and five books of Motetti (Grignani, Rome, 1635). He also wrote two operas, 'Dal male il bene' (Rome, 1654) and 'Ione' (Vienna, 1666). The greater part of his productions remain unprinted. Some academical lectures by him, of much note in their time, mentioned by Padre Martini, do not seem to have been preserved. He assisted Kircher in his 'Musurgia.' one of two readings
33ABBÉ, PHILIPPE PIERRE DE ST. SEVIN, and PIERRE DE ST. SEVIN, two brothers, violoncellists, were music-masters of the parish church of Agen early in the 18th century. It seems doubtful whether they were actually ordained priests, or merely in consequence of their office had to wear the ecclesiastical dress. From this circumstance, however, they received the name of Abbé l'ainé—or simply l'Abbé—and l'Abbé cadet, respectively. They gave up their connection with the Church and went to Paris, where they obtained engagements at the Grand Opéra. They were both excellent players, but the younger brother seems to have been the more celebrated of the two, and to have been specially remarkable for his beautiful
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.