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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1918
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1all your hearts,' is marked 'andante con moto,' the second, 'The Lord hath exalted thee,' merely 'andante,' and the third, 'O rest in the Lord,' 'andantino,' are all in exactly the same time, the metronome indication being in each case 𝅘𝅥 = 72. See Beethoven's opinion as to the meaning of the term, in Thayer, iii. 241. E. P.
3ANDER, ALOYS, one of the most famous German tenor singers of recent times; born Oct. 13, 1817, at Liebititz, in Bohemia. His voice though not powerful was extremely sympathetic in quality. He went to Vienna in the hope that his talents would be recognised there, but it required all the energy and influence of Wild the singer, at that time Ober-Regisseur to the court opera-house, before he was allowed to make the experiment of appearing there for the first time (Oct. 22, 1845) as Stradella in the opera of that name, though with no previous experience of the boards whatever. His success was complete, and decided his course for life, and that single night raised him from a simple clerk to the rank of a 'primo tenore assoluto.' Still more remarkable was his success in the 'Prophète,' which was given in Vienna for the first time on Feb. 28, 1850. Meyerbeer interested himself in the rapid progress of Ander, and from that date he became the established favourite of the Vienna public, to whom he remained faithful, notwithstanding tempting offers of engagements elsewhere. His last great part was that of Lohengrin, in which he combined all his extraordinary powers. As an actor he was greatly gifted, and had the advantage of a very attractive appearance. His voice, not strong and somewhat veiled in tone, was in harmony with all his other qualities; his conceptions were full of artistic earnestness, and animated by a noble vein of poetry. His physical strength, however, was unequal to the excitement of acting, and was impaired by the artificial means which he took to support himself. His last appearance was as Arnold in 'William Tell,' on Sept. 19, 1864; he was then failing, and shortly afterwards totally collapsed. He was taken to the Bath of Wartenberg in Bohemia, where he died on Dec. 11, but was buried in Vienna amid tokens of universal affection. C. F. P.
5ANDERSEN, KARL JOACHIM, the most distinguished member of a family of eminent Danish flute-players, born April 29, 1847, at Copenhagen, was a member of the royal band there from 1869 to 1877; in 1881 he went to Berlin, where he was one of the founders of the Philharmonic Orchestra, filling the place of first flute for ten years and occasionally conducting. Since 1893 he has been conductor of the palace orchestra at Copenhagen. He has made important contributions to the literature of the flute, and his set of 48 studies, concertstücke with orchestral accompaniment, etc., are highly esteemed (Riemann's Lexikon). The list of his pieces for flute and piano reaches op. 62. M.
7ANDERSON, MRS. LUCY, was the daughter of Mr. John Philpot, a professor of music and music-seller at Bath, where she was born in Dec. 1790. Miss Philpot early manifested a love for pianoforte playing, and although she never received any other instruction upon the instrument than some lessons given by her father and a cousin, Mr. Windsor, of Bath, she soon, by perseverance and observation of the eminent players, who occasionally appeared at the Bath concerts, arrived at such a degree of skill as to be able to perform in public at those concerts, which she did with great success, and also to follow music as a profession. Ill-health, however, induced her to quit Bath and to come to London about 1818, where her success was speedily assured, she soon becoming eminent in her profession. In July 1820 Miss Philpot was married to Mr. George Frederick Anderson, a violinist engaged in all the best orchestras, and subsequently, from 1848 to 1870 master of the Queen's Musick. He died Dec. 14, 1876. Mrs. Anderson was distinguished as being the first female pianist who played at the Philharmonic Society's concerts. In 1829 she played at the Birmingham Festival, and retired in 1862. She taught the piano to Queen Victoria and her children. She died Dec. 24, 1878. W. H. H.
9ANDRÉ, JOHANN, the head of an extensive musical family, was born at Offenbach a/M., on March 28, 1741. His father was proprietor of a silk factory, and the boy was intended to carry on the business. But the love of music was too strong in him; he began by teaching himself, until about 1760 he happened to encounter an Italian opera company at Frankfort, which added fresh food to his desire. His first comic opera, 'Der Töpfer' (1760), was so successful as to induce Goethe to confide to him his operetta of 'Erwin und Elmire,' (1764) which had equal success, as had also some songs produced at the same time. In 1777 André received a call to act as director of the music at the Döbblin Theatre in Berlin, which he obeyed by settling in Berlin with his family, after handing over the factory (to which since 1774 he had added a music printing office) to his younger brother. Here he enjoyed the instruction of Marpurg, and composed a quantity of songs, dramas, and other pieces for the theatre. Not being able however, owing to the distance, to give the necessary attention to the printing-office, he returned to Offenbach in 1784, and resided there in the pursuit of his business and his music till his death on June 18, 1799. Before that date his establishment had issued the large number of 1200 works, and he himself had composed, in addition to many instrumental pieces, some thirty operas and dramas, and a vast number of melodious songs and vocal pieces, many of which became popular, amongst them the still favourite Volkslied 'Bekränzt mit Laub.' Among his operas was
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