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1cannot be said to be great works, they are certainly a very remarkable achievement for a man whose interests were so versatile, and who reached so high a level in so many ways.
3BIBL.—WOOD, Athenae Oxonienses; Life and Times, vols. ii. and iii. HEARNE, Collections, vol. i., ii. and iii. Both these are in the Oxford Historical Society's Series. H. L. THOMPSON, History of Christ Church. Catalogues of the MSS. and Printed Music in Christ Church Library.
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7ALDRICH, RICHARD (b. Providence, Rhode Island, July 31, 1863), a distinguished American critic. He was educated at Providence High School and Harvard University, where he graduated in 1885. He studied music under J. K. Paine. According to the more usual American plan, he began his career as a general journalist. He was music critic to the Providence Journal, 1885–89; he was private secretary to U.S. Senator Dixon, 1889–91, and at the same time he held the post of music critic to the Evening Star, Washington. In 1891 he joined the staff of the New York Tribune, on which paper he held various editorial positions, particularly that of assistant critic to H. E. KREHBIEL (q.v.), until 1902, when he became music editor of The New York Times. This position he held until Dec. 1923 when he retired from the active musical editorship, remaining, however, on the editorial staff of the paper in an advisory capacity.
9Throughout his career Richard Aldrich has been notable for the breadth of his musical knowledge, the soundness of his judgment and the excellence of his literary style. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He translated Lilli Lehmann's How to Sing (1902; 2nd ed. 1914); and is the author of A Guide to Parsifal (1904); and of a Guide to the Ring of the Nibelung (1905). He was a contributor to the 2nd and 3rd editions of this Dictionary.
11ALDROVANDINI (wrongly called Aldovrandini), GIUSEPPE ANTONIO VINCENZO (b. Bologna, c. 1673; d. Feb. 8, 1707), was a member of the Philharmonic Academy at Bologna (1695), and honorary maestro di cappella of the Duke of Mantua's band; he studied under Jacopo Perti. He composed 11 operas (1696–1711)—of which 'Amor torna in cinque et cinquanta,' in the Bologna dialect, was perhaps the most famous—also 'Armonia sacra' (Bologna, 1701), a collection of motets, 5 oratorios, and other music, sacred and instrumental.
13M. C. C.
15ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND D' (b. Paris, Nov. 16, 1717; d. there, Oct. 29, 1783), an eminent writer, philosopher and mathematician. He wrote various treatises on acoustics, published in the memoirs of the Paris and Berlin Academies, e.g. Recherches sur la courbe que forme une corde tendue mise en vibration (1747); Recherches sur la vitesse du son; Recherches sur les cordes sonores (1761). His works on music are numerous: Fragments sur l'opéra 1752); Éléments de musique théorique et pratique suivant les principes de M. Rameau (1752), translated into German by Marpurg (1757); De la liberté de la musique (1765). One of the principal contributors to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et métiers (1751–72), he wrote the articles Fondamental and Gamme. He took a leading part in all the musical controversies of his time and was a fervent promoter of Gluck's reform of dramatic music.
17M. L. P.
19ALEOTTI, VITTORIA (RAFFAELA ALEOTTA) (b. Ferrara, 1570), second daughter of Giovanni Battistini Aleotti, the famous architect. Showing very early signs of musical talent she became a pupil of Herculo Pasquino, who, after two years, recommended her to be sent to the convent of San Vitti, famous for its musical education. Vittoria remained in the convent and became a nun. A collection of madrigals of her composition was published at Venice in 1593 (Giac. Vincenti) at the instance of her father.
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23ALESSANDRA, CATERINA (of Pavia), 1 book of motets, op. 2, published in Milan, 1609.
25ALESSANDRI, FELICE (b. Rome, Nov. 24, 1747¹; d. Casalbino, Aug. 15, 1798), opera composer and conductor.
27He studied music at Naples, and then went to Turin, where he stayed two years as clavecinist and composer. He was in Paris for four years, but returned to Italy, and had his first opera produced at Verona in 1767. After this he travelled about and his operas were performed in all the principal cities of Europe: he came to London in 1768, where two comic operas appeared ('La moglie fedele' and 'Il re va alla caccia'). He collaborated with Sacchini in the composition of 'La Contadina in Corte,' which was brought out in Rome in 1766. An inveterate wanderer, in 1786 he went to Russia in the hope of getting a post as court composer. Unsuccessful in this, he returned to Italy two years later, and in 1789 received an appointment as second conductor at the Berlin Opera. Many more of his operas were produced in various German cities until, in 1792, he was driven from his post by his enemies. His operas, of which 24 are mentioned by Fétis, seem only to have had an ephemeral success, and his detractors held that the only good parts in them were pillaged from other operas. He also wrote an oratorio, 9 symphonies (6 for a combination of only 8 instruments), a concerto for clavier and orchestra, as well as sonatas for violin and harpsichord. (For full list and further details see Q.-L., Fétis and Valdrighi's Musurgiana, Modena, 1896.)
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31ALESSANDRI, GENNARO D' (b. Naples, 1717), composed a number of operas, among which 'Ottone,' performed at Venice, 1740, appears to have met with success (Q.-L.).
33¹ Fétis gives 1742.
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