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1peter,' 'Rheinsehnsucht,' 'Die drei Liebchen,' etc., acquired great popularity. He also wrote vocal quartets and some choral works g.
3SPIANATO (Ital.) = 'level,' 'even.' A word used by Chopin in the Andante which precedes the Polonaise in E7, op. 22, to denote a smooth and equal style of performance, with but little variety.
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6SPICCATO (Ital.) = 'separate,' 'distinct.' The term is applied to a type of staccato bowing on instruments of the violin family, chiefly used for the execution of quick passages formed of notes of equal duration, e.g.
8HAYDN. Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5.
10The middle of the bow is used and a spring is obtained by a loose movement of the wrist.
12SPIES, HERMINE (b. Lohnberger foundry, near Weilburg, Nassau, Feb. 25, 1857; d. Wiesbaden, Feb. 26, 1893), daughter of the resident manager. She was taught singing by Frau Fichtenberg at the Conservatorium of Wiesbaden, by Sieber at Berlin, and by Stockhausen at Frankfort. In July 1880, while still a student, she sang at the Mannheim Festival, and in 1882 she made her début at a concert at Wiesbaden; in 1883 she sang in concerts at Leipzig, Berlin, etc., speedily establishing her reputation as an excellent mezzo-soprano or contralto singer. She also sang in Austria, Hungary, Holland, Denmark and Russia. On June 3, 1889, she made her début in England at St. James's Hall at a Richter Concert, when she sang 'Che farò' and Lieder of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. She attracted immediate attention on account of her fine voice and her excellent phrasing, expression and general intelligence. She confirmed her success at her two recitals in a selection of Schumann's 'Dichterliebe,' etc., also at the Philharmonic, where she sang in English Handel's 'Return, O God of hosts,' etc. In 1892 she married Dr. W. A. F. Hardtmuth, of Wiesbaden, a doctor of jurisprudence, and died the following year. She was unrivalled in her singing of the contralto part in Brahms's Rhapsody, op. 53, and in the Lieder of the same composer. A memoir by her sister, Minna Spies, appeared in 1894.
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15SPIESS, MEINRAD (b. Housolgen, Suabia, Aug. 24, 1683; d. monastery of Yrsee, Bavarian Suabia, July 12, 1761), prior of the monastery at Yrsee at the time of his death. He studied music under Gius. Ant. Bernabei at Munich; from 1712-49 was musical director at Yrsee; and from 1743 member of Mizler's 'Society of Musical Sciences.' He composed masses, Requiems and other church music; 12 trio sonatas for violins, violoncello and organ, and a theoretical treatise (Riemann; Q.-L.).
17SPINA, CARL ANTON, the successor of the Diabellis in that famous publishing house at Vienna, which for so long stood in the Graben, No. 1133, at the corner of the Bräunerstrasse. He succeeded them in 1852, and was himself succeeded by F. Schreiber in July 1872 (see DIABELLI). During that period Spina's activity showed itself especially in the publication of Schubert's works, a mass of whose MSS. he acquired from Diabelli. Chief among these were the octet, quintet in C, quartets in D minor, G, and Bb; the overture in the Italian style, those to 'Alfonso und Estrella,' 'Fierrabras,' 'Rosamunde,' with entr'actes in B minor and Bb; the B minor symphony, sonata for PF. and arpeggione, etc., all in score. Spina's enthusiasm for Schubert was not that of a mere publisher, as the writer from personal experience of his kindness can testify. It was he who allowed the Crystal Palace Company to have copies of several of the orchestral works for playing, long before there was sufficient public demand to allow of their being published.
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20SPINACCINO, FRANCESCO, a 15th-16th century lutenist of Fossombrone; author of 4 books in lute tablature containing arrangements of songs, ricercari and dances by himself and other masters; only a few of the latter are named, among whom Josquin appears once or twice. Books 1 and 2 were published by Petrucci in 1507; Book 4 in 1508; Book 3 is unknown. There is a bassa-dance in a 16th-century MS. lute-book, Vienna Hofburg lib. (Q.-L.).
22SPINDLER, FRITZ (b. Wurzbach, Lobenstein, Nov. 24, 1817; d. Niederlössnitz, near Dresden, Dec. 26, 1905), pianoforte-player and composer for that instrument, was a pupil of F. Schneider of Dessau, and was for many years resident in Dresden. His published works are more than 330 in number, the greater part brilliant drawing-room pieces, but amongst them much teaching-music, and some works of a graver character—trios, sonatinas, two symphonies, concerto for PF. and orchestra, etc. Favourite pieces in their day were—'Wellenspiel' (op. 6); 'Schneeglöcklein' (op. 19); 'Silberquell' (op. 74); 'Husarenritt'; six dance themes; transcriptions of 'Tannhäuser' and 'Lohengrin.'
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25SPINET (Fr. épinette, clavicorde; Ital. spinetta, clavicordo; Span. clavicordio; Eng. spinet, virginal). A keyed instrument, with plectra or jacks, used in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; according to Burney 1 'a small harpsichord or virginal with one string to each note.'
27DERIVATIONS.—The following definitions are from Florio's New World of Words, 1611: 'Spinetta, a kind of little spina … also a paire of Virginalles'; 'Spinettegiare, to play upon Virginalles'; 'Spinetto, a thicket of
291 Rees's Cycl. 1819, Harpsichord.
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