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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1928
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1tionary Forces as artillery observation-officer in France and Italy. Since then he has toured in Europe and America, playing with the leading orchestras of both continents.
3Spalding was the first American violinist to play at the regular concerts of the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in Paris (1922), and the first American to be a member of the jury awarding the prize in the graduating violin class of the Conservatoire (June, 1923).
5Besides 2 violin concertos, an orchestral suite and a violin sonata that are unpublished, Spalding's compositions include:
7String Quartet, E minor, op. 10.
8'Etchings,' Theme and Improvisation for violin and pianoforte.
9Suite, C major, violin and pianoforte.
10Pianoforte pieces, songs, many violin pieces and transcriptions.
12W. S. S.
14SPANGENBERG, (1) JOHANNES (b. Hardegsen, Hanover, Mar. 30, 1484; d. Eisleben, June 13, 1550); first Protestant pastor of Hardegsen, 1521; preacher at Nordhausen, 1524; from 1546 superintendent at Eisleben. He published Lutheran church songs; also a little book on musical theory for use at the school of Nordhausen; (2) CYRIAK, son of the former (b. Nordhausen, Jan. 17, 1528; d. Strassburg, Feb. 10, 1604), wrote an important work on the Meistersinger, Von der edlen hochberühmten Kunst der Musica, etc., republished by Ad. v. Keller, 1861; also the 'Eislebener Gesangbüchlein,' 1568 (7 melodies republished by Zahn); a Psalter (1582); and school-dramas (Q.-L.; Riemann).
16SPANO, DONAT ANTONIO, of Naples, early 17th century, a pupil of Giov. de Macque, under whose supervision he composed, Madrigaletti ariosi, e vilanelli 4 v. (1607); 1 lib. de Madrigali 5 v. (1608).
18SPARK, (1) WILLIAM, Mus.D. (b. Exeter, Oct. 28, 1823; d. Leeds, June 16, 1897), son of a lay-vicar of Exeter Cathedral, became a chorister there, and in 1840 was articled for five years to Dr. S. Sebastian Wesley. On Wesley's leaving Exeter for the Parish Church, Leeds, his pupil went with him, and soon became deputy-organist of the parish church, and organist of the churches of Chapeltown and St. Paul's successively. He was next chosen organist to Tiverton, Devon, and Daventry, Northampton; and on Wesley's removal to Winchester, in 1850, was appointed to St. George's Church, Leeds. His activity in Leeds, outside his own parish, was remarkable. Within a year of his appointment he founded the Leeds Madrigal and Motet Society, and the People's Concerts, held in the Town Hall, just then built. Municipal business had long required a new Town Hall, the central portion of which has ever since served the city for its chief concert-room. The organ was built by Gray & Davison, from the designs of Henry Smart and Spark. The hall was opened Apr. 1, 1859, and after a severe competition Spark was elected the Borough organist, a post he held until his death. He took his degree of D.Mus. at Dublin in 1861. In 1869 he started the Organists' Quarterly Journal (Novello). It was followed by the Practical Choir-master (Metzler), and in 1881 by a biography of Henry Smart (Reeves, 8vo). Musical Memoirs (1888), and Musical Reminiscences (1892), contain an amusing picture of his time, and he did good work in many Yorkshire towns as a lecturer on music. He also published three cantatas, various anthems, services, glees, and other compositions.
20His brother, (2) FREDERICK ROBERT (b. Feb. 26, 1831; d. Nov. 14, 1919), became editor and publisher of the Leeds Express in the fifties. He was officially connected with the Leeds Festival from its beginning in 1858, being honorary secretary from 1877. After the festival of 1907 he retired from active service, and was presented with a portrait of himself painted by Sir George Reid. He was joint author, with Joseph Bennett, of A History of the Leeds Musical Festivals 1858-89 (1892).
22G.; addns. F. K.
24SPATARO (SPADARO SPADARIUS), GIOVANNI (b. Bologna, c. 1458; d. there, 1540), maestro di cappella of S. Petronio, which post he held from 1512 till his death. He was a learned musical theorician, a pupil of Ramis de Pareira, whom he supported in his controversies with Gafurius and Burtius. Apart from controversial writings he published a treatise on the fifth (1531). Of his compositions only one Mass is still in existence (Q.-L.; Riemann).
26SPAZIER, JOHANN GOTTLIEB KARL (b. Berlin, Apr. 20, 1761; d. Leipzig, Jan. 19, 1805), much esteemed in his time as the composer of 4-part and solo songs. He was founder and editor of the Berlinische musikalische Zeitung (1793); contributor to the Leipziger allgemeine Musikzeitung and author of a number of pamphlets on musical subjects (Riemann).
28SPEAKER-KEYS. On wind instruments of the reed family, certain keys are fitted to facilitate the production of harmonics. These are known as 'speaker-keys.' Two are usually supplied on the oboe, and one on the clarinet, giving octaves on the one instrument and twelfths on the other. These keys open small holes by which the continuity of the air-column is broken, and the setting up of a 'loop,' or point of least variation of pressure, is made easy.
30D. J. B.
32SPEAKING-LENGTH. The pitch of the ordinary open flue-pipe on the organ is chiefly determined or controlled by the length of the portion above the mouth of the pipe, which is called the 'speaking-length.' Instances, however, occur in which the speaking-length differs from the true open flue length. See STOPPED PIPE; HARMONIC STOPS; DIAPASONS. T. E.
34SPECIFICATION. The working specifica-
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