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Pratt (ed.), Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: American Supplement (1920) — the Squier, Juhan, Gemünder and Elias Howe entries, 1920
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1phony Orchestra concerts. His published volumes are Musicians and Music-Lovers, 1894, By the Way, 2 vols., 1898, The Opera, Past and Present, 1901, and these translations: Hector Berlioz—Selections from his Letters and Writings, 1879, Jacques Damour, etc., from Zola, 1895. He was also critical editor (with Champlin) of Scribner's Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 3 vols., 1888–90. [R.6]
2ARA, UGO (b. 1876). See Register, 9.
3ARBUCKLE, MATTHEW (1828–1883). See Register, 4.
4ARCHAMBEAU, IVAN D' (b. 1879). See Register, 9.
5ARCHER, FREDERICK (June 16, 1838, Oxford, England : Oct. 22, 1901, Pittsburgh). See article in Vol. i. 101. His work in Pittsburgh began with the opening of the Carnegie Library and Music Hall on Nov. 7, 1895, when the first free organ-recital was given. The series of Pittsburgh Orchestra concerts began on Feb. 27, 1896, and his engagement as conductor expired on Jan. 28, 1898. The Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon free organ-recitals were continued till his death. He was also organist at the Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh and musical examiner for the University of Toronto. [R.7]
6'ARCHERS, THE,' An opera by Benjamin Carr, first given in April, 1796, at the John Street Theater in New York, there at least twice repeated, and in Boston in 1797. The libretto was by William Dunlap (1766–1839), the painter and play-writer, and is based on the story of William Tell. Of the music the only fragments known are a Rondo from the overture and the song 'Why, huntress, why?' See Sonneck, 'Early American Operas,' in I. M. G. Sammelbde. 6. 465–73, and Early Opera in America, pp. 98–100.
7ARDITI, LUIGI (1822–1903). See Vol. i. 102–3, and Register, 4.
8ARENS, FRANZ XAVIER (Oct. 28, 1856, Neef, Germany), came to America when a child, and was educated at the Normal College at St. Francis, Wis. He studied music with his father, Clemens Arens, with John Singenberger in Milwaukee, and in Germany with Rheinberger, Abel, Wüllner, Janssen and Hey. He has been professor in Canisius College at Buffalo, conductor of the Cleveland Philharmonic Society and Gesangverein (1885–88), and president of the Metropolitan School of Music in Indianapolis. In 1890–92 he gave concerts of music by Americans in Vienna and the principal cities of Germany. Since 1896 he has been located in New York as vocal teacher and from 1900 as founder and musical director of the People's Symphony Concerts, the object of which is to provide good music at low prices. He has composed a Symphonic Fantasia for orchestra, a canon and fugue for organ, choral works with orchestra, and many songs and choruses. [R.7]
9†ARENFSKY, ANTON STEPANOVITCH (July 31, 1861, Novgorod, Russia : Feb. 26, 1906, Tarioki, Finland). See article in Vol. i. 103, and add to the list of compositions the ballades 'The Diver,' op. 61, for solo, chorus and orchestra, and 'The Wolves,' op. 59, for bass with orchestra, a violin-concerto in A minor, op. 54, a fourth suite, op. 62, for piano duet, and numerous smaller instrumental pieces.
10ARIANI, ADRIANO (b. 1877). See Register, 10.
11ARIMONDI, VITTORIO. See Register, 9.
12ARION CLUB, THE, of Providence, a mixed chorus of about 200 voices, has a high reputation for artistic excellence. Started in 1880, it has given three or four concerts annually since that time, the conductor from the first being Jules Jordan. Besides giving standard oratorios regularly and modern works like Elgar's 'Gerontius,' 'Caractacus,' 'King Olaf,' Pierné's 'Children's Crusade,' Parker's 'Hora Novissima' and Chadwick's 'Phœnix Expirans,' the club has given a number of operas in concert-form, such as 'Faust,' 'Roméo et Juliette,' 'Aida,' 'Tannhäuser' and 'Lohengrin,' all first times thus in America.
13ARION MUSICAL CLUB, THE, of Milwaukee, has long been foremost in the production of choral works of large dimensions. Its most famous conductors have been William L. Tomlins in 1879–88 and Daniel Protheroe since 1899.
14ARION SOCIETY, THE, of New York, was founded in 1854 as a rival male chorus to the older Liederkranz. Its conductors have been Bergmann in 1859–60 and 1867–71, Anschütz in 1860–62, Ritter in 1862–67, Leopold Damrosch in 1871–84, Van der Stucken in 1884–94 (tour to Europe with the Society in 1892), Lorenz in 1895–1913, and Carl Hahn in 1913–18. See Vol. iii. 369–70.
15ARMSTRONG, JOHN. See TUNE-BOOKS, 1816.
16ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM DAWSON (b. 1868). See Register, 8.
17ARNOLD, MR., MRS. and Miss. See Register, 2.
18ARNOLD [-STROTHOTTE], MAURICE (b. 1865). See Register, 8.
19ARNOLD, RICHARD (Jan. 10, 1845, Eilenburg, Prussia : June 21, 1918, New York), was brought to America in 1853 and attended schools in Buffalo, Memphis and Columbus. By his twelfth year he had conducted theater-orchestras in Memphis and Columbus. From 1864 he was a pupil of Ferdinand David at Leipzig, where he remained three years. Returning to New York, he played in the orchestra at Niblo's Garden for a time, and then became a first violinist under Thomas in
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