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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.1 Ed.3, 1904
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1family. He was an excellent player both on the violin and piano, and a practised composer before entering at the University of Jena, where he went through the complete course of study. He was thus fully competent on the death of his father to assume the control of the business, and indeed to impart to it fresh impulse by allying himself with Senefelder the inventor of lithography, a process which he largely applied to the production of music.
3In the year of his father's death he visited Vienna, and acquired from Mozart's widow the entire musical remains of the great composer. André published the thematic catalogue which Mozart himself had kept of his works from Feb. 9, 1784, to Nov. 15, 1791, as well as a further thematic catalogue of the whole of the autographs of the master which had come into his possession. André was equally versed in the theory and the practice of music; he attempted every branch of composition. Amongst other things he was the author of 'Proverbs,' for four voices (op. 32), an elaborate joke which was subsequently the object of much dispute, owing to its having been published in 1869 by Aibl of Munich as a work of Haydn. His introduction to the violin and his treatise on harmony and counterpoint were both highly esteemed. So also were the first two volumes of his unfinished work on composition (Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst, 1832-43). André was dignified with the title of Hofrat, and by the accumulation of musical treasures he converted his house into a perfect pantheon of music. An idea of the respect in which he was held may be gained from various mentions of him in Mendelssohn's letters, especially that of July 14, 1836, and a very characteristic account of a visit to him in Hiller's Mendelssohn, chap. i.
5The following were all sons of Johann Anton André: (3) JOHANN AUGUST (b. Mar. 2, 1817; d. Oct. 29, 1887), published the Universal-Lexikon der Tonkunst of Schladebach and Bernsdorf. (4) JOHANN BAPTIST (b. Mar. 7, 1823; d. Dec. 9, 1882), pupil of Aloys Schmitt and Kessler, and afterwards of Taubert and Dehn, a resident in Berlin, was for some years Kapellmeister to the Duke of Bernburg. (5) JULIUS (b. June 4, 1808; d. Apr. 17, 1880), devoted himself to the organ, and was the author of a Practical Organ School, which passed through several editions, and of various pieces for that instrument, as well as of four hand arrangements of Mozart's works. (6) KARL AUGUST (b. June 15, 1806; d. Feb. 15, 1887) undertook, in 1835, the management of the branch establishment opened at Frankfort by his father in 1828, adding to it a manufactory of pianos, and a general musical instrument business. He named his house 'Mozarthaus,' and the pianos manufactured there 'Mozartflügel,' each instrument being ornamented with a portrait of the master from the original painting by Tischbein in his possession. In 1855, on the occasion of the Munich Industrial Exhibition, he published a volume entitled Pianoforte-making: its history, musical and technical importance (Der Klavierbau, etc.).
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9ANDREA CHÉNIER, opera in 4 acts; libretto by Luigi Illica; music by Umberto Giordano. Produced La Scala, Milan, Mar. 23, 1896; New York, Academy of Music, Nov. 13, 1896; in English, Carl Rosa Co., Camden Theatre, Apr. 16, 1903; at Covent Garden, Nov. 11, 1904.
11ANDREAE, VOLKMAR (b. Berne, July 5, 1879), a Swiss composer and conductor. His musical studies began under Karl Munzinger at the school of music of his native city. From 1897-1900 they were continued at the Cologne Conservatoire under Wüllner, Franke, Kleffel and Staub. In 1900 Andreae went to the Munich Court Opera as sub-conductor. Returning to Switzerland in 1902, he succeeded Attenhofer as conductor of the Mixed Choir in Zürich, and in 1906 he took the place of Hegar as conductor of the Male Choir there. During part of the same period (1902-4) he also conducted the Stadtsgängerverein at Winterthur. Before long Andreae was entrusted with the direction of the Symphony Concerts at the 'Tonhalle' in Zürich. In 1914 he was nominated musical director and professor by the Zürich University, and about the same time he became Principal of the Conservatoire.
13The chief works by Volkmar Andreae are:
14A Symphony; incidental music to Heine's Ratcliff; Piano Trios, opp. 1 and 14; Violin Sonata, op. 4; String Quartet, op. 9; String Trio, op. 29; Kleine Suite for orchestra, op. 27; Der Göttliche, op. 2, and 'Charons Nachen,' op. 3, for chorus and orchestra; Symphonic Fantasy for tenor solo, chorus, orchestra and organ, op. 7; Male Voice Choruses, op. 5, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21; Songs, opp. 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18; and Piano pieces, opp. 20.
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18ANDREAS OF CRETE (650-720), oldest poet of canons of the Greek Church. The melodies given in the oldest versions now extant, and belonging to the 9th or 10th centuries, which are apparently his own, approach the ancient Greek hymns very closely, except for a few richer Melismata.
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22ANDRÉE, ELFRIDA (b. Wisby, Feb. 19, 1841), pupil of W. Söhrling, L. Norman and Gade, was organist at Stockholm, 1861, and at Gothenburg Cathedral, 1867. She wrote a pianoforte-quintet in E minor, 1865; 'Snöfrid,' chorus and orchestra, and a pianoforte trio, 1884. An organ symphony No. 2 received a prize at Brussels in 1894, and a Swedish Mass was performed with great success at Stockholm. She wrote also a symphony for orchestra, a string quartet, an organ symphony No. 1 (London); also solo pieces for violin, pianoforte, songs, etc. E. v. d. s.
24ANDREOLI, a musical family of Northern Italy. (1) EVANGELISTA (b. 1810; d. June 16,
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