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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.2, 1906
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1such as On Conducting, Beethoven, etc., and received Wagner in his house during his stay in London. An interesting set of papers on Wagner and the Reform of the Opera in the Monthly Musical Record of 1872 was republished in 1904. He was the first to play the concertos of Grieg in A minor, Liszt in A and Tchaikovsky in B flat minor (Crystal Palace, 1874 and 1876). He was appointed professor of the pianoforte in the R.C.M. in 1895.
3But while Dannreuther was an earnest apostle of the new school, he was no less zealous for the old, as is proved by the range of the programmes of his well-known chamber concerts, given at his house in Orme Square, Bayswater, from 1874-93, his own able interpretations of Bach and Beethoven, his lectures on Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Wagner at the Royal Institution, and his article on Beethoven in Macmillan's Magazine (July 1876). His treatise on Musical Ornamentation (one of Novello's primers) is the standard work on the subject. He was a valued contributor to the earlier editions of this Dictionary, and the author of vol. vi. of the Oxford History of Music (The Romantic Period) published posthumously. Dannreuther's published compositions consist of two sets of songs and one of duets.
5D'ANNUNZIO, see ANNUNZIO, D'.
6D'ANTIQUIS, see ANTIQUIS, D'.
7D'ANTOINE, see ANTOINE, D'.
8D'ANTONI, see ANTONI, D'.
9DANYEL, see DANIEL.
11DANZI, FRANZ (b. Mannheim, May 15, 1763; d. Carlsruhe, Apr. 13, 1826), composer and violoncellist, studied chiefly under his father, first violoncellist to the Elector Palatine, and in composition under the Abbé Vogler.
13At 15 he was admitted into the Elector's band. In 1778 the band was transferred to Munich, and there Danzi produced his first opera, 'Die Mitternachtsstunde,' which was followed by 'Der Kuss,' 'Ileopatra,' 'Iphigenia' and others. In 1790 he married Marguerite MARCHAND (d. Munich, 1799), a distinguished singer, and in the following year started with her on a professional tour which lasted six years. At Prague and Leipzig he conducted the performances by Guardassoni's Italian company, and his wife was especially successful in the parts of Susanna in 'Le Nozze di Figaro,' and Caroline and Nina in 'Il matrimonio segreto.' They were also favourably received in Italy, especially at Venice and Florence. In 1797 they returned to Munich, where Mme. Danzi died. Her husband soon after resigned his post of vice-Kapellmeister to the Elector, to which he was appointed in 1798. In 1807 he was appointed Kapellmeister to the King of Württemberg; then Kapellmeister at Carlsruhe, where he remained till his death. He composed eleven operas, besides a mass of orchestral, chamber and church music. (See Q.-L.) His 'Singing Exercises' were used for long after his death and form his most permanent work. His daughter was Mme. LEBRUN (q.v.).
15M. C. C.
17DAQUIN (D'AQUIN), (1) LOUIS CLAUDE (b. Paris, July 4, 1694; d. there, June 15, 1772), organist. He was a godson of the composer and harpsichord-player Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, whose husband, the organist Marin de la Guerre, probably gave him lessons. He played before Louis XIV. when only 6, and was a prodigy. He studied composition with N. Bernier and organ with Louis Marchand, of whom he remained all his life a great admirer. He began his career at 12 years, in replacing his godmother's husband at the Sainte-Chapelle and becoming organist at the chapel of the Petit Saint-Antoine (1706). He competed successfully for the position of organist at Saint-Paul with Rameau (1727), who was rejected; he succeeded Marchand at the organ of the convent of the Cordeliers at the latter's death (1732), and became organist of the Chapel Royal on Dandrieu's death (Apr. 13, 1739). He held these two last posts until his death. His first book of harpsichord pieces, which contain the famous 'Concou,' was published in 1735 (reprint in 'Le Trésor des pianistes,' vol. ix.); his 'Nouveau Livre de noëls pour l'orgue et le clavecin dont la plupart peuvent s'exécuter sur les violons, flûtes, hautbois,' etc., is reprinted in Guilmant's ARCHIVES DES MAÎTRES DE L'ORGUE (q.v.), vol. 3 (biography by A. Pirro). He also left a printed cantata, 'La Rose,' and a large number of MSS., motets, organ pieces, fugues, trios, etc. It may be gathered from a contemporary opinion that Daquin's playing was remarkable for its unfaltering precision and evenness.
19His only son, (2) PHILIPPE-LOUIS (1720-97), wrote: Lettres sur les hommes célèbres dans les sciences, la littérature et l'art sous le règne de Louis XV (1752), Siècle littéraire de Louis XV, ou lettres sur les hommes célèbres (1753).
21BIBL.—Fétis; Q.-L.; A. Guilmant, Archives des maîtres de l'orgue, vol. 3; Encyclopédie de la musique et Dictionnaire du Conservatoire, art. by L. de La Laurencie, France, 17e et 18e siècles; F. Raugel, Les Organistes, 1923; A. Pirro, Les Clavecinistes, 1921. one of two readings
22BIBL.—Fétis; Q.-L.; A. Guilmant, Archives des maîtres de l'orgue, vol. 3; Encyclopédie de la musique et Dictionnaire du Conservatoire, art. by L. de la Laurencie, France, 17e et 18e siècles; F. Raugel, Les Organistes, 1923; A. Pirro, Les Clavecinistes, 1921. one of two readings
24M. L. P.
26DARABUKKEH, an Egyptian drum with one head, the skin being stretched over an earthenware or wooden body with an open end. (See DRUM.)
28F. W. G.
30D'AREZZO, GUIDO, see GUIDO D'AREZZO.
32D'ARGIES, see ARGIES, D'.
34DARGOMIJSKY, ALEXANDER SERGEIVICH (b. Toula, Feb. 14, 1813; d. St. Petersburg, Jan. 17, 1869), composer of considerable importance in the history of the Russian opera, was born on a country property in the government of Toula, whither his parents had fled from their own home, near Smolensk, during the French invasion of 1812. It is a
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