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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.3, 1907
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11920. His tendencies are classical, and he has composed sonatas for violin and pianoforte, and violoncello and pianoforte; a string quartet; Slovak songs for solo and for chorus; 'Ave Maria,' for soprano solo and organ; and church music
2R. N.
4KAHN, ROBERT (b. Mannheim, July 21, 1865), studied with Lachner in his native town, with Kiel in Berlin and Rheinberger in Munich, and afterwards profited by the society of Brahms in Vienna and of Joachim in Berlin. In 1890 he undertook the direction of a choir of women's voices in Leipzig, a post which he held for three years, writing many compositions for female voices with and without orchestra. He became teacher of composition in the Hochschule of Berlin, and his chamber compositions are highly esteemed throughout Germany. A sonata for piano and violin in G minor, op. 5, was played in Mar. 1896 by Joachim at a Monday Popular Concert in London.
6His principal compositions are:
8String quartet in A minor, op. 60.
9Quintet for PF. and strings in C minor.
10Three quartets for PF. and strings, opp. 14, 30, 41.
11Trios for PF. and strings, opp. 19, 33, 35.
12Clarinet Trio, op. 45.
13Three Sonatas, violin and PF., opp. 5, 26, 50.
14Suite, violin and PF., op. 69.
15Two violoncello sonatas, opp. 37, 56.
16'Mahomet's Geang,' choir and orch.
17Many Songs, piano pieces, etc.
19M., with addns.
21KAHRER, LAURA (b. Vienna, Jan. 14, 1853; d. Dresden, Aug. 2, 1925), a distinguished pianist.
23On the nomination of the Empress Elisabeth she became a pupil of the Conservatorium at Vienna, under Dachs and Dessoff, from 1866–1869. After taking the first prize, she made a tour to the principal towns of Germany, ending at Weimar. There she studied under Liszt, and matured that beauty of touch, precision, fire, and intelligence which raised her to the first rank of pianists in Germany, and which induced Herr von Bülow—no lenient critic—to praise her playing of Beethoven's op. 106 in the highest terms. In 1874 she married Eduard Rappoldi (q.v.). She was the worthy colleague of her husband in the best concerts of Dresden.
25G.
27KALCHER, JOHANN NEPOMUK (b. Feising, Bavaria, 1766; d. Munich, 1826), studied at Freising under the court organist Berger, and from 1790 under Grätz, at Munich, through whose recommendation he was appointed as court organist at the latter town in 1798. In purity and power his playing was considered unparalleled. Among his pupils was Carl Maria von Weber, then aged 13, who dedicated to him the second of his published works, 6 Variations for pianoforte (1800), in the dedication of which he expresses his sincere admiration of, and gratitude to, his revered master. Kalcher composed symphonies, masses, concertos, sonatas, songs, etc., of which most have remained in MS. (See Q.-L. and Mendel.)
29KALINNIKOV, BASIL SERGEIVICH (b. Government of Orlov, Jan. 13, 1866; d. Yalta, Jan. 11, 1901; Dec. 29, 1900 O.S.), composer. He was the son of a police official, and was educated in the Orlovsky Seminary, where for a time he directed the choir. In 1884 he came to Moscow in great poverty, but succeeded in entering the Music School of the Philharmonic Society. He studied the bassoon and also composition under Ilyinsky and Blaramberg. Having completed a brilliant course at this school, Kalinnikov was appointed assistant conductor to the Italian Opera, Moscow, for the season 1893–94. Unhappily the privations he had undergone had told upon his health. Symptoms of consumption now began to show themselves, and he was ordered to relinquish his work and winter in the Crimea. The remaining years of his life were devoted entirely to composition. His first symphony is a spirited work, full of fresh and healthy inspiration, and very national in style. It met with great success in Russia, was heard in Vienna (1898), Berlin (1899), Paris (1900), and reached England in 1908, when it was heard both in London and at the Bristol festival. His principal works, published mostly by Jürgenson, include:
31Cantata, 'St. John Chrysostom.'
32Two symphonies (G minor and A major).
33Two orchestral intermezzli. one of two readings
34Two orchestral intermezz. one of two readings
35Orchestral Suite.
36Two symphonic sketches
37Incidental music to A. Tolstol's play, 'Tsar Boris' (1899).
38String quartet.
39'The Roussalka,' ballad for solo, ch., and orch.
40Songs and pianoforte pieces.
42R. N.
44KALKBRENNER, FRIEDRICH WILHELM MICHAEL (b. 1788; d. Enghien, near Paris, June 10, 1849), pianist and prolific composer for his instrument. He was born while his mother was on a journey between Cassel and Berlin. His father, Christian Kalkbrenner (1755–1806), of Hebrew extraction and a musician of considerable ability, began his son's training early.1 In 1798 Friedrich entered the Conservatoire at Paris, and left it, after four years of assiduous study, with 1st prize for pianoforte-playing and harmony. In 1813 he played in public at Berlin and Vienna, heard Clementi, made Hummel's acquaintance, and was introduced by Haydn to Albrechtsberger, from whom he had lessons in counterpoint. From 1814–23 he resided in London, much sought after as a player and fashionable teacher. He was a champion of the system of LOGIER and the chiroplast. In 1824 he settled in Paris as a member of the pianoforte-making firm of Pleyel & Co. In Paris, too, his success as a performer and teacher was very great; he was a shrewd man of business and managed to amass quite a fortune. Madame Camille Pleyel was his best pupil. When Chopin came to Paris
461 Beethoven includes 'Kalkbrenner (Vater)' with Sterck, and others of the 'old dead composers of the Empire' in his denunciation of Gottfried Weber's mistakes in regard to Mozart's Requiem. 'Requiescat in pace,' says he (Letter, Feb. 6, 1826). He would hardly have been content with so mild a sneer if he had known that Kalkbrenner had 'arranged' 'Don Giovanni' (that is, had altered the music and interpolated fresh pieces for its appearance on the Paris stage, Sept. 17, 1805 (see Lajarte, Bibli. mus. de l'Opéra, ii. 8). (See LACHNITZ.)
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