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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.5 L-m, 1900
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1National Lyric Theatre in Athens on 2 Dec. 1950.
3Lavranga's style, greatly influenced at first by the Italian school, evolved later into a personal style imbued with strong national colour. His principal works are:
5OPERAS
6' Elda di Vorn ' (Naples, 1890).
7' La vita è un sogno ' (comp. 1890–91).
8' The Two Brothers ' (Athens, 1900).
9' The Sorceress ' (Athens, 1901).
10' Dido ' (Athens, 1909).
11' Black Butterfly ' (Athens, 1928).
12' Redeemer ' (Corfu, 1935).
13' Facanapas ' (comp. 1935).
15OPERETTAS
16' White Hair ' (1915).
17' Sporting Club ' (1919).
18' Double Fire ' (1919).
19All performed in Athens.
21CHORAL WORKS
22' Pentathlon ', for solo voices, chorus & orch. (1896).
232 Masses (the second for the Greek Orthodox Church).
25ORCHESTRAL WORKS
262 Greek Suites.
272 Lyrical Intermezzi.
28Introduction and Fugue.
29' Romanesca. '
30' Yota Navarra. '
31Also choruses, songs, pianoforte and violin pieces.
33S. M.
35LAVROVSKA, Elisaveta Andreyevna (Lavrovskaya) (b. Kashin, Tver, 12 Oct. 1845; d. ?).
37Russian mezzo-soprano singer, known mainly by the Polish form of her name, Lawrowska. She was taught singing by Fenzi at the Elizabeth Institute and by Mme Nissen-Saloman at the Conservatory of St. Petersburg. In 1867 she made her début as Orpheus at three performances of Gluck's opera, given by the Conservatory students under Rubinstein at the Palace of the Grand Duchess Helena, thanks to whose kindness she was enabled to study abroad. From 1868 to 1872 she was engaged at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and on 31 July 1871 she married Prince Zereteyev at Odessa. In 1868 she was announced to sing in Italian opera in London at Covent Garden, but did not appear. She left opera for a time and sang at concerts all over Europe, having received further instruction from Pauline Viardot-Garcia. She visited England in 1873 and made her first appearance on 24 Feb. at the Monday Popular Concerts and on 1 Mar. at the Crystal Palace. During her stay she made a great impression by her voice and fine declamatory powers of singing in operatic airs by Handel and Glinka, and in the songs by Schubert, Schumann, etc. In 1881 she reappeared in England at concerts, but for a very short period. In 1878 she returned to the St. Petersburg Opera.
39A. C.
41LAVRY, Mare (b. Riga, 22 Dec. 1903).
42Israeli conductor and composer. He studied conducting and composition at Leipzig and obtained his first post as conductor at Saarbrücken in 1927–28. After serving as conductor at various theatres he returned to Riga in 1932, and in 1935 went to live in Palestine. Much attracted already in his earlier works by folklore and popular media, he developed a new folkloristic style in his new homeland. His works include compositions for the stage, ballets, choruses, light orchestral works and symphonic music, and several concertos. In 1949 Lavry was appointed head of the Music Department of Kol Zion Lagolah, the broadcasting station in Jerusalem for Jewish communities throughout the world. Lavry is a prolific composer, and his best works are the folk opera 'Dan the Guard' (libretto by S. Shalom and Max Brod), produced at Tel-Aviv in 1945, an oratorio, 'Song of Songs', and a popular symphonic poem, 'Emek' (1937). P. G.
44LAWES. English family of musicians.
46(1) Thomas Lawes (b. ? Dinder nr. Wells 1, ?; d. ? Salisbury, 7 Nov. 1640). His identification with the vicar-choral of Salisbury of the same name has not been ascertained with certainty.2 The latter died on 7 Nov. 1640 and was buried in the north transept of Salisbury Cathedral. He was the father of three sons, two of whom, Henry (2) and William (4), are of historical importance.
48In the registers of Dinton in Wiltshire there are two entries which establish Thomas of Dinder as the father of Henry; the marriage (1594) on 3 Feb. of "Thomas Lawes of Dynder in the countie of Somerset and Lucris Shepharde, the daughter of Junne Shepharde of Dinton", and (1596), "In this yeare ye fift day of January Thomas Lawes had a sonne christened named Henry".3
50(2) Henry Lawes (b. Dinton, Wilts, 5 Jan.
521 The Rev. M. Y. McClean, rector of Dinder, kindly made search of his parish registers for the 4th edition of this Dictionary, but without result.
532 Mrs. Dora H. Robertson, in her book 'Sarum Close' (London, 1938), records from the minute books of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury that there was a William Lawes 'alias Coldbeck', who came to Salisbury from Winchester in 1594 as a deacon on probation. It is uncertain what connection, if any, he had with the famous Lawes family. After a year he applied for a permanent appointment as vicar-choral. His appointment was opposed by the vicars, who brought certain charges against him, from which, however, he was able to clear himself. He received the appointment, but held it only until 1597. He may therefore have been the William Lawes who appeared later in the choir at Chichester but left it to be sworn a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal on 1 Jan. 1603.
54The evidence that it was Thomas (1) who became a vicar-choral at Salisbury and died in that post in 1640 is strengthened by a letter from the Earl of Pembroke (preserved in the muniment room at Salisbury), requesting the post for him as a personal favour. Mrs. Robertson says: "It was doubtless Henry Lawes, with his influence at Court, who induced the Earl of Pembroke to take an interest in his father Thomas" (op. cit., p. 170).
553 This agrees with the evidence of the portrait in the bishop's palace at Salisbury inscribed "H Lawes aetat 26, 1622".
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