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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.5 L-m, 1900
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1publishing a large volume on the life and death (1869) of Gottschalk in Brazil. At Meridoza he has inaugurated the most notable serious music magazine in South America, the 'Revista de estudios musicales'.
3Lange is an honorary member of practically all Latin-America's serious musical institutes, and also of musicological societies in the U.S.A., Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc., besides being a correspondent of the International Folk Music Council (London) and the Commission Internationale des Arts et Traditions Populaires (Paris).
5N. F.
7LANGE (Langius), Hieronymus (Gregor) (b. Havelberg, Brandenburg, ?; d. Breslau, 1 May 1587).
9German composer. He obtained in 1574 the post of school cantor at Frankfort o/O., but becoming paralysed in his hands and feet he removed to Breslau in 1583, where he was received into a charitable institution, and in spite of his infirmity continued to devote himself to musical composition till his death. There are 2 books of 'Cantiones sacrae', published 1580 and 1584 respectively, containing 35 Latin motets for 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 voices, and 2 books of 'Deutsche Lieder' (1584, 1586), containing forty German secular songs for 3 voices. Besides these, there are only a few occasional compositions, published separately, chiefly 'Epithalamia' or wedding-songs in the form of motets.
11The 'Deutsche Lieder' for 3 voices were frequently reprinted, and in 1615 Christoph Demantius rearranged them for 5 voices. Although highly thought of in their time, Eitner says, these songs are less attractive than those of Regnard, being somewhat stiff and wanting in melody. The rearrangement by Demantius is of greater merit. But Lange's Latin motets stand on a higher level. In 1899 Reinhold Starke edited for the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung a selection of 24 of these motets ('Publikationen', Year XXIX), among which are several very interesting numbers. 'Vae misero mihi', with its second part, 'O vos omnes qui transitis', is very remarkable on account of its unusual chromatic modulations. A motet, 'Media vita', composed on the occasion of the death of the General Superintendent Musculus, one of Lange's chief Frankfort patrons, the editor considers as being quite in the mood of Bach. These motets must have enjoyed considerable favour, as some of them were also transcribed for the lute. Besides the published works Starke enumerates a considerable number which have remained in manuscript, among which are 2 masses, 30 Latin motets and 20 German songs for 4 and 5 voices, partly sacred.
13J. R. M.
15BIBL. — M.f.M., 1899, pp. 101-23.
17LANGHANS
19LANGE-MÜLLER, Peter (Erasmus) (b. Frederiksborg, 1 Dec. 1850; d. Copenhagen, 25 Feb. 1926).
21Danish composer. He began by studying law, but worked at music with Mathison-Hansen in Copenhagen, and from 1871 at the Conservatory there; also at pianoforte playing with Neupert. He wrote incidental music for several Danish plays as well as operas which were produced at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen: 'Tove' (libretto by the composer), 19 Jan. 1878; 'Spanske Studenter' (William Faber), 21 Oct. 1883; 'Vikingeblood' (Einar Christiansen), 29 Apr. 1900. The second and third were also given in Stockholm and the second at Hamburg. Act II of 'Tove' was revived in Copenhagen on 10 Jan. 1912 under the new title of 'Der gaardans i Borgegaard' ('There is Dancing at Borgegaard'). It is Lange-Müller's vocal music on a smaller scale (some 200 songs and choral pieces) which is regarded as most characteristic of him and of his country. These works are mild and pleasant, as it was the fashion for Danish and indeed for most Scandinavian music to be in his time.
23Further works are:
25Opera 'Fru Jeanna' (1891).
26Incidental music for Kaaland's drama 'Fulvia'.
27Incidental music for Holger Drachmann's fairy-tale play 'Det var en gang'.
28'Niels Ebbesen' for baritone, men's chorus & orch.
292 Symphonies.
302 Suites for orch., 'Alhambra' and 'Weyerburg'.
31Trio, F' ma., for vn., cello & pf.
32Pf. pieces.
335 Songs from 'Sulamith og Salomon' (Op. 1).
34Russian Songs (Op. 11).
35Danish Songs (Op. 14).
36Norwegian Songs (Op. 16).
37French Songs (Op. 28).
38Also other songs, male-voice choruses, &c.
40H. C. C., adds.
42BIBL. — CLAUSEN, JULIUS, 'P. E. Lange-Muller: Mennesket og Kunstneren' (Copenhagen, 1928).
43Langendijk, Pieter. See Voormolen (ballet suite).
45LANGFORD, Samuel (b. Manchester, 1863; d. Manchester, 8 May 1927).
47English critic. He entered the business of his father as a nursery gardener, but it has been said of him that his lifelong interest in flowers was romantic rather than commercial. He turned to musical interests, and for four years (1896-1900) studied seriously with Reinecke at Leipzig. From 1905 till his death he was music critic to 'The Manchester Guardian', and during those years he wrote widely and forcibly on musical subjects, particularly taking on himself the championship of the neglected works of Mahler. A collection of his writings, edited by his successor, Neville Cardus, was published by the O.U.P. in 1939.
49H. C. C.
51LANGHANS, Friedrich Wilhelm (b. Hamburg, 21 Sept. 1832; d. Berlin, 9 June 1892).
53German author, composer and violinist.
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