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Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians,vol.5 L-m, 1900
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1took a course in musical history at Helsingfors University under Ilmari Krohn and obtained the Ph.D. degree with a dissertation on the old Finnish Runo melodies. From 1918 to 1922 he was lecturer in folk music at the University, and he published several collections of folk tunes. In 1930 he settled at Nice, where he has been occupied mainly with the composition of operas, among which the following are outstanding:
2'The Seven Brothers' (libretto based on the book by Aleksis Kivi), 1913.
3'Kullervo' (lib. based on the 'Kalevala' and Kivi), 1917.
4'Aslak Hetta', prod. Nice, 1938.
5'The Song of the Magician', 1934.
6'Le Foulard enchanté', 1938.
7'Jehudith', 1940.
9Launis also wrote stage and film music, 2 cantatas, chamber music, pianoforte pieces, songs, etc.
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12Launza, Marcos de (Conde de Clavijo). See Durón ('Jupiter y Yoo', lib.).
14LAURENCE, Frederick (b. London, 25 May 1884).
15English composer. He at first followed a commercial career, but studied music privately under Josef Holbrooke. Afterwards he travelled in Germany, France and Austria, gaining musical experience in various ways. On his return to England he became librarian to one or two of the most important orchestral organizations in London, doing much useful work in the way of arranging and scoring. He was also for a time a partner in a London firm of music librarians and publishers, but in 1924 transferred his activities elsewhere.
17Between 1910 and 1912 he composed an opera, 'The Pariah', which he afterwards destroyed, a fate shared by several early and immature works. An orchestral Legend, 'The Spirit's Wayfaring', was produced by Sir Henry Wood at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts on 2 Oct. 1918, and another work for orchestra, 'The Dance of the Witch Girl', on 12 Oct. 1920. A lighter piece for string orchestra, 'Tristis', had a certain vogue. In 1922 and 1923 Laurence visited Vienna, where he conducted some of his works.
19The music of Frederick Laurence was, for its time, daring as regards harmony, exceedingly complex in texture and richly scored. In spite of its nonconformity with established usages, it does not reveal indiscriminate sympathy with all the tendencies of its period. It is absolute music in so far as it seeks to express only such conceptions as lie outside the scope of any other art. Most frequently it deals with occult matters and aims at arousing a mystical emotion rather than at making its appeal to the senses or the intellect.
21Other works by Laurence are 'A Miracle', 'Enchantment', 'Fire Earth', 'Milandor', 'Night', 'The Dream of Harlequin', 'The Passionate Quest', all for orchestra; Sextet for strings, Trio for violin, cello and pianoforte; Sonata for violin and pianoforte; various pianoforte pieces, etc.
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24LAURENCIE, Lionel de La. See LA LAURENCIE.
25Laurencin, Marie. See Sauguet (stage designs for 'Roses').
27LAURENTI, Bartolomeo Girolamo (b. Bologna, c. 1644; d. Bologna, 18 Jan. 1726).
28Italian violinist and composer. He was violinist at the cathedral of San Petronio and a member of the Accademia Filarmonica at Bologna. He composed 'Sonate da camera a vn°. e vcl°.' (Op. 3), 'Sci concerti a . . . vn°., vcl°. ed org.', a Sonata for violin and continuo, etc. These were in collective volumes published by Buffagnotti in 1700.
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31LAURENTI, Girolamo Nicolo (b. Bologna, ?; d. Bologna, 26 Dec. 1752).
32Italian violinist and composer, son of the preceding. After doubtless first learning the violin from his father, he became a pupil of Torelli and Vitali. Like his father he also was appointed violinist at San Petronio, Bologna. He composed 6 concertos for 3 violins, viola, cello and organ.
33By "Laurenti" without a Christian name are 6 concertos and one solo piece.
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36LAURENTIUS VON SCHNUFFIS (actually Johann Martin) (b. Schniffis, Vorarlberg, 24 Aug. 1633; d. Constance, 7 Jan. 1702).
37Austrian singer and composer. As an itinerant scholar he earned his living by singing and rhyming until he received an engagement at the Innsbruck court theatre in 1660. In 1665 he entered a religious order and some time after was made a poet laureate by the Emperor Leopold I. He is one of the few monodic song writers of the 17th century, but of the nine books of his songs the melodies are at least partly by Father Romanus Vötter.
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40LAURI-VOLPI, Giacomo (b. Rome, 11 Dec. 1894).
41Italian tenor singer. He was destined for a legal career and studied law at Rome University, but decided to devote himself to singing and entered the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in his native city. Later he took private lessons under Rosati. He made his début in Massenet's 'Manon' at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome in 1920, but after some successes in other Italian cities became attached chiefly to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he first appeared as the Duke in 'Rigoletto' on 27 Jan. 1923. Before he left that opera-house in 1934 he made guest appearances at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, at the Covent Garden Opera in London, where he did not greatly please, and at the Teatro
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