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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Dec. 26, 1826—Leyden, Jan. 24, 1904; violinist; pupil of Vieuxtemps and Molique; lived in Amsterdam, 1895, dir. of the Cons. and prof. of vln. and comp.; solo violinist to the Queen; leader of a quartet; and composer of a notable symphony, cantatas, etc. (3) Willem, Rotterdam, Nov. 17, 1837—Lugano, March 18, 1918; bro. of above; pianist, toured S. America, and W. Indies; 1862, concert-giver in London; c. oratorio, "Lazarus" (1878), etc. (4) Cornelius, The Hague, 1838—Arnhem, March, 1913; violinist; 1859, cond. at Amsterdam; 1860 bandm. Garde Nationale, Utrecht; c. overtures, etc.
3Coerne (kér'-ně), Louis Adolphe, Newark, N. J., 1870—New London, Conn., Sept. 11, 1922; 1876-80 studied at Stuttgart and Paris, then entered Harvard College and studied with Paine and Kneisel, Boston, U. S. A.; 1890 studied with Rheinberger and Hieber, Munich; 1893 organist at Boston, also at the Columbian Exposition; 1893-96 dir. Liedertafel, Buffalo; 1897, in Columbus, O.; 1902-03, taught Harvard; 1903-04, Smith Coll.; 1907-09, dir. of mus., Troy, N. Y.; 1909-10, dir. Olivet Coll.; 1910, prof. at Univ. of Wis.; 1915, Conn. Coll.; his opera, "Zenobia" was prod. at Bremen, 1905; author of "The Evolution of Modern Orchestration"; c. great variety of chamber, orch., vocal music; an opera "The Maid of Marblehead," symph. poem "Hiawatha," etc.
5Co'gan, Phillip, b. Cork, 1750; organist, teacher and composer.
7Cohen (kow'-ěn or kō'-ěn), (1) H., Amsterdam, 1808—Brie-sur-Marne, 1880; writer. (2) Jules Émile David, Marseilles, Nov. 2, 1830—Paris, Jan. 14, 1901; pupil of Zimmerman, Marmontel, Benoist, and Halévy, Paris Cons.; won first prize for pf., organ, cpt. and fugue; 1870, teacher of ensemble singing at the Cons.; since 1877 Chef de Chant, and chorusmaster Gr. Opéra; prod. 4 operas; c. 3 cantatas, several symphonies, masses, oratorios, etc. (3) K. Hubert, b. Laurenzkirg (near Aix), Oct. 18, 1851; a priest, studied at Aix and Ralston, 1879-87 cond. Bamberg; 1887-1910 at Cologne Cath.; c. masses, etc. (4) Harriet, b. London, England; pianist; her father a composer, mother a pianist; studied with them and with Matthey; won Ada Lewis Scholarship, R. Acad. of Mus.; début, London, at 13; has appeared widely in Bach programs and works of modern school, incl. Salzburg Fest.; soloist with orch., London, Vienna, Barcelona, Warsaw, New York; also in sonata recitals with Joseph Szigeti, Beatrice Harrison, Lionel Tertis; Amer. début, 1930. Dame Commander.
9Colasse (kō-lās), Pascal, Rheims, Jan. 22, 1649—Versailles, 1709; cond. and dram. composer.
11Col'bran, (1) Gianni, court-musician to King of Spain, 18th century. (2) Isabella A., Madrid, 1785—Boulogne, 1845, daughter of above; singer and composer.
13Cole, Rossetter G., b. near Clyde, Mich., Feb. 5, 1866; composer; 1888, graduated from Michigan Univ., taking musical courses also; at his graduation the Univ. Mus. Soc. performed his cantata with orch. "The Passing of Summer"; 1888-90, he taught English and Latin in high schools; 1890-92 in Berlin, winning competitive scholarship at Royal Master-school, and studying with Max Bruch; 1892-94, prof. of music Ripon College; 1894—1901, Iowa College; from 1902 in Chicago as teacher, and from 1908 also in charge of summer music classes of Columbia Univ., N. Y. c. "King Robert of Sicily" and "Hiawatha's Wooing," as musical backgrounds for recitation, ballade for 'cello and orch.; sonata for violin, songs, etc.
15Co'leridge-Taylor, Samuel, London, Aug. 15, 1875—Thornton Heath, Sept. 1, 1912 (of African descent; his father a native of Sierra Leone, his mother, English); composer; pupil (vln.) of the R. A. M., 1890; won composition-scholarship in 1893; until 1896 pupil of V. Stanford; 1892 pub. an anthem; c. a nonet for pf., strings, and wind (1894); a symphony (1896); a quintet for clar. and strings (1897), a string-quartet, and a Morning and Evening Service; pub. a ballade for viola and orch., operetta "Dream Lovers," 4 waltzes for orch.; he was made cond. Handel Society, 1904; his "Hiawatha" was developed as a trilogy, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," (R. C. M., London, 1898).
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