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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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11763—London, April 16, 1846; called "the Paganini of the contra-basso"; composed, played and taught.
2Drago'ni, Giovanni Andrea, Mendola, ca. 1540—Rome, 1598; composer; pupil of Palestrina; cond. at the Lateran.
3Draud (drowt) (Drau'dius), Georg, Davernheim, Hesse, 1573—Butzbach, ca. 1636; pub. "Bibliotheca Classica," and other musical works of great informational value.
4Drdla, Franz, Saar, Moravia, Nov. 28, 1868; violinist and composer; pupil of Prague and Vienna Cons.; c. over 200 smaller instrumental works, among which his "Souvenir" had world-wide popularity; also two stage works; 1923-25, lived in New York.
5Drechsler (dréks'-lér), (1) Jos., Wallisch-Birken (Vlachovo Brezi), Bohemia, 1782—Vienna, 1852; organist, conductor and dram. composer. (2) Karl, Kamenz, 1800—Dresden, 1873; 'cellist teacher.
6Dregert (drá'-gërt), Alfred, Frankfort-on-Oder, 1836—Elberfeld, 1893; conductor, dir. and composer.
7Drese (drá'-zě), Adam, Thüringen, Dec., 1620—Arnstadt, Feb. 15, 1701; director and comp.
8Dresel (drá'-zél), Otto, Andernach, 1826—Beverly, Mass., 1890; composer.
9Dreszer (drésh'-ër), Anastasius W., Kalisch, Poland, April 28, 1845—Halle, June 2, 1907; a brilliant pianist at 12; studied with Döring, Krebs, and Früh, Dresden Cons.; lived in Leipzig; 1868, Halle; founded a music-school of which he was dir.; c. 2 symphonies, opera "Valmoda," etc.
10Dreyschock (drí'-shôk), (1) Alex., Zack, Bohemia, Oct. 15, 1818—Venice, April 1, 1869; one of the most dextrous of pf.-virtuosi; c. an opera, etc. (2) Raimund, Zack, 1824—Leipzig, 1869, br. of above; leader. His wife (3) Elisabeth (née Nose), Cologne, 1832, a contralto. (4) Felix, Leipzig, Dec. 27, 1860—Berlin, Aug. 1, 1906; son of (1); pianist; student under Grabau, Ehrlich, Taubert, and Kiel at the Berlin Royal Hochschule; prof. Stern Cons., Berlin; c. a vln.-sonata (op. 16), etc.
11Drieberg (dré'-bërkh), Fr. J. von, Charlottenburg, 1780–1856; writer on Greek music; dram. composer.
12Drigo (drë'-gô), Riccardo, Padua, 1846—Oct. 1, 1930; composer; active as conductor at St. Petersburg Imp. Op. and piano teacher there for many years; after 1919 again lived in Padua; c. operas, and ballets; among the latter "Il Flauto Magico" and "Les Millions d'Arlequin" have had wide popularity; also salon works for piano.
13Drobisch (drö'-bësh), (1) Moritz W., Leipzig, Aug. 16, 1802—Sept. 30, 1896; from 1842 prof. of phil., Leipzig Univ.; pub. important treatises on the mathematical determination of relative pitches. (2) Karl L., Leipzig, 1803—Augsburg, 1854; bro. of above; c. 3 oratorios.
14Drouet (droo-ã), L. Franç. Ph., Amsterdam, 1792—Bern, Sept. 30, 1873; flutist and composer.
15Duben'sky, Arcady, b. Russia, 1890; composer, violinist; pupil of Moscow Cons.; played vln. in Phila. Orch.; guest cond. of his works in America; c. (opera) "Romance with Double Bass" (Moscow Imp. Op., 1916); "The Raven," a melo-declamation to text by Poe; orch. works, incl. symphony, "Russian Bells" (N. Y. Symph., 1927); Fugue for 18 violins, etc.
16Dubois (dü-bwä) (1) (Clément Fran.) Th., Rosnay, Marne, Aug. 24, 1837—Paris, June 11, 1924; studied at Rheims, then under Marmontel, Bénoist, Bazin, and Thomas (fugue and cpt.) at Paris Cons.; took Grand prix de Rome with the cantata "Atala"; also first prizes in all departments; sent from Rome a Solemn Mass (perf. at the Madeleine in 1870), a dram. work, "La Prova d'un Opera Seria," and 2 overtures; returned to Paris as a teacher; cond. at Saint-Clotilde; organist at the Madeleine; 1871 prof. of harm. at the Cons.; 1891 prof. of comp.; 1894, elected to Acad.; 1896, dir. of the Cons., and officier of the Legion of Honour; c. operas; oratorios: "Les Septs Paroles du Christ" (1867), "Le Paradis Perdu" (1878) (city of Paris prize), and "Notre Dame de la Mer" (1897); cantatas; masses, etc.; 3 overtures, incl. "Frithioff." (2) Léon, Brussels, Jan. 9, 1859—1935; pupil of Cons., took Grand prix de Rome; 1890 second cond., Th. de la Monnaie, Brussels, 1912-25, dir. of Brussels Cons. (vice Tinel); c.
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