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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1operas, ballet, symphonic poem, "Atala," etc.
2Duburg, Matthew, London, 1703—1767; violinist and conductor.
3Ducange. Vide CANGE, DU.
4Ducasse (dü-kăs), Roger, b. Bordeaux, April 18, 1873; pupil Paris Cons., with Gabriel Fauré, winning Prix de Rome, 1902; from 1909 inspector in elementary schools; c. suite française for orch. (Colonne concerts, 1909, twice. Boston Symph., 1910); "Variations plaisantes sur un thème grave" for harp and orch. (Colonne concerts, 1909), "Sarabande" with solo voices, etc.
5Ducis (dü-sē), Benoît (Benedictus Ducis), b. Bruges, 1480; important composer; not to be confused with Benedictus of Appenzell.
6Dufay (dü-fē), Guill., ca. 1400—Cambrai, Nov. 27, 1474; a canon; said to have inv. white (open) notes.
7Dufranne (dü-frän'), Hector, b. Belgium; tenor; sang at Brussels Op., 1896; then in London and after 1899 at Paris Op.-Comique; 1908, Manhattan Op. House, N. Y.; 1910–13 with Chicago Op.; sang in the premières of "Grisélidis," "Monna Vanna" and "Pelléas et Mélisande."
8Dugazon (dü-gă-zōn), Louise-Rosalie (née Lefèvre), Berlin, 1753—Paris, 1821; untrained singer in light opera, so charming in both young and old rôles as to give rise to the descriptive terms "Jeunes Dugazon," and "Mères Dugazon."
9Dug'gan, Jos. Francis, Dublin, July 10, 1817—London, 1900(?); opera-conductor and teacher in various cities in America, also Paris and London; c. succ. operas, "Pierre," and "Léonie," and 3 not produced; 2 symphonies, etc.
10Duifopruggar (rightly Tieffenbrücker) (dwēf'-fō-proog'-gär or tēf'-fēn-brūk'-ēr), (1) Gaspar, Freising, Bavaria, 1514—Lyons, 1571; long considered the first vln.-maker; went to Lyons in 1553, naturalised in 1559, and made violas da gamba and lutes. Other instr.-makers of the same surname were (2) Wendelin, (3) Leonhard, (4) Leopold, (5) Ulrich, and (6) Magnus. The latest made lutes at Venice, 1607.
11Dukas (dü-kăs), Paul, Paris, Oct. 1, 1865—May 17, 1935; one of the most original of French composers; pupil at the Cons. of Dubois, Mathias and Guiraud; won prize in counterpoint, 1888, second Prix de Rome with cantata "Velleda"; spent a year in Rome, then a year of military service; his overture "Polyeucte" was played by Lamoureux in 1892; his symphony, 1896, and elsewhere; 1897 "L'Apprenti-Sorcier"; 1900, piano sonata; 1906, Villanelle for horn and piano; 1907, his opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" made a great stir and was played in Vienna, 1908, Met. Op., N. Y., 1911, etc.; had edited texts of Rameau, and c. for piano "Variations, Interlude et Final," on a theme of Rameau's 1902; Prelude élégiaque on the name of Haydn, 1909; also a ballet "La Péri," dance-poem in one act (Paris, 1911), etc.; after 1909 he was prof. at the Paris Cons. Studies by Séré and Samazeuilh.
12Dukelsky (dōō-kēl'-skē), Vladimir, b. Parifianova near Polotzk, Russia, Sept. 27, 1903; composer; studied in Moscow and Kiev; came into prominence through prod. of his ballet, "Zephyr et Flore" by Diaghileff at Monte Carlo, 1925; he has c. a large amount of chamber music, orch. works, etc.; also popular stage revues and ballads under the pseudonym of "Vernon Duke"; res. in America for a time, but usually in Paris.
13Dulcken (dool'-kēn), (1) Louise (née David), Hamburg, 1811—London 1850, a sister of Fd. David; pianist. (2) Fd. Quentin, London, June 1, 1837—Astoria, N. Y., 1902; son of above; pupil of Mendelssohn, Moscheles, Gade, Hauptmann, Becker and F. Hiller; prof. Warsaw Cons.; toured in Europe; lived for years in New York; c. an opera, "Wieslaw"; a mass, etc.
14Dulichius (dōō-līkh'-y-oos) also (Deulich or Deilich) Philip, Chemnitz (christened Dec. 19), 1562—March 25, 1631; teacher and comp.
15Dülön (doo'-lōn), Fr. L., Oranienburg, near Potsdam, 1769—Würzburg, 1826; a blind flutist and composer.
16Dumont (dü-mōn), Henri, Villers, near Liége, 1610—Paris, May 8, 1684; organist and comp.
17Dunc'an, William Edmondstoune, Sale, Cheshire, 1866—June 26, 1920; organist; at 16 an associate of the Royal College of Organists; 1883,
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