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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1the natural daughter of a nobleman), Ferrara, 1743—Parma, May 18, 1783; a phenomenal singer; Mozart remarked her "lovely voice, flexible throat, and incredibly high range," which reached from middle C three octaves up; she could shake on f''' (vide CHART OF PITCH); she m. Colla, 1780, and retired from the stage.
2Ahle (ä'-lē), (1) Jn. Rud., Mülhausen, 1625—1673; theorist and church-composer. (2) Jn. G., Mülhausen, 1651—1706; son of above; organist, poet and theorist.
3Ahlström (äl'-shträm), (1) Olof, Stockholm, Aug. 14, 1756—Aug. 11, 1835; organist. (2) Jakob Niklas, Wisby, Sweden, June 5, 1805—Stockholm, May 14, 1859; son of above; dram. composer.
4Ahna. Vide DE AHNA.
5Aibl (i'-bl), Jos., founded publishing firm, Munich, 1824; later heads were Eduard Spitzweg (1836) and his sons, Eugen and Otto.
6Aiblinger (i'-blīng-ër), Jn. Kasper, Wasserburg, Bavaria, 1779—Munich, 1867; court-conductor, collector and composer.
7Aichinger (i'-khĭng-ër), Gregor, Regensburg ca. 1564—Augsburg, 1628; canon and composer.
8Aigner (ikh'-nēr), Engelbert, Vienna, 1798—1851; dram composer.
9Aimo (ä'-ē-mō). Vide HAYM, N. F.
10Aimon (ēm-ōn), Pamphile Ld. Fran., b. L'Isle, near Avignon, 1779; 'cellist, conductor, theorist.
11Ajolla. Vide LAYOLLE.
12A Kem'pis, Nicholas, organist and c., at Brussels, ca. 1628.
13Akimen'ko, Theodore, composer; b. Kharkov, Russia, Feb. 8, 1876; studied St. Petersburg Cons., 1895—1900, harmony with Rimsky-Korsakoff and Liadoff, piano with Balakireff. C. two symphonies, orchestral poems, chamber music works, opera "Rudy." Resident in France.
14Ala (ä'-lä), Giov. Bat., Monza, 1580—1612 (?); organist and composer.
15Alabieff (ä-lä-bĭ-ēf), Alex., Moscow, Aug. 16, 1787—March 6, 1851; composer.
16Alaleona (äl-äl-ä'-ō-nā) Domenico, composer, musicologist; Montegiorgio, Italy, Nov. 16, 1881—Dec. 29, 1928; grad. St. Cecilia Acad., Rome, 1906; studied piano with Bustini, composition with De Sanctis and Renzi; cond., Augusteo concerts, Rome, and prof., Rome Conservatory, after 1910. C. opera, "Mirra," choral works, chamber music, songs; author articles on Cavalieri and other early Italian composers.
17Alard (äl-är), J. Delphin, Bayonne, March 8, 1815—Paris, Feb. 22, 1888; violinist, teacher and composer.
18Al'ayrac. Vide DALAYRAC.
19Albanesi (äl-bä'-nā'-zē), Luigi, Rome, March 3, 1821—Naples, Dec. 4, 1897; pianist and composer.
20Albani (äl-ba'-nī) (stage name of Marie Louise Cecilia Emma La Jeunesse), Chambly, near Montreal, Nov. 1, 1852—London, April 3, 1930; operatic soprano; sang in Cathedral, Albany, N. Y., whence her name was mistakenly supposed to have been taken; pupil of Duprez, and of Lamperti; début at Messina in 1870; sang much in England, at Covent Garden and a favourite in concert; 1878, m. Ernest Gye, impresario; retired from stage, 1906; author "Forty Years of Song" (1911).
21Albani, Mathias, Bozen, 1621—1673; famous father of more famous son of same name and trade, violin-making; the younger A.'s violins (1702-9) rival Amati's.
22Albeniz (äl-bā'-nēth), (1) Pedro, Logroño, 1795—Madrid, 1855; court-organist. (2) Pedro, b. Biscay, San Sebastian, 1755; monk, church-cond. and composer. (3) Isaac, Camprodon (Gerona), Spain, May 29, 1860—Cambo-les-Bains, June 16, 1909; eminent composer; a leading representative of the "New Spanish" school of nationalistic composers. He was markedly precocious as a child and appeared as a pianist at the age of 4 in Madrid. At 6 he was taken to Paris, where he studied with Marmontel, and from 11 to 15 appeared as a concert player in North and South America. He attended the Leipzig Cons. for a short time, and later the Brussels Cons. with the aid of funds provided by Alfonso XII. He studied at various times with Brassin and Jadassohn, and also with Liszt at Weimar and Rome. His life was one of continuous uncertainties. As a composer he was prolific, his compositions falling into two separate groups, the first extending from 1883 to about 1890, during which time he
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