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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Amorevoli (ä-mō-rā'-vō-lē), Angelo, Venice, 1716—Dresden, 1798; singer.
2Anacker (ä'-näk-ër), Aug. Fd., Freiberg, Saxony, 1790—1854; cantor and composer.
3Ancot (än-kō), a family of pianists and composers at Bruges. (1) Jean (père), 1779—1848. His two sons, (2) Jean (fils), 1799—Boulogne, 1829, (3) Louis, 1803—Bruges, 1836.
4Ander (än'-dër), Aloys, Liebititz, Bohemia, 1824—Bad Wartenberg, 1864; tenor.
5Anders, Gf. Eng., Bonn, 1795—Paris, 1866; writer.
6Andersen (1) Joachim, Copenhagen, April 29, 1847—May 7, 1909. Soloist at 13. Toured widely; court musician, Copenhagen, Petersburg and Berlin; for 8 years solo flutist and assistant conductor of Berlin Phil. Orch., of which he was one of the founders; 1895—1909, the ruling musical force in Copenhagen, as conductor of the Palace concerts, the Tivoli Orchestra, the Municipal Summer concerts, his orchestral school, and Inspector (with rank of Captain) of all the military music of Denmark. Made Knight of Dannebrog Order by King Charles IX; received the "Palms" of the Acad. from the Pres. of France, and was made "Prof." by King Frederik of Denmark. (2) Vigo, Copenhagen, April 21, 1852—Chicago, Jan. 29, 1895; solo flutist with Thomas orch.; brother of (1).
7Anderson, (1) Lucy, née Philpot, Bath, 1790—London, 1878; pianist. (2) Geo. Fr., King's bandmaster in England, 1848. (3) Thomas, Birmingham, England, April 15, 1836—Sept. 18, 1903; critic, organist and c. (4) Marian, b. Philadelphia; eminent Negro contralto; studied with Giuseppe Boghetti; first gained prominence as soloist with Philadelphia Phil. Symph., and in New York recital début; winner of contest to appear with N. Y. Phil. at Stadium concerts, 1925; European appearances, 1930-5, incl. Berlin, Vienna, Paris, where she gained remarkable triumphs and returned to U. S. in latter year, giving several N. Y. recitals with outstanding succ. Chosen to sing in Brahms' alto rhapsody with Vienna Phil. under Bruno Walter during festival there in 1936.
8Andrade (dän-drä-dhē) Fran. d', Lisbon, 1859—Berlin, Feb. 8, 1921; barytone; studied with Miraglia and Ronconi; sang leading rôles in many European cities.
9André (än-drā), a musical family of Offenbach. (1) Jn., 1741—1799, publisher and pianist; he originated in 1783 the durchkomponirte Ballade (vide d. d.). (2) Jn. Ant., 1775—1842; third son of above; pianist, publisher, theorist. (3) Karl Aug., 1806—Frankfort, 1887; publisher and writer. (4) Julius, 1808—Frankfort, 1880; organist. (5) Jn. Aug., 1817—1887; publisher; his 2 sons, (6) Karl (b. 1853) and (7) Adolf (b. 1885), were later the proprietors. (8) Jean Baptiste (de St. Gilles), 1823—Frankfort, 1882; pianist and composer.
10Andreae, Volkmar, b. Berne, July 5, 1879; conductor and composer; studied Cologne Cons.; led choruses in Winterthur and Zurich; after 1906, led symph. concerts of the Tonhalle Soc; 1914, dir of Zurich Cons.; president of the Swiss Composers' Soc. after 1920; has appeared as guest cond in other European cities; c. (operas) "Ratcliff" and "Abenteuer des Casanova"; also orch. and chamber music.
11Andreoli (an-drā-ō'-lē), (1) Evangelista, 1810—1875; organist at Mirandola; his two sons, (2) Guglielmo (Modena, 1835—Nice, 1860) and (3) Carlo (Mirandola, 1840—Regio Emilia, 1910 ?), were pianists, the latter also organist and composer. (4) Giuseppe, Milan, 1757—1832; double-bassist and harpist.
12Andreozzi (än-drā-ōd'-zē), Gaetano, Naples, 1763—Paris, 1826; dram. composer.
13Andrésen (än-drā'-zēn), Ivar, b. 1895; bass; sang Dresden Op., 1925-33; Bayreuth, 1927; Met. Op., 1930; Berlin Op., 1931.
14Andreva (an-drā'-vā), Stella, b. London, of Scotch-German ancestry; coloratura soprano; studied singing at R. A. M.; sang in operettas, then engaged for three years at Stockholm R. Op.; 1934-5, Covent Garden; Met. Op., N. Y., 1936-37.
15Andrevi (an-drā'-vē), Fran., Sanabuya, near Lerida, 1786—Barcelona, 1853; critic and writer.
16Andrien. Vide ADRIEN.
17An'dries, Jean, Ghent, 1798—1872; teacher and writer.
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