Books › He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939 › scan 41
Scan 41
He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
12 lines. Read by computer on 18 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1zig and Frankfort; cond. a singing society at Frankfort, for which he composed. 1737 (38?) in Berlin. Chamber-mus. and clavecinist to Frederick the Great, 1746-57 [or 1740-67?]. 1757 Hamburg as Ch. mus.-dir.; 1767 as Musik-director of the principal church there, vice Telemann, a position held till death. He was one of the chief virtuosos of the day. He was the founder of the modern school of piano-playing, and a pioneer of greatest importance in the sonata and symphony-forms and orchestration, his works having a graceful modernity not possessed even by most of his father's. He wrote "Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen" (2 parts, 1753-62), an important work containing detailed explanations concerning ornaments. His very numerous comps. include 210 solo pieces; 52 concertos with orch.; quartets, trios, duets, sonatas, sonatinas, minuets, polonaises, solfeggi, fugues, marches, etc., for clavier; 18 symphonies; 34 miscellaneous pieces for wind-instrs., trios; flute-, 'cello-, and oboe-concertos; soli for flute, viola di gamba, oboe, 'cello, and harp, etc., and 2 oratorios ("Die Israeliten in der Wüste," and "Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu"), [address hidden]; cantatas, etc.
2(3) Johann Chr. ("the London Bach"), Leipzig, Sept. 7 (?), 1735—London, Jan. 1, 1782; youngest son of J. S. Bach; pupil of his brother Emanuel and Martini in Bologna; 1760-2, org. Milan Cathedral; after 1762 lived in London as music master. C. over 15 operas, choral works, many symphonics or overtures, clavier concertos and sonatas.
3(4) Wilhelm Friedemann, Weimar, 1710—Berlin, 1784; eldest son of J. S. Bach; gifted but dissolute; 1733, org. in Dresden; 1747-64, Halle; c. 25 cantatas, many concertos, etc.
4Bache (bāch), (1) Francis Edw., Birmingham, 1833—1858; violinist. (2) Walter, Birmingham, 1842—London, 1888, bro. of above; pianist and teacher. (3) Constance, Edgbaston, March 11, 1846—Montreux, June 28, 1903; sister and pupil of above; pupil of Klindworth and Hartvigson; teacher, translator, and composer in London.
5Bachelet (bāsh-lā'), Alfred, b. Paris, Feb. 26, 1864; composer; studied at Cons. in Paris; won Prix de Rome; from 1919 dir. of Nancy Cons.; after almost a quarter century of obscurity, he prod. several lyric dramas that placed him in front rank of contemporary French composers, esp. "Quand la Cloche Sonnera" (Paris Op.-Comique, 1922) and "Scemo" (Paris Op., 1914, later revived).
6Bachmann (bākh'-mān), (1) Anton, 1716—1800; court-musician at Berlin, instr.-maker; inv. the machine-head. His son and successor, (2) Karl L., 1743—1800, court-violinist, player, married the pianist and singer (3) Charlotte Karoline Wilhelmine Stowe, Berlin, 1757—1817. (4) Pater Sixtus, Kettershausen, Bavaria, July 18, 1754—Marchthal, near Vienna, 1818; organist and pianist of unusual precocity, and memory; said to have played by heart over 200 pieces at 9; at 12 equalled Mozart, then 10 years old, in organ-competition, at Biberach; became a Premonstrant monk, composed Masses, etc. (5) G. Chr., Paderborn, 1804—Brussels, 1842; clarinet-maker, soloist and teacher. (6) Georges, ca. 1848—Paris, 1894. (7) Gottlob, Bornitz, Saxony, 1763—Zeitz, 1840, organist. (8) Alberto (rightly Abraham), b. Geneva, Switzerland, March 20, 1875; violin virtuoso; pupil of Thomson, Hubay and Petri; lived in Paris as teacher; made many tours of Europe and after 1916 in U. S.; ed. "Encyclopedia of the Violin" (1925).
7Bachofen (bākh'-ōf-ēn), Jn. Kaspar, Zurich, 1697—1755; organist.
8Bachrich (bākh'-rīkh), Sigismund, Zsambokreth, Hungary, Jan. 23, 1841—Vienna, July 16, 1913; violinist, pupil and then teacher at Vienna Cons.; composed 4 comic operas incl. "Der Fuchs-Major" (Prague, 1889), etc.
9Ba(c)ker-Gröndahl (bāk'-ēr grōn'-dāl), Agathe, Holmestrand, Norway, Dec. 1, 1847—Christiania, June 6, 1907; pianist and composer; pupil of Kjerulf, Bülow and Liszt; she married 1875, Gröndahl, singing-teacher in Christiania.
10Back'ers, Americus. Vide BROADWOOD.
11Bac(k)haus (bāk'-hows), Wilhelm, b. Leipzig, March 26, 1884; eminent pianist; pupil of Reckendorf and at the Cons., later of d'Albert; from
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.