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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Boston Op. Co., and after 1917 of Chicago Op. Co.
2Balakirew (bä-lä-kē'-rěf), Mily Alexejevitch, Nijni-Novgorod, Jan. 2, 1837—St. Petersburg, May 28, 1910; eminent composer; member Group of Five; studied at Kasan Univ., as a musician, self-taught; début as pianist in St. Petersburg, 1855; founded the "Free Music School," 1862; 1866, opera-conductor Prague; 1867-70, conductor Imp. Music Society, St. Petersburg, retired 1872; composed symph. poems "Russia" and "Tamara"; music to "King Lear"; 4 overtures; an Oriental fantasia, "Islamey," for pf., also symphonies in C and in D minor; piano concerto, many smaller works for the instrument and two collections of songs. His letters to and from Tschaikowsky were ed. by Liapunov (1912).
3Balart (bä-lärt'), Gabriel, Barcelona, 1824—1893; studied in Paris; conductor, later director, Barcelona Cons.; composed zarzuelas
4Balat'ka, Hans, Hoffnungsthal, Moravia, 1827—Chicago, 1899; studied at Vienna; 1849, America; 1851, founded the Milwaukee Musikverein; 1860, conductor of Chicago Philh. Soc.; composed cantatas, etc.
5Balbâtre or Balbastre (bäl-batr), Claude Louis, Dijon, 1729—Paris, 1799; pupil and friend of Rameau; organist and composer.
6Balbi (bäl'-bē), (1) Ludovico, composer and conductor at S. Antonio, Padua; d. 1604, Franciscan monastery, Venice. (2) (Cav.) Melchiore, Venice, 1796—Padua, 1879; church-conductor, theorist and composer.
7Baldewin (bäl-dě-vēn). Vide BAULDEWIJN.
8Bald'win, (1) Ralph Lyman, Easthampton, Mass., March 27, 1872; educator and composer; active as organist, choir director and music supervisor in Northampton, Mass., and Hartford, Conn; after 1900 faculty member of Inst. of Music Pedagogy at former city. (2) Samuel Atkinson, b. Lake City, Minn., Jan. 22, 1862; organist; studied at Dresden Cons.; active as org. in Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and after 1895 in New York, where he taught at City College and gave a memorable series of recitals during many years.
9Balfe (bälf), Michael Wm., Dublin, May 15, 1808—Rowney Abbey, Hertfordshire, Oct. 20, 1870; operatic composer; pupil of O'Rourke, Ireland, and C. F. Horn, London; 1824, violinist Drury Lane; also sang in London; went to Italy with his patron Count Mazzara, and studied comp. with Frederici at Rome, and singing with F. Galli at Milan; his ballet "La Pérouse," prod. there (1826); pupil of Bordogni, and first barytone at the Ital. Opera, Paris (1828), and elsewhere till 1835; composed several Italian operas; m. the Hungarian singer Lina Rosen (1808—London, 1888); he ret. to England 1835, and prod. "The Siege of Rochelle" (Drury Lane); failed as manager; went to Paris, returned 1843, and prod. "The Bohemian Girl," very successful everywhere; prod. Paris, 1850, in 5-act version as "La Bohémienne." In 1857, his daughter Victorie made her début in Italian opera; 1864, he retired to his country-seat, Rowney Abbey; he composed 31 operas in all, including "The Rose of Castile" (1857); "Satanella" (1858); "Il Talismano" (1874); biog. by C. L. Kenny (London, 1878), and W. A. Barrett (do. 1882).
10Bal'lantine, Edward, b. Oberlin, O., Aug. 8, 1886; pianist and composer; pupil of Schnabel and Ganz (piano); Spalding and Converse (comp.); after 1912 taught theory at Harvard; c. orch. works incl. "The Eve of Saint Agnes" (Boston Symph., 1917); chorus, piano, violin pieces, etc.
11Ballard (bäl-lär'), a family of French music-printers; founded 1552 by Robert B., with a patent, from Henri II., as "Seul imprimeur de la musique de la chambre, chapelle et menus plaisirs du roy." The patent expired 1776.
12Bal'ling, Michael, Heidingsfeld, Bavaria, Aug. 28, 1866—Darmstadt, Sept. 1, 1925; noted conductor; pupil of Würzburg Mus. Sch.; at 18 played 'cello in Mainz City Orch.; and later in Schwerin and Bayreuth orchs.; founded mus. sch. in Nelson, Australia; later a viola virtuoso in England; 1896, assistant cond. at Bayreuth; choral dir. at Hamburg Op.; 1898, first cond. at Lübeck; after 1906, regularly cond. at Bayreuth; 1911-14, succeeded Richter as cond. in Manchester, Engl.; after 1919,
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