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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1violinist, composer; at 8 entered Imp. Capella and grad. with honours; 1918, concertm. Saratov Nat'l. Op.; 1921, dir. Sch. of Mod. Art, Moscow; after 1922 in U. S.; studied with Josef Borisoff, then at Juilliard Sch. of Mus. with R. Goldmark and Kochanski; played in N. Y. Phil.; c. sextet for strings, piano, and clarinet (heard Washington Chamber Mus. Fest., 1926); four string quartets; quartet for soprano and strings; piano trio; quintet for wind instruments; (orch.) two symphonies (the first played by Boston Symph., as well as his 'cello concerto); "Hebrew" Suite (N. Y. Phil.); Sinfonietta; violin concerto (played by Flesch with Dresden Phil. under composer's baton); (opera) "Prince Batrak."
3Berg (běrkh), (1) Adam, 1540—1599; music-printer, Munich. (2) Jn. von, 1550; music-printer, Ghent, Nürnberg. (3) G., German composer in England, 1763—71. (4) Kon. Mat., Colmar, Alsatia, 1785—Strassburg, 1852; violinist, pianist, and writer. (5) Alban, Vienna, Feb. 7, 1885—Dec. 24, 1935; eminent composer; studied with Schoenberg, 1904—08, whose radical doctrines in harmony and tonality he combined in his work with an original capacity of expression that makes him the outstanding member of that composer's school; served as director of concerts given by Private Performing Society organized by Schörberg in Vienna; c. piano sonata (1908); string quartet (1910); songs with piano and orchestra (1908—09); four pieces for clarinet and orchestra (1913); three orchestral pieces (1914); chamber concerto for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments (1924); the expressionistic music-drama "Wozzeck" (based on play by Georg Büchner, nineteenth-century German poet), which is written in novel style, partly atonal, and utilizing antique forms such as suite, passacaglia, etc., in its operatic texture (première after many rehearsals evoked sensational impression at Berlin State Op., Dec. 14, 1925); Lyric Suite for string quartet (1926); concert aria, "Le Vin," for soprano and orchestra (1929); partially completed music drama, "Lulu" (based on Wedekind dramas, "Erdgeist" and "Pandora's Box"), which after his death aroused wide interest when premiered, Zurich, 1937; also posth. violin concerto (Barcelona, 1936, Intern. Society for Contemp. Music Festival). One of the most original figures in early twentieth-century music, B. in his "Wozzeck," relates the heart-rending tragedy of an ignorant soldier who, oppressed by his superiors, murders his sweetheart and drowns himself; this work made a definite contribution to post-Wagnerian music drama. The opera was given its American première by the Philadelphia Orch. and Grand Opera Co., under Stokowski, both in Phila. and N. Y., with impressive effect in 1931. B. also served as editor of the Vienna publication "Musikblätter des Anbruch," for a period after 1920.
5Berger (běr'-gěr), (1) L., Berlin, 1777—1839; from 1815 pf.-teacher and composer. (2) Francesco, London, June 10, 1834—April 25, 1933; pupil of Ricci and Lickl (pf.), Hauptmann and Plaidy; from 1855 pf.-prof. R. A. M., and Guildhall Sch. of Mus.; for years dir., and 1884—1911, sec., Philh.; composed an opera, a mass (prod. in Italy), etc.; wrote "First Steps at the Pianoforte." (3) Wm., Boston, Mass., Aug. 8, 1861—Jena, Germany, Jan. 16, 1911; taken by parents to Bremen; pupil of Kiel, etc.; lived Berlin as teacher and composer; 1898 won a prize of 2,000 marks, with a setting of Goethe's "Meine Gottin" (op. 72); composed "Gesang der Geister uber den Wassern," mixed choir and orch. in overture form, a dram. fantasy, etc. (4) Siegfried. Vide CHELIUS. (5) Otto, Machau, Bohemia, 1873 (?)—1897; 'cellist.
7Berggreen (běrkh'-grān), Andreas P., Copenhagen, 1801—1880; teacher.
9Berghem. Vide BERCHEM.
11Bergmann (běrkh'-mān), K., Ebersbach, Saxony, 1821—New York, Aug. 16, 1876; in America, 1850, with "Germania" Orch., later its cond.; till 1854; cond. "Händel and Haydn" Soc., Boston, 1852—54; in 1855 alternate cond. Philh. Soc., New York; 1862—76, sole cond.; also cond. "Arion" Society; active in introducing Wagner, Liszt, etc., to America.
13Bergner (běrkh'-něr), Wm., Riga, Nov. 4, 1837—June 9, 1907; organist; founded a Bach Society and a cathedral choir.
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