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1sion of £100 per annum; 1894, retired; 1890 went to Sydney, Australia, to inaugurate the organ in the new Town Hall; composed overtures, sonatas, preludes, etc., for organ, also 2 overtures and march for orch.; and pf.-pcs.; wrote "The Art of Organ-playing," etc.
3Beständig (bě-stěn'-dīkh), Otto, Striegau, Silesia, Feb. 21, 1835—Wandsbeck, Feb., 1917; cond. and comp.; pupil of Mettner, etc., in Breslau; founded a conservatory in Hamburg; c. oratorio "Der Tod Baldurs" and "Victoria Crucis," etc.
5Bet'ti, Adolfo, b. Bagni di Lucca, Italy, March 21, 1875; violinist; studied with César Thomson, Liége Cons., 1st prize, harmony and chamber music, 1895; gold medal in violin, 1896; début Vienna, 1897; toured in solo recitals in various European countries; assist. prof., Brussels Cons., 1900-03; first violinist, of Flonzaley Quartet, 1903-29, touring widely in Europe and U. S.; now makes home in America, where he is active as violin teacher; has edited and arranged early Italian music for orchestra, including works of Geminiani.
7Betz (běts), Fz., Mayence, March 19, 1835—Berlin, Aug. 12, 1900; baritone; created "Wotan," and "Hans Sachs."
9Bev'an, Fr. Chas., b. London, July 3, 1856—Adelaide, 1939; pupil of Willing and Hoyte; organist; then studied singing with Schira, Deacon, and Walker; 1877 Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; composed pop. songs.
11Bevignani (bā-věn-yā'-nē), Cavaliere Enrico, Naples, Sept. 29, 1841—Aug. 29, 1903; pupil of Albanese, Lillo, etc., 1st opera, "Caterina Bloom," succ.; Czar made him Knight of the Order of St. Stanislas, and conferred a life-pension; noted as cond. in London, Moscow, and New York; after 1894 at Met. Op., N. Y.
13Bev'in, Elway, Wales, 1560 (-70 ?)—1640 (?); Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; organist, writer, and composer.
15Bex'field, Wm. Rd., Norwich, 1824—London, 1853; organist and composer.
17Biaggi (bě-äd'-jē), Gir. Ales., Milan, 1819—Florence, 1897; prof., dram. composer, writer under pseudonym "Ippolito d'Albano."
19Bianchi (bě-ăn'-kē), (1) Fran., Cremona, 1752—London, 1810; organist; composed 47 operas. (2) Valentine, Wiina, 1839—Candau, Kurland, 1884; dram. soprano; début, 1855. (3) Bianca (rightly Schwarz), b. Heidelberg, Jan. 28, 1855; dram.-soprano; pupil of Wilczek and Viardot-Garcia; Pollini (whom she m., 1894) paid her tuition and then engaged her for 10 years; début Carlsruhe, 1873; taught Munich Akad., 1902-25; later at Salzburg Mozarteum. (4) Eliodoro, 1773—1848, a tenor singer who composed operas; "Gara d'Amore" (Bari, 1873); "Sarah"; "Almanzor." (5) Renzo, b. Maggianico, Italy, July 29, 1887; composer; grad. of Milan Cons.; c. (operas) "Fausta" (Florence), "Ghismonda" (La Scala, 1918), "Ghibellina" (Costanzi Theat., Rome, 1924), also orch. works.
21Biber (bě'-běr), (1) H. Jn. Fz. von, Wartenberg, Bohemia, 1644—Salzburg, May 3, 1704; violinist, and one of the founders of the German school of vln.-playing; Leopold I. ennobled him. (2) Aloys, Ellingen, 1804—Munich, 1858; piano-maker.
23Bibl (běb'-lī), (1) Andreas, Vienna, 1797—1878 organist and composer. His son and pupil (2) Rudolf, Vienna, Jan. 6, 1832—Aug. 2, 1902; pupil of Lechter; organist and composer of organ sonata, etc.
25Bie (bě), Oskar, b. Breslau, Feb. 9, 1864; critic; pupil of Ph. Scharwenka; 1886, Dr. Phil.; 1890, Privat Docent at Technical High School, Berlin; author of books; also comp.
27Biehr (běr), Oskar, Dresden, 1851—Munich, March 7, 1922; violinist; pupil of David; for twenty-five years member of Munich court orchestra.
29Bierey (běr'-ī), Gl. Benedikt, Dresden, 1772—Breslau, 1840; conductor and dram. composer.
31Biernacki (bě-ěr-nät'-skē), Michael Marian, b. Lublin, Sept. 9, 1855; comp.; pupil of Warsaw Cons.; later director there; comp. 2 masses, Prologue for orch., etc.
33Bignami (běn-yā'-mē), (1) Carlo, Cremona, Dec. 6, 1808—Voghera, Aug. 2, 1848; cond., violinist a.l.d dii., Cremona; Paganini called him "the first violinist of Italy." (2) Enrico, 1836—Genoa, 1894; violinist, dram. composer.
35Bigot (bě-gō), M. (née Kiene), Colmar,
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