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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Upper Alsatia, 1786—Paris, 1820; pianist.
2Bilhon (or Billon) (bē-yōn), J. de, 16th cent.; composer and singer in the Papal Chapel.
3Bil'lings, Wm., Boston, Mass., Oct. 7, 1746—Sept. 29, 1800; composed hymns; introduced the pitch-pipe and the 'cello into American church-choirs, and is said to have given the first concert in New England.
4Bil'lington, (1) Th., pianist, harpist, and composer, latter part of 18th cent. (2) Elizabeth (née Weichsel), London, ca. 1768—near Venice, Aug. 23, 1818; pupil of her father, a clarinetist; then of J. Chr. Bach; handsome operatic soprano, had a compass of 3 octaves, a-a'''' one of two readings
5Bil'lington, (1) Th., pianist, harpist, and composer, latter part of 18th cent. (2) Elizabeth (née Weichsel), London, ca. 1768—near Venice, Aug. 23, 1818; pupil of her father, a clarinetist; then of J. Chr. Bach; handsome operatic soprano, had a compass of 3 octaves, a-a''' one of two readings
61784, Dublin; 1786, Covent Garden; retired, 1818.
7Billrot(h) (bēl'-rōt), (1) Jn. Gv. Fr., Halle, near Lübeck, 1808—Halle, 1836; composer and writer. (2) Theodor, Bergen, Isle of Rügen, 1829—Abbazia, 1894; surgeon and writer.
8Bilse (bēl'-sē), Benj., Liegnitz, Aug. 17, 1816—Berlin, July 13, 1902, where 1868–84 he cond. notable popular series of orch. concerts; originally "Stadtmusikus" at Liegnitz, and trained a remarkable orchestra; retired 1894 as "Hofmusikus."
9Binchois (Gilles de Binche, called Binchois) (bānsh-wā), Binche, in Belgian Hainault, ca. 1400—Lille, 1460; one of the early Netherland composers; 3-part chanson, rondaeaux, etc., of his are extant.
10Binder (bīnt'-ēr), (1) K. Wm. Fd., b. Dresden, 1764; harp-maker at Weimar, ca. 1797. (2) K., Vienna, 1816—1860; conductor and dram. composer.
11Bini (bē'nē), Pasqualino, b. Pesaro, ca. 1720; violinist.
12Bioni (bē-ō'-nē), A., b. Venice, 1698; composed 26 operas.
13Birch'all, Robt., d. 1819; music-publisher, London.
14Bückenstock (bēr'-kēn-shtōk), Johann Adam, Alsfeld, 1687—Eisenach, 1733; conductor.
15Bird, (1) Wm. Vide BYRD. (2) Arthur, Cambridge, Mass., July 23, 1856—Berlin, Dec. 22, 1923; pupil of Haupt, Löschhorn, and Rohde, Berlin, 1875–77; organist and teacher at Halifax, N. S.; founded the first male chorus in N. S., 1881; studied comp. and orchestration with Urban, Berlin; 1885–86 with Liszt at Weimar; 1886, gave a successful concert, and lived, later, in Berlin-Grünwald; composed symphony and 3 suites for orch.; various pieces for piano; comic opera "Daphne" (New York, 1897); and a ballet, "Rübezahl." (3) Henry Richard, Walthamstow, Nov. 14, 1842—London, 1915; organist; son of George B., an organist; at 9, became org.; pupil of Turle; since 1872 org. at St. Mary Abbots, London; conducted concerts, and won prominence as accompanist.
16Birnbach (bērn'-bakh), (1) K. Jos., Köpernick, Silesia, 1751—Warsaw, 1805; conductor. (2) Jos. Benj. H., Breslau, 1795—Berlin, 1879, pianist and composer; son and pupil of above.
17Bischoff (bēsh'-ōf), (1) G. Fr., Ellrich, Harz Mts., 1780—Hildesheim, 1841; conductor; founded the German mus. festivals. (2) L. Fr. Ch., Dessau, 1794—Cologne, 1867; translator; son of (3) K. B., court-mus., Dresden. (4) Kasper Jakob, Ansbach, 1823—Munich, 1893; teacher and composer. (5) Hans, Berlin, 1852—Niederschönhausen, near Berlin, 1889; pf.-teacher, conductor, and editor.
18Bish'op, (1) Sir H. Rowley, London, Nov. 18, 1786—April 30, 1855; noted Engl. composer; pupil of Bianca; his first opera, "The Circassian Bride," was prod. Drury Lane, when he was 20; 1810–11 comp. and cond. at Covent Garden; 1813 alternate cond. Philh. Soc.; 1825 cond. at Drury Lane; 1830 musical dir. at Vauxhall; 1841–43, prof. music, Edinburgh; knighted, 1842; 1848 prof. of music at Oxford; 1853, Mus. Doc. (Oxon); prod. over 80 operas, farces, ballets, an oratorio, cantata, etc. (2) J., b. Cheltenham, 1814; organist, editor, and composer. (3) Ann, or Anna, London, 1814—New York, March 18, 1884; soprano; daughter of Jules Rivière; married Sir Henry Bishop, 1831, deserted him for the harpist Bochsa, with whom she toured the world in concert; after his death, in 1856, she married a Mr. Schulz.
19Bispham (bīsp'-hām), David, Philadelphia, Jan. 5, 1857—New York, Oct. 2, 1921; dram. barytone; sang in church and oratorio; 1885–87 pupil of Vannuccini and Wm. Shakespeare; from 1891 in opera at Covent Gar-
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