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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1pianist and composer; studied at Cologne Cons. and with Busoni; was for three years dir. of Cons. in native city and taught there afterward; c. piano works rich in colour and of refined harmonic style.
2Blanckenburgh (blänk'-ën-boorkh), Gerbrandt van, organist at Gouda, 17th century.
3Bland (blänt), (1) Maria Theresa (née Romanzini), 1769—1838; pop. Italian singer in England; married an actor, Bland, and had two sons. (2) Chas., tenor. (3) James, 1798—1861, bass.
4Blangini (blän-jē'-nē), Giu. Marco, M. Felice, Turin, 1781—Paris, 1841; organist.
5Blankenburg (blänk-ën-boorkh), (1) Quirin van, Gouda, Holland, 1654—The Hague, ca. 1740; probably son of GERBRANDT VAN BLANCKENBURGH (q. v.); organist and writer. (2) Chr. Fr. von, Kolberg, Pomerania, 1744—Leipzig, 1796; Prussian officer and composer.
6Blaramberg (blä'-räm-bërkh), Paul I., Orenburg, Russia, Sept. 26, 1841—Nice, Feb. 28, 1907; pupil of Balakirew; lawyer, then editor; composed succ. operas, "Maria Tudor" (St. Petersburg, 1882); "The First Russian Comedian"; "Tuschinsky" (Moscow, 1895).
7Blaser'na, Pietro, Fiumicello, Feb. 29, 1836—Rome, 1917; teacher and theorist.
8Blasius (bläz'-yūs), Mathieu Fr., Lauterburg, Alsatia, 1758—Versailles, 1829; cond. Op. Comique, Paris; composer.
9Blassmann (bläs'-män), Ad. Jos. M., Dresden, 1823—Bautzen, 1891; pianist, court-conductor, and writer.
10Blauvelt (blou'-fëlt), Lillian, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 16, 1873; soprano; studied Nat. Cons., N. Y., and in Paris; after years of success at home, toured Europe, 1900; decorated in Italy with the order of St. Cecilia; she made her début in opera in "Faust" at Covent Garden, 1903, with success; until 1914 sang much in Europe.
11Blauwart (blow'-vårt), Emil, St. Nicholas, Belgium, 1845—Brussels, 1891; barytone.
12Blavet (blä-vä), Michel, Besançon; Mar. 13, 1700—Paris, Dec. 28, 1768, composer of comic operas, etc.
13Blaze (bläz), (1) (Called Castil-Blaze), Fran. H. Jos., Cavaillon Vaucluse, 1784—Paris, 1857; "The father of modern French musical criticism"; son and pupil of Henri Sebastian B., wrote scathing "L'Opéra en France" (1820); was made critic on "Journal des Débats," where his articles were signed "XXX"; transl. libretti of German and Italian operas; composed 3 operas, several "pastiche," etc. (2) H., Baron de Bury, Avignon, 1813—Paris, 1888; son of above; writer.
14Blech (bläkh), Leo, b. Aachen, April 22, 1871; conductor; pupil of Berlin Hochschule; 1893—1896, cond. at Municipal Theatre, Aachen, and pupil of Humperdinck; 1899—1906, cond. German Landestheatre at Prague; 1906, Royal Opera, Berlin; 1908, cond. first East-Prussian Festival at Königsberg; c. 3 symph. poems, successful 1-act opera, "Das War Ich" (Dresden, 1902); 3-act opera "Aschenbrödel" (Prague, 1905); "Versiegelt" (Hamburg, 1908; New York, 1912); operetta "Die Strohwitwe"; orch. works, etc.; 1925, cond. in Stockholm; after 1926 again at Berlin Op.
15Bleichmann (blikh'-män), Julius Ivanovitch, St. Petersburg, Dec. 5, 1868—Jan. 10, 1909; conductor; pupil at the Cons., and of Reinecke and Jadassohn; cond. various orchs. at St. Petersburg; c. 2 operas, chamber music, etc.
16Bleuer (bloi'-ër), L., Budapest, 1863—Berlin, 1897; violinist; 1883-93, leader of Philh. orch., Berlin; 1894, of Philh. Club, Detroit (Michigan).
17Blew'itt, (1) Jonathan, London, 1782—1853; organist and director; son and pupil of (2) Jonas, organist and writer.
18Bleyle (bli'-lë), Karl, b. Feldkirch, May 7, 1880; pupil of Wehrle and de Lange; later at Stuttgart Cons. and of Thuille; gave up violin on account of nervous affliction of the arm; lived in Munich; c. symph., "An den Mistral" (from Nietzsche), for mixed chorus and orch., "Lernt lachen" (from Nietzsche's "Zarathustra"); do.; symph. poem "Flagellantenzug," etc.
19Bliss, Arthur, b. London, Aug. 2, 1891; composer; educated Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, and R. Coll. of Mus.; pupil of Stanford, Charles Wood and Vaughan Williams; his early string quartet in A and piano quartet in
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