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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1A minor were perf. during his period of war service, but though pub., were later withdrawn by him; incid. mus. to "As You Like It" heard at Stratford, 1919; his rhapsody for soprano and tenor, flute, "cor anglais," string quartet, and bass (winning Carnegie Pub. Fund award and heard at Salzburg Fest., 1922) and his "Rout" (for soprano and chamber orch.) both date from 1920; also c. "Colour Symphony" (the movements portraying different colours), heard Three Choirs Fest., 1922; "Melée Fantasque" and "Madame Noy," Pastorale, string quartet; concerto for two pianos and orch.; (orch.) "Two Studies," "Battle Variations," "Hymn to Apollo"; Introduction and Allegro: Serenade (for barytone and orch.); songs, piano pieces, etc.; his earliest works marked by lively and sometimes ironic touch, freshness and audacity of invention and pronounced modern tendencies; later productions showed a more serious spirit; notably his "Morning Heroes" for chorus, orator and orch. (1930); arranged suite of music by Purcell; visited U. S., 1923-25.
3Blitzstein (blıts'-stin), Marc, b. Philadelphia, March 2, 1905; composer; studied piano with Siloti; comp. with Scalero at Curtis Inst. of Mus.; Nadia Boulanger and Schönberg; composer of modern tendencies; c. (orch.) "Romantic Piece"; piano concerto; music for film "Surf and Seaweed"; (chamber works) "Gods" for mezzo-soprano and chamber orch.; "Serenade"; string quartet; (opera-farce) "Triple-Sec"; (short operas) "Parabola and Circula"; "Harpies"; "The Condemned" (latter written for four choruses); (ballet) "Cain"; (song cycle) "Is Five"; "Percussion Music" and other pieces for piano; mus. play, "The Cradle Will Rock."
5Bloch (blıkh) (1) G., Breslau, Nov. 2, 1847—Berlin, Feb. 11, 1910; pupil of Hainsch, J. Schubert, Taubert, and F. Geyer; teacher in Breslaur's Cons., Berlin; founded Opera Society, 1879; composer. (2) Ernest, b. Geneva, Switzerland, July 24, 1880; now American citizen; studied violin with Ysaye; composition with Dalcroze, Rasse, and Knorr; acted as lecturer at Geneva Cons.; conducted symphony concerts, Lausanne and Neuchatel; made first American tour as conductor for Maud Allan, dancer, 1916; has led own works with various American orchestras; director of Cleveland Institute of Music, 1920-25; also of San Francisco Cons., 1925-30; received fund with annual income of $5,000 for ten years, beginning 1930, from family of late Jacob and Rosa Stern, San Francisco, on agreement that he devote himself to creative work entirely; c. symphony in C sharp minor (1902); (Symphonic poems) "Winter-Spring" (1905); (opera) "Macbeth" (Paris Op. Comique, 1910); Prelude and Two Psalms, for sopr. or ten. and orch. (1914); "Psalm 22" for bar. or alt. and orch. (1916); "Israel" Symphony with 5 solo voices (1915); "Schelomo," Hebrew rhapsody for 'cello and orch. (1916); "Trois Poèmes Juifs," for orchestra; Suite for viola and piano or orch. (Coolidge Prize, 1919); "Baal Shem," for violin and piano (1923); Concerto Grosso for strings and piano (1925); "America," epic rhapsody for orchestra (won Musical America $3,000 prize, 1927-28); string quartets, piano quintet, violin and piano works; also sacred service for barytone, mixed chorus and orchestra, a setting of Jewish liturgy (1935). B. combines a strong sense of modern orchestral colour, formal ingenuity, and emotional fervour. Racial colouring predominates in many of his works.
7Blockx (blıox), Jan., Antwerp, Jan. 25, 1851—May 22, 1912; pianist and composer; pupil, Flemish Mus. School; from 1886, teacher of harm. there; 1901 succeeded Bénoit, at Antwerp Cons.; composed succ. operas, incl. "Maitre Martin," etc.
9Blodek (blıd-ěk), (1) P. Aug. L., Paris, 1784—1856; viola-player and dram. composer. (2) Wm., Prague, 1834—1874; prof. and dram. composer.
11Blon (blıııı), Franz von, b. Berlin, July 16, 1861; cond.; pupil of Stern's Cons.; 1898, c. operettas "Sub rosa" (Lübeck, 1887); "Die Amazone" (Magdeburg, 1903), etc.
13Blondeau (blıııı-dııı), Pierre Auguste Louis, Paris, Aug. 15, 1784—1865; viola-player at the Opéra; pupil of the Cons., taking the Prix de Rome, 1808; c. opera, ballet, etc. one of two readings
14Blondeau (blııı-dııı), Pierre Auguste Louis, Paris, Aug. 15, 1784—1865; viola-player at the Opéra; pupil of the Cons., taking the Prix de Rome, 1808; c. opera, ballet, etc. one of two readings
16Bloom'field-Zeisler (tsııı'-lěr), Fanny,
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