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11840—Munich, June 17, 1913; wife (since 1862) of above; pupil of Liszt; composed 3 operas, etc.
2Bro'sa, Antonio, violinist; founder, 1925, in London of noted Brosa Quartet, with himself as 1st vln., David Wise, 2nd vln., Leonard Rubens, viola, and Livio Mannucci, 'cello; début, 1926, London; next year heard at Siena Fest. of I. S. C. M.; toured England, Germany, France, Holland, Italy; 1930, Amer. début at Coolidge Fest., Washington, D. C.
3Brosig (brō'-zĭkh), Moritz, Fuchs-winkel, Upper Silesia, 1815—Breslau, 1887; organist and theorist.
4Brossard (dū brōs-săr), Sébastien de, 1654—Meux, France, 1730; conductor, lexicographer, and composer.
5Brounoff (broo'-nōf), Platon, Elizabethgrad, Russia, 1869—New York, July 11, 1924; composer; pupil of Rubinstein and Rimsky-Korsakov, St. Petersburg Cons.; cantata "The Angel," prod. at court; lived in New York as cond. of Russian choral society, etc.; c. operas, piano suites, and songs.
6Broustet (broc-stā), Ed., Toulouse, April 29, 1836—Louchon, Dec., 1901; pupil of Stamaty, Litloff, and Ravina; pianist and composer; toured Russia, etc.; lived in Toulouse; composer.
7Brown, (1) Dr. J., Northumberland, 1715—1766; writer. (2) Eddy, b. Chicago, July 15, 1895; violinist; studied with Hubay and Auer; début with London Philh. Orch., 1909; toured widely in Europe and America; active also in chamber music groups, particularly in radio programmes.
8Brown'lee, John, b. Geelong, Australia, 1901; operatic barytone; studied with Gilly; discovered by Melba and came to England, sang at her Covent Garden Op. farewell, 1926; début Paris Op. 1927, of which he has been a member since; has also sung at Monte Carlo and Covent Garden, principally in Italian and French rôles; engaged for Met. Op. Co., 1936–37.
9Bruch (brookh), Max, Cologne, Jan. 6, 1838—near Berlin, Oct. 2, 1920; noted pianist and composer; at first, pupil of his mother (née Almenrader), a singer; later with Breidenstein, Bonn; 1853 he gained the four-year scholarship of the Mozart Foundation at Frankfort, and studied with Hiller, Reinecke, and Breuning; at 14, prod. a symphony, Cologne; 1858, his first dram. work, Goethe's Singspiel, "Scherz, List und Rache" (op. 1); 1864, prod. opera "Loreley," etc.; male chorus "Frithjof"; 1865–67, at Coblenz, composed his first pop. vln.-concerto (G minor); 1867–70, court-cond. at Sondershausen; in 1878 cond. Stern Choral Union, Berlin; in 1880, cond. Liverpool Philh. Soc.; 1883, dir. Breslau Orchestral Soc.; 1881, m. Frl. Tuczek, of Berlin, a singer; lived in Breslau till 1890; 1892–1910, at K. Hochschule in Berlin; he received in 1908 the Prussian order for merit in art and learning, and many honours from England, France, etc.; prod 1872, "Hermione," based on "Winter's Tale"; 1873–78, prod. the chorals "Arminius" and "Lied von der Glocke," and the 2d vln.-concerto; 1883, came to U. S. and prod. hic "Arminius," Boston. The epic cantata is his special field, among his works of this sort are "Odysseus," "Arminius," "Lied von der Glocke," and "Achilleus"; for male chorus, "Frithjof," "Salamis," "Normannenzug" and "Leonidas" (op. 66). He arranged the old Hebrew melody Kol Nidre, and composed a cantata "Das Feuerkreuz" (op. 52, 1888); three symphonies; oratorio, "Moses" (1895); 3 vln.-concertos, which have won great popularity; secular oratorio, "Gustav Adolf"; "Nal und Damanjant"; "Die Macht des Gesanges," for barytone, mixed chor. and orch., etc.
10Brückler (brūk'-lēr), Hugo, Dresden, 1845—1871; composer.
11Bruckner (brook'-nēr), Anton, Ausfelden, Upper Austria, Sept. 4, 1824—Vienna, Oct. 11, 1896; eminent composer; mainly self-taught as organist; 1867, court-organist at Vienna; prof. of org., harm. and cpt. at Vienna Cons.; 1875, "Lektor" of music at Vienna Univ.; 1891, Dr. hon. causa; noted organ-virtuoso and a disciple of Wagner; he composed nine symphonies: 1, C minor (1868); 2, C minor (1873); 3, D minor (1877); 4, E flat, known as the "Romantic" (1881); 5, B flat (1894); 6, A (1899); 7, E (1884); 8, C minor (1892); 9, left incomplete but often played with his "Te Deum" as concluding choral movement.
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