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1Russia, Jan. 18, 1835—d. at Vilna, September 14, 1918; one of the most important of Russian composers; pupil of Moniuszko and Balakirev; a military engineer; Prof. of fortification at the St. Petersburg Engineering Acad.; from 1864–68, critic of the St. P. "Gazette"; 1878–79, pub. articles in Paris, on "La musique en Russie"; c. operas, "William Ratcliffe" (St. P., 1869); "The Prisoner in the Caucasus" (1873); "Angelo" (1876); "The Mandarin's Son" (1878); lyric comedy, "Le Filibuster" (Paris, 1894); the very succ. "The Saracen" (1899); "A Feast in Time of Plague" (1901); "Mam'zelle Fifi" (1903); "Matteo Falcone" (1908); "The Captain's Daughter"; some thirty mixed choruses; string quartet, many vln. works, 2 scherzos and a tarantella for orch.; suite for pf. and vln.; pf.-pcs.; some 200 songs. "Esquisse critique" on Cui and his works by the Comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau; also studies by Koptiaev, Weimarn, etc.
3Culbertson, Sasha, b. Russia, Dec. 29, 1893; violinist; pupil of Suchorukoff; at 9 entered Cons. at Rostoff; in 1905 pupil of Sevcik, Prague; début, Vienna 1908; toured Europe and America.
5Culp (koolp), Julia, b. Groningen, Oct. 1, 1881; mezzo-soprano; well-known Liedersinger; pupil of Amsterdam Cons. and of Etelka Gerster; has toured Europe with great success; after 1912, America.
7Culwick (kül'-lɪk), James C., West Bromwich, April 28, 1845—Dublin, Oct. 5, 1907; organist, theorist and comp. Prof. Alexandria College, Dublin; cond. Dublin Philharmonic Soc., etc. 1903, Mus. Doc. Univ. of Dublin.
9Cum'mings, Wm. Hayman, Sudbury, Devon, Eng., Aug. 22, 1831—London, August, 1915; organist Waltham Abbey; prof. of singing R. Coll. for the Blind, Norwood; 1896, principal of Guildhall Sch. of Mus.; founded the Purcell Society, ed. its pubs.; wrote biog. of Purcell (London, 1882); had also pub. a music "Primer," 1877; and a "Biog. Dictionary of Musicians" (1892); c. a cantata, "The Fairy Ring," etc.
11Curci (koor'-chě), Giu., Barletta, 1808—1877; singing teacher and dram. composer.
13Cur'ry, Arthur Mansfield, b. Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 27, 1866; violin pupil of Franz Kneisel, and of MacDonald in harmony; teacher and cond. in Boston; c. overture "Blomidon" (Worcester, Mass., Fest. 1902); symph. poem "Atala" (Boston Symph., 1911); "The Winning of Amarac"; Keltic legend for a reader, chorus and orch., etc.
15Curschmann (koorsh'-män), K. Fr., Berlin, 1805—Langfuhr, near Danzig, 1841; singer, dram. composer and pop. song-writer.
17Curti (koor'-tē), Fz. (or Francesco), Cassel, 1854—Dresden, 1898; dram. composer.
19Curtis, (1) H. Holbrook, New York, Dec. 15, 1856—1920; grad. Yale, 1877; 1880, M.D.; vice-pres. Am. Social Science Assn., prominent throat specialist and writer on the voice, pub. "Voice Building and Tone Placing." (2) Natalie, New York—Paris, Oct. 23, 1921; writer on Indian and Negro music; studied with Friedheim, Busoni, Giraudet, Wolff and Kniese; early active as pianist; made collection of 200 songs of Am. Indians, also Negro folk-songs; m. Paul Burlin, painter.
21Curwen, (1) Rev. J., Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Engl., 1816—near Manchester, 1880; 1862, resigned his pastorate, and founded a college, also a pub.-house, to exploit Tonic-sol-fa. (2) J. Spencer, Plaistow, 1847—London, 1916; son and pupil of above; pupil also of G. Oakey and R.A.M.; writer, and 1880 pres. Tonic-sol-fa Coll.
23Cusani'no. Vide CARESTINI.
25Cusins (küz'-īns), Sir Wm. G., London, 1833—Remonchamps (Ardennes), 1893; pf.-prof. R.A.M.; knighted 1892; conductor and composer.
27Cuzzoni (kood-zō'-nē), Fran., Parma, 1700—Bologna, 1770; début 1719; m. the pianist Sandoni; very successful contralto till her latter days, when it is said she earned a pittance by covering silk buttons.
29Czernohorsky (chěr-nō-hōr'-shkī), Bohuslav, Nimburg, Bohemia, Feb. 26, 1684—Graz, July 2, 1740. Franciscan monk, organist and comp.
31Czerny (Cerny) (chār'-nē), Karl, Vienna, Feb. 20, 1791—July 15, 1857; pupil of his father Wenzel C., later of Beethoven; and had advice from
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