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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Albino'ni, Tommaso, Venice, 1674—1745; violinist.
2Albo'ni, Marietta, Cesena, Romagna, March 10, 1823—Ville d'Avray, near Paris, June 23, 1894; eminent dram. contralto, compass g—g'' (vide PITCH, p. 11); pupil of Rossini; début La Scala, Milan, 1843; m. Count Pepoli, 1854.
3Albrechtsberger (äl-brěkhts-běrkh-ër), Jn. G., Klosterneburg, near Vienna, Feb. 3, 1736—Vienna, March 7, 1809; eminent composer, court-organist, theorist and teacher (Beethoven was his unappreciated pupil).
4Albri'ci (äl-brě'-chè), V., Rome, 1631—Prague, 1696; court-conductor.
5Alcarrot'ti, Giov. Fran., lived in Italy 16th cent.; organist, 1740—91.
6Al'cock, (1) John, London, 1715—Lichfield, 1806, organist. (2) J., son of above; organist.
7Alda, Frances (rightly Davis), b. Christchurch, New Zealand, May 31, 1883; soprano; studied with Mathilde Marchesi; début as Manon (Massenet), Paris Op.-Comique, 1905; sang in Brussels, London, Warsaw, Milan, and Buenos Aires; début with Met. Op. Co., New York, 1908, as Gilda; sang more than 30 rôles with this company. Retired from opera, 1929; also active in concert and radio; m. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, 1910; divorced 1929.
8Aldovrandini (äl-dō-vrän-dē'-nē), Gius. A. V., b. Bologna, 1665; court-conductor and dram. composer.
9Al'drich, (1) H., Westminster, 1647—Oxford, 1710, theorist and composer. (2) Richard, Providence, R. I., July 31, 1863—Rome, June 2, 1937; graduated Harvard, 1885, won scholarships and honours; studied music under J. K. Paine; 1885 he went on the staff of the Providence Journal, soon reaching an editorial position, and being put in charge of the musical and other critical departments of the paper; 1888 he spent in study abroad, chiefly of music; 1889 to 1891, private secretary to U. S. Senator N. F. Dixon; 1891—1902 joined the staff of the New York Tribune as associate musical critic with H. E. Krehbiel, and as collaborator in their "History of the Philharmonic Society"; 1902—24, music critic, N. Y. Times; author of various magazine articles, and editor of a series of musical biographies; also guides to Wagner music-dramas, etc. (3) Mariska, b. Boston, 1881; soprano; pupil of Giraudet and Henschel; début, New York, 1908; sang with Met. Op. Co., 1909—13; Brünnhilde at Bayreuth, 1914. (4) Perley Dunn, Blackstone, Mass., 1863—New York, Nov. 21, 1933; singer and teacher; pupil of Shakespeare, Trabadelo and Sbriglia; taught at Univ. of Kansas, 1885—7; Utica Cons., 1889—91; after 1903 in Philadelphia.
10Alembert (dāl-ăn-băr), J. Le Rond d', Paris, 1717—1783; theorist. one of two readings
11Alembert (dăl-ăn-băr), J. Le Rond d', Paris, 1717—1783; theorist. one of two readings
12Alessan'dri, (1) Giulio, c. an oratorio (ca. 1690). (2) Felice, Rome, 1747—Casalbino, 1798; pianist and conductor.
13Alessan'dro Merlo (or Alless. Romano), called Della Viola, b. Rome (?) ca. 1530; monk, singer and composer.
14Alfano (äl-fä'-nō), Franco, composer; b. Naples, March 8, 1877; studied at Naples and Leipzig Cons.; succeeded Busoni as dir. Bologna Liceo, 1917; later, at Liceo Verdi, Turin. Toured as pianist. C. (operas), "Miranda," Leipzig, 1897; "La Fonte d'Enskir," Breslau, 1898; "Risurrezione" (based on Tolstoy's work), Turin, 1904, Chicago, 1925, with Mary Garden as Katiusha; "Il Principe Zilah," Genoa, 1909; "L'Ombra di Don Giovanni," 1913; "La Leggenda di Sakuntala," 1921; "Madonna Imperia," 1925 (Met. Op., New York, 1927—8); "Il Piccolo Lord," comic opera (based on "Little Lord Fauntleroy"); "Cyrano de Bergerac" (based on Rostand drama), 1935—6. Chosen to complete final act of Puccini's posth. opera, "Turandot." Also c. symphony, suites, ballet and piano works. one of two readings
15Alfano (äl-fă'-nō), Franco, composer; b. Naples, March 8, 1877; studied at Naples and Leipzig Cons.; succeeded Busoni as dir. Bologna Liceo, 1917; later, at Liceo Verdi, Turin. Toured as pianist. C. (operas), "Miranda," Leipzig, 1897; "La Fonte d'Enskir," Breslau, 1898; "Risurrezione" (based on Tolstoy's work), Turin, 1904, Chicago, 1925, with Mary Garden as Katiusha; "Il Principe Zilah," Genoa, 1909; "L'Ombra di Don Giovanni," 1913; "La Leggenda di Sakuntala," 1921; "Madonna Imperia," 1925 (Met. Op., New York, 1927—8); "Il Piccolo Lord," comic opera (based on "Little Lord Fauntleroy"); "Cyrano de Bergerac" (based on Rostand drama), 1935—6. Chosen to complete final act of Puccini's posth. opera, "Turandot." Also c. symphony, suites, ballet and piano works. one of two readings
16Alfarābī (äl-fā-rā'-bē), or Alphara'bius, properly El Farābī (abbr. Farābī) Farāb (now Othrax), 900 (?)—Damascus, 950; Arabian theorist who vainly advocated Greek theories. one of two readings
17Alfarâbi (äl-fă-ră'-bē), or Alphara'bius, properly El Farâbi (abbr. Farâbi) Farâb (now Othrax), 900 (?)—Damascus, 950; Arabian theorist who vainly advocated Greek theories. one of two readings
18Alfieri (äl-fē'-ä'-rē), Abbate Pietro, Rome, 1801—1863; Camadulian monk; teacher and theorist. one of two readings
19Alfieri (äl-fē'-ă'-rē), Abbate Pietro, Rome, 1801—1863; Camadulian monk; teacher and theorist. one of two readings
20Alfvén (älf'-vēn), Hugo, b. Stockholm, May 1, 1872; violinist; studied at the Cons. and with César Thomson; 1900 received Jenny Lind scholarship for 3 years foreign study; from 1904 prof. of comp. Stockholm University; from 1910 mus. dir. Upsala Univ., in 1912 conducting a concert
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