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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1Andriessen. Vide STAHMER.
2Androt (än-drō), Albert Auguste, Paris, 1781—Aug. 9, 1804; c. opera, requiem, etc.
3Anerio (á-nā'-rē-ō), (1) Felice, Rome, 1560—Sept. 26, 1614; successor to Palestrina. (2) Giovanni Fran., Rome, ca. 1567—1621 (?), bro. of above; conductor and church-composer.
4Anfos'si, Pasquale, Taggia, near Naples, 1727—Rome, 1797; pupil and rival of Piccinni; composed 54 operas, etc.
5Angelet (án'-zhū-lā), Chas. Fran., Ghent, 1797—Brussels, 1832.
6Angeli (dan-jā'-lē), Andrea d', b. Padua, Nov. 9, 1868; historian; c. opera "L'Innocente" (Bologna), etc.
7Angelini (án-jā-lē'-nī), Bontempi Giov. And., Perugia, ca. 1624—1705; courtsinger and dram composer.
8Angeloni (an-jā-lō'-nī), Luigi, Frosinone, Papal States, 1758—London, 1842; writer.
9An'gerer, Gottfried, Waldsee, Feb. 3, 1851—Zurich, Aug. 19, 1909; c. male choruses.
10Anglebert (dān-glū-bār), J. Bapt. H. d', 1628 (?)—Paris, 1691; court-clavicembalist to Louis XIV.
11Animuccia (än-ē-moot'-chā), (1) Giov., Florence, ca. 1500—Rome, March, 1571; wrote the first Laudi spirituali for the lectures of Neri in the oratory of S. Filippo, has hence been called "Father of Oratorio"; he was Palestrina's predecessor as conductor at the Vatican. (2) Paolo, d. Rome, 1563, bro. of above.
12Ankerts, D'. Vide DANKERS, CHISELIN.
13Anna Amalia. Vide AMALIA.
14Annibale (än-nī-bā'-lē), (1) (called Il Padova'no, or Patavi'nus, from Padua, where he was born 1527) d. Groz 1575; organist and composer. (2) Domenico, Italian sopranist in London, 1756.
15An'rooy, Peter van, b. Zalt-Bommel, Holland, Oct. 13, 1879; conductor; composer; pupil of Joh. Wagenaar and Taneiev; cond. orchestras in Amsterdam, Groningen, Arnhem, and after 1917 of the Residentie Orch. in The Hague; hon. doctorate from Univ. of Gronigen; c. chamber, orch., and choral works.
16Ansani (än-sä'-nē) Giovanni, b. Rome, 18th cent.; dram. tenor.
17Anschütz (än'-shūts), K., Coblenz, 1815—New York, 1870; cond. and composer.
18Ansermet (än-sēr-mā'), Ernest, b. Vevey, Switzerland, Nov. 11, 1883; conductor; studied with Denéreaz, Gédalge, Barblan, Bloch; after 1912, cond. of concerts at Montreux Kurssaal; cond. Geneva subscription concerts, 1915-18; founder, Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande, Geneva, 1918; conductor after 1915 with Diaghileff Ballet Russe, in Paris, London, Italy, Spain, America. Made guest tours of other countries, also America. C. symphonic poem "Feuilles au printemps" and other works.
19Ansorge (än-sōr'-gē), (1) Max, b. Stricgau, Silcsia, Oct. 1, 1862; organist; son of a cantor; studied at Berlin; c. songs, motets, etc. (2) Konrad (Eduard Reinhold), Buchwald, Silesia, Oct. 15, 1862—Berlin, Feb. 13, 1930; pianist; pupil Leipzig Cons. and of Liszt; toured America; c for orchestra, and piano.
20Ant'cliffe, Herbert, b. Sheffield, Engl., July 30, 1875; writer on music; author of studies of Schubert, Brahms, etc.
21Antegnati (än-tān-yā'-tī), Costanzo, Brescia, 1557—ca. 1620; organ-builder, etc.
22Antheil (än'-til), George, b. Trenton, N. J., July 8, 1900; composer; studied Sternberg Cons., Philadelphia; res. in Europe for some years; c. (opera) "Transatlantic", based on modern American "jazz age" theme (Frankfort State Op., 1930); Symphony in F (Paris, 1926); Piano Concerto in A (Paris, 1927); music to Sophocles' "Oedipus" (Berlin State Theat., 1929); (ballet) "Fighting the Waves" (text by W. B. Yeats), Abbey Theatre, Dublin; (opera) "Helen Retires" (book by Erskine), N. Y., 1934; two string quartets, orchestral, chamber music. Earlier manner radical to extent of introducing noise-making non-musical instruments in orchestra; later chamber works more conservative in manner than that of his "Ballet mécanique", a curiosity which created sensation at its Paris première.
23An'tipov, Constantin, b. Russia, Jan. 18, 1859; c. symph. allegro for orch. and piano pieces.
24Apel (ä'pēl), Jn. Aug., Leipzig, 1771—1816; writer.
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