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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1symphonies; Festival Overture; Four Pieces; Symphonic Variations for piano and orch.; "Tintagel," "Summer Music," "Mediterranean," "The Happy Forest," "The Garden of Fand," "Overture to a Picaresque Comedy," "The Tale the Pine Trees Knew," "In the Faery Hills"; "Enchanted Summer" for two sopranos, chorus and orch.; "Christmas Eve in the Mountains," "Spring Fire," "In Memoriam," "November Woods," "Moy Mell," (chamber music) trio; sonata for violin and piano; quintet; string quartet; quintet for strings and harp; quartet for piano and strings; quintet for oboe and strings; sonata for violin and piano; 'cello sonata; sonata for two pianos; sonata for viola and harp; (ballet scores) "Between Dusk and Dawn," "The Frog-skin," "The Truth about the Russian Dancers," also piano music and songs. Knighted, 1937.
2Bayer (bī-ěr), Josef, Vienna, Mar. 6, 1852—March 12, 1913; composer of ballets and operettas; studied at Vienna Cons.; cond. at Court Opera.
3Bazin (bă-zăn), Fran. Em. Jos., Marseilles, 1816—Paris, 1878; dram. composer.
4Bazzini (bäd-zē'-nē), A., Brescia, March 11, 1818—Milan, Feb. 10, 1897; violinist, pupil of Camisani; at 17 conductor Church of S Filippo, where he prod masses and vespers, and 6 oratorios with full orch., and gave successful concert-tours through Europe. 1873, prof. of comp, 1882, dir. of Milan Cons. In his compositions his native melodiousness gained unusual value from a German solidity of harmony.
5Bé, Le. Vide LE BÉ.
6Beach, Mrs. H. H. A. (née Amy Marcy Cheney), b. Henniker, N. H., Sept. 5, 1867; pianist and composer; pupil of E. Perabo and K Baermann (pf.), 'd Junius W. Hill (harmony); self-taught in cpt., comp. and orchestration, having transl. Berlioz and Gevaert for her own use; Pres. Board of Councillors, N. F. Cons., Boston; composed "Gaelic" symphony, Mass with orch., piano quintet, piano concerto, choral works, a number of attractive songs, etc.
7Beale, (1) Wm., Landrake, Cornwall, 1784—London, 1854; famous gleecomposer. (2) J., London, ca. 1796; pianist.
8Beard, J., England, ca. 1717—Hamp- ton, 1791; eminent tenor for whom Händel wrote the tenor rôles in his chief oratorios. one of two readings
9Beard, J., England, ca. 1717—Hampton, 1791; eminent tenor for whom Handel wrote the tenor rôles in his chief oratorios. one of two readings
10Beauchamps (bō-shān), P. Fran. Godard de, Paris, ca. 1689—1761; writer.
11Beaulieu (rightly Martin) (bōl-yū', or mār-tān), M. Désiré, Paris, 1791—Niort, 1863; patron, writer, and composer.
12Beauquier (bōk-yā), Chas., 1833—?; writer of "Philosophie de musique" (1865), and librettist.
13Beauvarlet – Charpentier (bō-văr-lā-shār-pańt-yā), (1) Jean Jacques, Abbeyville, 1730—Paris, 1794; organist and comp. (2) Jacques Marie, Lyons, July 3, 1776—Paris, Nov., 1834; organist and comp, son of (1).
14Becher (běkh'-ěr), (1) Alfred Julius, Manchester, 1803—Vienna, 1848; editor. (2) Jos., Neukirchen, Bavaria, Aug 1, 1821—Sept. 23, 1888; composed over 60 masses, etc.
15Bechstein (běkh'-shtīn), Fr. Wm. K., Gotha, June 1, 1826—Berlin, March 6, 1900; 1856, worked in German factories, later established the well-known piano factory in Berlin.
16Beck, (1) David, Germany, ca. 1590; organ-builder (2) Reichardt K., lived in Strassburg, ca. 1650; composer. (3) Jn. Philip, 1677; editor. (4) Michael, b. Ulm, 1653; writer. (5) Gf. Jos., Podiebrad, Bohemia, 1723—Prague, 1787, Dominican (later Provincial) friar, organist. (6) Chr. Fr., b. Kirchheim, ca. 1755; composer. (7) Fz., Mannheim, 1730—Bordeaux, 1809; court-violinist. (8) Fr. Ad., pub. at Berlin, "Dr. M. Luther's Gedanken über die Musik," 1825. (9) K., 1814—Vienna, 1879; tenor; created "Lohengrin"! (10) Jn. Nepomuk, Pesth, 1827—Piessburg, 1904; dram. barytone. (11) Jos., Mainz, June 11, 1850—Pressburg, Feb. 15, 1903; son of above, barytone, sang in Austria, Berlin (1876), and Frankfort (1880). (12) Johann Heinrich, Cleveland, Sept. 12, 1856—May 26, 1924; violinist; pupil Leipzig Cons.; founded the Cleveland "Schubert Quartet"; composed overtures to Byron's "Lara," to "Romeo and Juliet"; cantata "Deukalion" (Bayard Taylor), etc. (13) Conrad, b. Schaffhausen, Switzerland, June 16, 1901; composer; studied with Andreae and at Zurich Cons.; res. in Berlin, later Paris, where studied
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