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He Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1939
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1with Honegger; c. in neo-classic manner, but modern harmonisation, cantata "Death of Oedipus"; four symphonies, concertino for piano and orch., concerto for string quartet and orch.; three string quartets, choral works, etc.
3Beck'er, (1) Dietrich (1668), composer at Hamburg, 1668. (2) Jn., Helsa, near Cassel, 1726—1803; court-organist. (3) K. Fd., Leipzig, 1804—1877; organist and writer. (4) Konstantin Julius, Freiberg, Saxony, 1811—Oberlossnitz, 1859; editor. (5) Val. Ed., Würzburg, 1814—Vienna, 1890; dram. composer. (6) Georg, Frankenthal, Palatinate, June 24, 1834—Geneva, July 18, 1928; pianist and writer; lived in Geneva; pub. "La Musique en Suisse," etc. (7) Albert Ernst Ant., Quedlinburg, June 13, 1834—Berlin, Jan. 10, 1899, pupil of Bonicke and Dehn; 1881, teacher of comp. at Scharwenka's Cons.; also conductor Berlin cathedral choir; composed a noteworthy symphony, a Grand Mass in Bb min. (1878), and oratorio "Selig aus Gnade," etc. (8) Jean, Mannheim, May 11, 1833—Oct. 10, 1884; violinist, leader Mannheim orch.; after concert-tours, lived in Florence and founded the famous "Florentine Quartet"; toured with his children. (9) His daughter Jeanne, Mannheim, June 9, 1859—April 6, 1893; pianist, pupil of Reinecke and Bargiel. (10) Hans., Strassburg, May 12, 1860—May 1, 1917; viola-player, pupil of Singer. (11) Hugo, b. Strassburg, Feb 13, 1864; 'cellist; son of Jean B.; pupil of his father, Grutzmacher, Piatti, etc.; 'cellist at the Opera Frankfort, 1884—86 and 1890—1906; 1896, Royal Prof.; succeeded Piatti as 'cellist at London Monday concerts; 1909—29, taught Berlin Hochschule; later lived in Switzerland; made many concert tours, including U. S., 1900. (12) Rheinhold, Adorf, Saxony, 1842—Dresden, Dec. 4, 1924; violinist; lived in Dresden; composed succ. operas "Frauenlob" (Dresden, 1892), and "Ratbold" (Mayence, 1896), 1-act; symph. poem "Der Prinz von Homburg," etc. (13) K., Kirrweiler, near Trier, June 5, 1853—Berlin, Aug. 31, 1928; teacher at Neuwied; pub. songbooks. (14) Jakob, founder (1841) of large Russian pf.-factory.
5Beck'mann, Jn. Fr. Gl., 1737—Celle, 1792; organist, harpsichord-virtuoso, and dram. composer.
6Beck'with, J. Christmas, Norwich, England, 1750—1809; organist and writer.
7Becquié (běk-yā), (1) A. (?), Toulouse, ca. 1800—Paris, 1825; flutist. His brother (2) ("De Peyre Ville"), Jean Marie, Toulouse, 1797—Paris, 1876; violinist.
8Bečvafovsky (běch'-var-shōf'-shkī), Ant. F., Jungbunzlau. Bohemia, 1754—Berlin, 1823; organist and composer.
9Bed'ford, Herbert, b. London, Jan. 23, 1867; composer; lectured on unaccompanied vocal music and published an essay on this subject; c. (opera) "Kit Marlowe," symph., chamber and vocal music; m. Liza Lehmann, composer.
10Bedos de Celles (bū-dō du -sēl), Caux, near Bézières, 1706—St. Maur, 1779; Benedictine monk and writer.
11Beech'am, (1) Sir Thomas, b. near Liverpool, Engl., April 29, 1879; eminent conductor; son of Sir Joseph Beecham; educated at Rossall Sch.; studied comp. with Dr. Sweeting, later with Varley Roberts at Oxford Univ.; from 1899 founder and leader of amateur orch. soc. at Huyton; also substituted for Richter in a concert given by his father; 1902, cond. of Kelso 'iruman's touring op. co.; studied comp. for a year and prod. three operas; 1905, led his first orch. concert in London; 1906—8 founded New Symph. Orch. there and in latter year formed Beecham Symph. Orch.; 1910 organised season of opera at Covent Garden, following this with others until 1915, in which a number of first perfs. in England were given, esp. Strauss operas, Wagner and works in English; later cond. of Royal Op. Syndicate and after 1915 of London Phil. Soc.; knighted 1916; in recent years artistic dir. of Covent Garden Op.; has appeared widely as guest cond. in other countries, incl. N. Y. Phil. Orch. and Philadelphia Orch. in U. S. (2) Adrian, b. London, Sept. 4, 1904; son of (1); composer of music to "The Merchant of Venice," songs, etc.
12Beecke (bē'-kē), Ignaz von, 1733—Wallerstein, 1803; captain of dragoons, then "Musikintendant" to
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