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11783; flutist and composer for flute. (2) Jan. (Jns.) van, Utrecht, 1807—Stockholm, 1872; son of above; pianist, professor, and dram. composer. (3) Hermann M. van, Utrecht, 1809—1883; son and pupil of (1); flutist.
2Boosey, Thos. (1825), founded the London pub. house of Boosey & Co.
3Soott, Francis, Boston, Mass., June 21, 1813—Cambridge, Mass., March 2, 1904; pupil of L. Picchianti, in Florence; lived in Cambridge, Mass.; composed under pseud. "Telford."
4Bopp, Wilhelm, Mannheim, Nov. 4, 1863—Bühler Höhe, June 11, 1931; pupil of Leipzig Cons., and of Emil Paur; 1884, dir. in Freiburg; 1886, assistant to Mottl at Bayreuth; 1889, teacher at Mannheim Cons.; 1900, opened a High School of Music; 1907–19, dir. Royal Cons., Vienna; cond. His wife, born Glaser, a court opera singer at Stuttgart.
5Bordes (bôrd), Charles, Vouvray-sur-Loire, May 12, 1863—Toulon, Nov. 8, 1909; composer; important figure in the revival of French church music; pupil of César Franck; 1887, church-conductor at Nogent-sur-Marne; 1889 commissioned by the govt. to collect Basque folk music; from 1890 chapel-master at St. Gervais, Paris; founder of the "Association of the Singers of St. Gervais" and of the "Schola Cantorum de St. G.," 1898 with d'Indy and Guilmant; 1905 retired to Montpellier and founded a Schola there; 1909 went to Nice to give a concert and died on his way home. He resuscitated many forgotten master works, and wrote many articles on them; c. "Phantasie" and "Rapsodie Basque" for orch.; opera "Les trois Vagues," religious music, choruses, and songs and piano pieces.
6Bordese (bôr-dâ'-zê), Luigi, Naples, 1815—Paris, 1886; singing teacher and dram. composer.
7Bordier (bôrd-yâ), (1) L. Chas., Paris, 1700—1764; abbé, conductor, composer, and writer. (2) Jules, 1846 (?)—Paris, 1896; dram. composer.
8Bordogni (bôr-dôn'-yê), Giulio Marco, Gazzaniga, Bergamo, 1788—Paris, July 31, 1856; distinguished tenor and singing teacher; prof. Paris Cons.; pub. standard "Vocalises."
9Bordo'ni, Faustina. Vide HASSE, FAUSTINA.
10Borghi (bôr'-gê), Luigi, Italian violinist, came to London, ca. 1774; pub. symphonies, excellent music for vln., etc.
11Borghi-Mamo (mä'-mô), (1) Adelaide, Bologna, 1826—1901; mezzo-soprano; début, 1846, at Urbino, where she was engaged; then in Vienna and Paris; later lived in Florence; her daughter (2) Erminia, soprano; début 1874, Bologna; sang in Italy and Paris.
12Borgioli (bôr-jô'-lê), Dino, b. Florence. Italy; operatic tenor; became member of Dal Verme Op., Milan, 1918, following war service; has sung at Costanzi, Rome; San Carlo, Naples; Covent Garden, London; Monte Carlo, Lisbon, Madrid, and La Scala Op., Milan, also as assisting artist to Dame Nellie Melba in tour of Australia, 1924; came to America, 1928, making début in California; New York début, Dec., 1930, and sang with Met. Op. Co., N. Y., 1934.
13Bori (bô'-rê), Lucrezia (rightly Borgia), b. Valencia, Spain, Dec. 24, 1888; noted soprano; pupil of Vidal; made début at Rome, in "Carmen," 1908, singing rôle of Micaela; appeared in other leading opera theatres with succ., incl. Naples, Milan, Buenos Aires, and at Paris in 1910 when the Met. Op. Co. made a guest appearance there; 1912–13, made début with that company in "Manon" in the autumn at New York; quickly became one of most popular members of forces; owing to vocal indisposition, retired for brief period in 1915, but returned to New York several seasons later and resumed place as an important singer, esp. in lyric rôles; member of Met. Op. until 1935–36, portraying large variety of French, Italian, Spanish, and English parts; a distinguished actress and an exemplary vocalist; she took active part in assisting company to raise fund to cover deficit in 1933–34, and was elected a member of the Met. Op. board of directors.
14Borodin (bô'-rô-dên), Alex. Porphyrevitch, St. Petersburg, Nov. 12, 1834—Feb. 29, 1887; composer of the neo-Russian school; Prof. at the St. P. Medico-surg. Institute; Counsellor of State; Knight; pres. Mus. Soc. of Amateurs; at Balakirev's suggestion studied music; composed opera, "Prince Igor" (finished
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