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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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5ARIANI, Adriano:
6Pianist, conductor, composer, teacher; b. Rome, Sept. 25, 1877, s. Giacomo and Antoinette (Ferrari) A.; ed. high sch. and Univ. of Law and Literature, Macerata, Italy; stud. piano w. Francesca Ugolini, Mario Vitali, Giovanni Sgambati and Alfonso Rendano; harmony and counterpoint w. Antonio Cicognani and Guglielmo Mattioli, composition w. Pietro Mascagni at Pesaro Cons., also violin, contra-bass, wind instruments, harp and tympani. Debut as pianist at the age of 5, and first played in orchestra at the age of 8; appeared as pianist w. various orchestras; toured Italy, Germany, England, U. S. and Canada; was professor at the St. Cecilia Acad., Rome, where his Symphony in B-flat min. won the musical competition, 1905; held positions as conductor in cities of Italy, now in New York. Comp.: 2 symphonies (B-flat min. and F-sharp maj.); "Scenes Campestri"; Italian Suite; mass; oratorio, "St. Francis of Assisi" (MS.; perf. New York, 1917). Address: 132 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
8ARIMONDI, Vittorio:
9Operatic basso; b. Salezze, Italy, son of a colonel in the Italian Army, who wished him to enter the army; stud. for opera with Maestro Cima. Made his debut at Varese; toured continental Europe, singing leading bass roles; sang for long seasons at La Scala in Milan, the Fenice in Venice and the San Carlo in Naples; was chosen by Verdi to create the role of Pistol in "Falstaff" at La Scala, 1893; later appeared at Covent Garden, London, for four seasons, and came to America to join the Manhattan Opera Company, with which he sang for 4 years; then joined the Chicago Opera, of which he is now a member. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
11AUER, Leopold:
12Add: Settled on a country estate near Dresden in 1911; forced to return to Petrograd on outbreak of war; removed to Christiania after the April 1917 revolution; went to America, Feb. 1918, and made Amer. debut, New York, March 23; now teaching in New York. Address: Hotel Netherland, New York.
14BARRIENTOS, Maria:
15Coloratura soprano (c-f''); b. Barcelona, March 10, 1885, d. Antonio and Esperanza (Llopis) B.; stud. piano, violin, then harmony and composition at Barcelona Cons., and was graduated at the age of 12; after a suspension of study due to illness her voice was discovered by Maestro Bennet, with whom she studied singing; m. George Keen in Barcelona, Spain, 1907. Made her debut at the age of 14 at the Teatro Novedados, Barcelona, Mar. 4, 1889, as Inez in "L'Afri-caine," followed by successful appearance as the Queen in "Les Huguenots"; invited to Milan by the publisher Sonzogno, she made her debut in Milan as Lakmé; engaged at La Scala, and subsequently appeared in many leading opera houses in Italy and throughout Europe; engaged for the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, she was a favorite there and at all South American opera houses, till 1913; after 3 years' absence from the stage was engaged by Gatti-Casazza for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York; mem. same since Februray, 1916. Repertoire includes leading soprano parts in "I Puritani," "La Sonnambula," "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Don Pasquale," "L'Elisir d'amore," "Traviata," "Rigoletto," "Pêcheurs de Perles," "Linda di Chamounix," "Dinorah," "Lakmé," "Mignon," "Hamlet," "Marta," etc. Address: Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
17BARTIK, Ottokar:
18Dancer, ballet master; b. Prague, Aug. 21, 1868, s. Anton and Antonia (von Spata) B.; ed. high sch. and Gymnasium, Prague; stud. violin w. Karl Ondricek, harmony w. Anton Dvořák; stud. for ballet w. Reisinger in Prague and w. Corri in Turin and Milan; m. Mathilde Faust, Chicago, Mar. 18, 1907. Made debut in "Donna Juanita" w. Suppé at the Royal Bohemian National Theatre, Prague, 1876; has since appeared as dancer at the German Theatre, Prague, under Angelo Neumann, 1887, Royal Theatre, Munich, 1890, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 1894; ballet master at the Royal Theatre, Zagrab, Croatia, 1896, Neues Deutches Theater, Munich, 1898, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, since 1908; created leading role in "The Bartered Bride," 1908, ballet in "Vienna Waltzes," 1910, in "Pique Dance" (Tchaikovsky), "Prince Igor" (Borodin), "Dance in Place Congo" (Henry F. Gilbert), "Shanewis" (Charles W. Cadman); managed first concert tour of Emmy Destinn, also the Friday "Moments Musicales" at the Waldorf Astoria, New York; his repertoire comprises the principal ballets and pantomimes in all operas and operettas. Wrote ballet "Omitake San" (music by Rudolf Friml). Address: 1425 Broadway, New York.
20BASSETT, Karolyn Wells:
21Composer; b. Derby, Conn., Aug. 2, 1892, d. Harmon Sheldon and Charlotte (Mortimer) B.; ed. Prince Sch., Boston, Mass., Berkeley Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y. and Mme. Veltin's Sch., New York; stud. piano w. Mrs. Reinhold Faelten and Carl Faelten, Boston, Mass., 1898-9, piano and harmony w. Constance Mills,
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