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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1LARSEN, Alfred [Ferdinand Olaf]:
2Violinist, teacher, conductor, lecturer; b. Nödebo, Denmark, Dec. 12, 1877, s. Lars Peter and Margrethe (Christensen) L.; ed. in pub. and Latin schs.; stud. violin w. Fini Henriques and harmony, theory, and history of music w. Höeffner in Copenhagen; m. Caroline Dorothea Jensen, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 24, 1899 (2 step-children). Settled in Montreal as violinist and teacher; cond. Montreal Amateur Symphony Orch., 1902-3; head of violin dept., Westmount Sch. of Music, 1904; estab. Larsen Violin Sch., Burlington, Vt., 1909; organized Burlington Symphony Orch., Larsen String Quartet and Beethoven Trio; also teacher in summer sch. Univ. of Vermont, 1909-10; dir. music dept. same, 1910-13. Address: 87 South Willard Street, Burlington, Vt.
4MAGUENAT, Alfred:
5Operatic baritone; b. Paris, of Swiss parentage; first took up painting as a profession, having studied w. Merson; later stud. voice under Max Bouvet. Made his debut at the Opéra Comique, Paris, 1907; subsequently sang for a season at Nice, returned for a second season at the Opéra Comique, filled an engagement at Covent Garden, and appeared in Paris again at the new Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Created the role of Marc Antony in Massenet's "Cléopâtre" and sang, for the first time in Paris, the baritone role of Montemezzi's "L'Amore dei tre rè"; joined Chicago Opera Company, 1916, and was re-engaged for 1917-18. Repertoire includes Pelléas in "Pelléas et Mélisande," Valentin in "Faust," etc. Address: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill.
7MALLING, Otto Valdemar:
8Composer, conductor; b. Copenhagen, June 1, 1848; stud. w. J. P. E. Hartmann and N. W. Gade at the Copenhagen Cons., 1872-84. Cond. Students' Singing Society; a founder (1884) and principal cond. of the Concert Society; organist St. Peter's Ch., 1878; teacher of theory at the Copenhagen Cons., 1885; professor, 1889, dir. Copenhagen Cons. since 1899. Comp.: Symphony in D min., op. 17; 2 orch. suites; 2 fantasies f. vln. and orch.; Concert Overture, op. 29; Piano Concerto in C min., op. 43; Trio in A maj., op. 36; Violin Sonata in G min.; String Octet; String Quartet in C min., op. 80; Piano Quintet; piano pieces; organ pieces, op. 48, 50, 63, 66, 81; "Réveil" f. 4 solo voices and str. orch., op. 13; choral works w. orch.; songs; also a ballet "Askepot" (Copenhagen, 1911). Author of a treatise on orchestration. Address: Royal Conservatory, Copenhagen, Denmark.
10MARCOSSON, Sol:
11Violinist; b. Louisville, Ky., June 10, 1869, s. Louis and Helen (Newmark) M.; stud. in Louisville w. Henry Burcke and at Royal High Sch. for Music, Berlin, under Joachim and Heinrich de Ahna; m. Dorothy Frew, 1902 (4 children). Debut in Louisville at age of 8; toured America, Germany, Italy and England; was first violin of the Mendelssohn Quintet Club of Boston; soloist for New York Philharmonic Club 2 seasons; dir. Marcossen Music Sch., Cleveland, Ohio; dir. violin dept. Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N. Y.; dir. violin dept. Lake Erie College, Painesville; has been concert-master Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orch.; has made transcriptions for violin and piano, incl. "To Spring" (Grieg), Etude in C-sharp min. (Chopin), "Ave Maria" (Schubert), etc. Address: Marcossen Music School, 807 The Arcade, Cleveland. Home: 1748 Elsinore St., E. Cleveland, O.
13MATTIOLI, Lino:
14Vocal teacher, cellist, composer; b. Parma, Aug. 23, 1853, s. Salvatore and Rachele (Silvani) M.; grad. Parma Cons. (4 medals) 1872; stud. singing w. Griffini, cello w. Curti, piano w. Righi, composition w. Giovanni Rossi; m. Louise A. Strueve, Cincinnati, O. Debut as cellist in quartet w. Joseph Joachim at Milan Cons.; taught voice culture and opera coaching in Milan, 8 yrs.; travelled as concert cellist in Italy, France, Austria and East India; went to America, 1883, and became 1st cellist and soloist in the Metropolitan Opera House Orch.; 6 months later became vocal teacher at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Coll. of Music (present position). Comp.: f. cello and piano, "Berceuse," "Petite Valse" (Bothe, Berlin); "Consolation," "Dance Montagnarde," Etude de Concert (Kistner, Leipzig); "Elegy," "Bagpipe Serenade" (C. Fischer); Gavotte f. string quartet (John Church Co.); songs (John Church Co.). Mem. Musicians' Club, Cincinnati. Address: College of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio.
16MAYER, Daniel:
17Manager; established himself in London, Jan., 1890, in New York, 1915; has managed many noted artists incl. Paderewski, Ysaÿe, Melba, Adamowski, Harold Bauer, Essipoff, Thomson, Popper, Flonzaley Quartet, Ševčik Quartet, Mlynarski, Sir Thomas Beecham, Weingartner, Nikisch, Stransky, Stokowski, Ernest Schelling, Leopold Auer, Emil Sauer, Elena Gerhardt, Julia Culp, Mark Hambourg, Arthur Rubinstein, Lenora Sparkes, Anna Pavlowa, Diaghileff Russian Ballet, Nordica, Mischa Elman, Maurice Dambois, Kathleen Parlow, etc. Has been 4 times mayor of Bexhill, Eng.; pres. Royal Warrant Holders' Assn.; mem. county council of Sussex, fire commissioner, justice for county of East Sussex since 1907, senior grand deacon in Grand Lodge of England. Address: Times Building, New York.
19MURPHY, Jeannette Robinson:
20Singer, teacher, lecturer; b. Louisville, Ky., d. Norman and Leora (Bettison) Robinson; ed. by parents; stud. singing w. Achille Errani, New York; married. Has specialized in exact presentation of negro slave songs and folklore, Kentucky and North Carolina folksongs and portrayal of mountainer life; toured throughout U. S. in concerts, lecture recitals, etc. Author: "Southern Thoughts for Northern Thinkers" (collection of lectures). Address: 504 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fla.
22NICOLAY, Nicolay:
23Operatic basso; b. Alexandria, Egypt, 1870, of Greek parentage; ed. in Athens Normal Sch.; became a professor of ancient and modern Greek; stud. singing w. Masson in Paris. Was engaged for the Scala in Milan by Arturo Toscanini; debut there as Kothner ("Meistersinger"); made a tour of
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