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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1LeFEVRE one of two readings
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3the cantata "Le Jugement de Dieu"; after long travels settled in Paris and devoted himself to composition; won the Prix Charlier for chamber music in 1884 and 1891. Professor of instrumental ensemble at the Paris Cons. (succeeding Godard) since 1895. Comp.: choral works, "Judith" (prod. Pasdeloup concerts, 1879; also in French provinces and Belgium; at the Gürzenich concerts in Cologne and by the Stern Singing Society, Berlin); "Elva" and "Psalm xxiii"; "Ste. Cécile" [soli, ch., and orch.] (Concerts de l'Opera, 1896); legend "Melka"; for orch., "Ouverture dramatique"; Symphony in D major; lyric scenes, "Dalila" and "La messe du Phantôme" f. voice and orch.; "Toggenbourg" [after Schiller's poem] (Colonne Concerts, 1904); sonatas, trios, quartets, suites, etc., for various instr.; suite f. wind instr., etc.; operas: "Zaire" (4 acts, Lille, 1887); "Le trésor" (1-act op.-com., Angers, 1883); "Djelma" (3 acts, 1894, prod. at the Paris Opéra, 1904); "Singoalla" (3 acts, not prod.); lyric poem, "Eloa." Address: Conservatoire de Musique, Paris, France.
5LeFEVRE, Cornelia Bevier:
6Teacher of piano; b. Raritan, N. J., Apr. 25, 1870, d. Rev. James and Cornelia (Harrbrouck) L.; ed. Misses Bucknell's Sch., New Brunswick, N. J.; stud. music w. William H. Sherwood. Albert Ross Parsons, Ludwig Breitner; certificate from Metropolitan Coll. of Music, New York (Albert Ross Parsons and William Mason, examiners). Teacher of piano, New Brunswick, N. Y., 1889-1916; in New York City, 27 yrs., in The Misses Anable's Sch., New Brunswick, N. J., 28 yrs. Mem. Musicians' Club of New York, Music Teachers' Nat. Assn. Address: 6 W. Cliff St., Somerville, N. J.
8LEFFLER-BURCKARD, Martha:
9Singer (dramatic soprano); b. Berlin, about 1870; studied singing w. Anna von Meichsner in Dresden. Made debut as coloratura soprano in Strassburg, 1890; then sang at Breslau and Cologne; was engaged at Bremen, 1894-8, at the Court Theatre in Weimar, 1898-1900, at Wiesbaden, 1900-2, at Bayreuth, 1906; sang Wagner roles at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 1908; member of the Royal Opera, Berlin, since 1912. Was made Kgl. Kammersängerin (Prussia); received many decorations from the Emperor and several German princes. Address: Kgl. Opernhaus, Dorotheenstr. 3, Berlin, N. W., Germany.
11LEGGE, Charles Franklin:
12Organist and choirmaster, organ builder; b. St. Catharines, Ont., Dec. 21, 1891, s. William Campbell L. (organist and choirmaster) and Ellen Alberta (Bowman) L.; ed. collegiate institutes of St. Catharines and Hamilton, Canada; stud. piano w. W. T. Thompson; organ w. Angelo M. Reid, Wilhelm Kaffenburger; unmarried. Organist and choirmaster Queen Street Baptist Ch., St. Catharines, 1908; at St. James Sq. Presbyt. Ch., Toronto, 1911; St. Andrew's, Toronto, 1912; St. Paul's Presbyt. Ch., Hamilton, 1913; Central Methodist Ch., Toronto, since 1914. Mem. Ontario chapter Am. Guild of Organists, mem. Council, 3 yrs. Address: 40 College St., Toronto, Canada.
14LEGGE, Robin Humphrey:
15Critic and musicographer; b. Bishops Castle, Shropshire, June 28, 1862; stud. law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; ed. Leipzig, Frankfort, etc., travelled extensively in Europe and America. Asst. music critic on London "Times." 1890-1906. at the same time contributing criticisms to the "Daily Mail" and the "Sunday Sun"; also ctbd. to the "Daily Graphic," to the London "Globe" and "St. James's Gazette"; on staff of the "Daily Telegraph," from 1906; principal musc critic same since 1910. Author: "The Annals of the Norfolk and Norwich Festivals." (1896); ctbd. biographies to the Dictionary of National Biography, Grove's Dictionary, etc.; translated Wallaschek's "Die Musik der Naturvölker" as "Primitive Music" (Longman's, 1893). Ctbr. to the "New Quarterly Musical Review," "The Musician," "Golf" (poems), etc. Editor the "Norfolk Cricket Annual" and has published many chess problems. Mem. Savile Club, London. Address: 33 Oakley Street, London, W.
17LEGGETT-ABEL, May:
18Violinist. teacher, director; b. May 6, 1878. d. Mortimer Allan and Jennie Mais (Whitehead) Leggett; stud. music at Paris Cons.; m. Frederic Laurence Abel, cellist and dir. of music, M. A. C., Lansing, Mich., May 7, 1895. Toured as head of own company under Redpath Bureau; dir. violin dept. Michigan Cons. of Music, 8 yrs.; dir. the May Leggett-Abel Violin Sch., since 1913. Mem. Tuesday Musical Club, Detroit; Louisa St. Clair chapter Daughters of Am. Revolution; Ingelside Social Club. Address: The Traugott Schmidt Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Home: The Lyle, 68 Peterboro St., Detroit, Mich.
20LEGINSKA, Ethel:
21Pianist; b. Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.; stud. w. James Kwast at Dr. Hoch's Cons., Frankfort, as protégé of Mrs. Arthur Wilson; later stud. w. Leschetizky in Vienna; married. Debut at the age of nine in London; toured Europe and America several times. Address: care Haensel & Jones, Æolian Hall, New York.
23LEGOUIX, Isidor Edouard:
24Composer; b. Paris, April 1, 1834; stud. at the Paris Cons. Comp. a number of comic operettas, mostly in one act. Address: Paris, France.
26LEHÁR, Franz:
27Composer; b. Komárom, Hungary, April 30, 1870; stud. w. Bennewitz and Förster at the National Academy of Music, Prague (6 yrs.). Leader in Barmen at the age of 18; military bandmaster at 20; cond. at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, for a time; now cond. of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna. Comp.: opera, "Kukuska" (Leipzig, 1896; revised as "Tatjana," Brünn, 1905); operettas: "Wiener Frauen" (Vienna, 1902; as "Die Klavierstimmer" in Berlin; revised as "Der Schlüssel zum Paradiese," Leipzig, 1906), "Der Rastelbinder" (Vienna, 1902); "Die Juxheirat" (Vienna, 1904); "Der Göttergatte" (Vienna, 1904); "Die lustige Witwe" (Vienna, 1905; international success; in England and America as "The Merry Widow," in France as "La Veuve Joyeuse"); "Mitislav, der
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