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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1ANSORGE, Konrad (Eduard Reinhold):
2Pianist; b. Buchald, near Liebau, Silesia, Oct. 15, 1862; stud. at Leipzig Cons., 1880-2; w. Liszt, 1885. After long concert tours in Germany, Russia, Austria, and America, settled in Berlin as pianist; teacher in the Klindworth-Scharwenka Cons., 1898-1903. Comp.: 3 sonatas, "Ballade," "Traumbilder," Polish Dances, for piano; songs; orchestral and chamber music; string sextet; 2 string quartets; "Requiem" for male chorus and orch.
4ANTIPOV, Constantin:
5Composer; b. Russia, Jan. 18, 1859. Comp.: 3 Etudes, op. 1; 3 Valses, op. 2; Variations on an original Russian theme, op. 3; 5 pieces, op. 5; 4 pieces incl. Nocturne, op. 6; 2 Preludes, op. 8; 3 Miniatures (Valse), op. 9; Prelude, op. 10; Valse and Etude, op. 11; Nocturne, op. 12; Impromptu and Valse, op. 13—all f. piano; "Allegro symphonique" for orch., op. 7.
7AQUABELLA, Ramon:
8Pianist, organist, composer, teacher; b. Havana, Cuba, June 20, 1854, s. Ramon and Susana (Toca) A.; stud. music in Paris and Milan; unmarried. Taught and appeared in concerts as pianist and accompanist in Havana, Cuba, New York, St. Louis, Mo., Galveston, Tex., Houston, Tex., and in the largest cities in Colorado; has given annual pupils' recitals; was associated with Joseffy, Mason and Mills at Steinway Hall, N. Y., 11 yrs. Has composed piano-pieces, incl.: "Violeta," caprice; "La Preferencia," Spanish dance; "Etude in F"; a song without words, etc. (pub.); transcriptions of "Rigoletto," "Carmen," "Old Folks at Home" and "Old Black Joe"; several marches, songs, etc. Address: 1128 Leavenworth St., San Francisco, Cal.
10ARA, Ugo:
11Viola player; b. Venice, July 19, 1876; stud. violin w. Tirindelli at Conservatory Benedetto Marcello in Venice, w. César Thompson at the Liège Cons., composition w. Robert Fuchs at Vienna Cons., 1894-1901. Played in the orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice at age of 13; viola player in the Flonzaley Quartet since 1903, concertizing in America and occasionally in the principal European centres; resides in New York. Address: care Loudon Charlton, Carnegie Hall, New York.
13ARBOS, [Enrique] Fernandez:
14Teacher, violinist, conductor; b. Madrid, Dec. 25, 1863; stud. violin w. Monasterio in Madrid, Vieuxtemps in Brussels, and Joachim in Berlin; composition w. Gevaert in Brussels. Concert-master Berlin Philharmonic Orch., made tour of Continent; taught vln. at Hamburg Cons. for a short time; returned to Madrid at the invitation of the Queen of Spain, and was dir. of vln. dept. of Cons. there; concert-master of the Glasgow Symphony Orch., 1889; since 1890 vln. prof. at the Royal Coll. of Music, London; has appeared as conductor in London, Liverpool, Petrograd, Moscow; since 1902 has toured Spain for 3 mos. every yr. at the head of the Madrid Symphony Orch. Comp.: comic opera, "El Centro de la Tierra" (Madrid, 1895); 3 piano trios; numerous pieces for vln. Address: Royal College of Music, London, S. W. Home: 13 Clareville Grove, South Kensington, London, W.
16[d'] ARCHAMBEAU, Ivan:
17Cellist; b. near Liège, Sept. 28, 1879; stud. music w. father, cello w. A. Massau in 1895; won gold medal at Cons. of Verviers, 1899; stud. w. Édouard Jacobs at Brussels, later w. Hugo Becker at Frankfort. Played the cello in a family quartet; toured Germany, Belgium and Scotland, 1903; then became mem. Flonzaley Quartet; has appeared w. the quartet without interruption from its organization to the present time; resides in New York. Address: care Loudon Charlton, Carnegie Hall, New York.
19ARCHANGELSKY, Alexander:
20Composer, musical director; b. Province of Pensa, Russia, Oct. 23, 1846. Conducted church choirs from his 16th yr.; organized a chorus of his own with which he toured Europe, 1880; was the 1st to substitute women for boys in the vocal music of the Russian Church. Comp.: 2 masses, a Mass for the Dead, and numerous a cappella choruses. Instrumental in the renaissance of Russian church music, associated w. Gretchaninov and others in important reform movement. Address: Petrograd, Russia.
22ARCHDEACON, Albert:
23Baritone and theatre manager; b. Liverpool, England, June 27, 1870; s. Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth (Gwyer) A.; ed. Liverpool Institute; stud. Royal Coll. of Music, 4 yrs. (under Liverpool Scholarship). Debut at Drury Lane Theatre as leading baritone in Schumann's "Genoveva"; toured England with Mme. Antoinette Sterling, 1899; managed his own opera company, touring Madeira and Canary Islands, 1900; toured Canada with Mme. Albani, 1903, South Africa, 1904, England, 1904-05; toured England with Melba, 1905, and Canada with Albani, 1906; appeared at Covent Garden in "Die Meistersinger," 1904; has acted as manager for the Beecham Opera Co. at His Majesty's Theatre and elsewhere, as manager of Aldwych Theatre in 1911. Address: Covent Garden Theatre, London, W. C.
25ARCHER, John Benjamin:
26Organist, conductor, composer; b. Blackinton, Mass., Oct. 14, 1872, s. Oscar A. and Helen (Blackinton) A.; A.B. Williams Coll., 1893; LL.B., 1896; m. Dorothy Donaldson, Marquette, Mich., Aug. 28, 1907. Organist Williams Coll., 1892-3, Westminster Ch., Detroit, Mich., 1895-1906, First Presbyt Ch., Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1906-13, Beneficent Conf. Ch., Providence, R. I., 1913—; has been conductor Apollo Club of Ft. Wayne, University Glee Club of Providence, Brown University Glee Club, Providence Community Chorus, Pittsfield (Mass.) Community Chorus, and North Adams (Mass.) Community Chorus; now song leader at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. (under appt. by war dept. comm. on training camp activities), and cond. Battle Creek Community Chorus. Comp.: comic operettas, "The Red Letter"; "The Romany Maid"; "The Isle of Rest"; "It Happened in Venice"; "No Trespassing"; piano pieces; songs; anthems. Address: 109 Summer Street, Battle Creek, Mich.
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