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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1ARCTOWSKA, Arian Jane:
2Soprano; b. Rochelle, Illinois, April 23, 1875, d. George and Caroline E. (Whitcomb) Addy; mus. ed. Chicago and Paris; m. Henryk Arctowski, scientist and explorer, Mar. 28, 1900. Debut w. D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. in England, 1899; sang in oratorio and symphony concerts in Belgium, Germany and England; also in recital in leading European cities; especially known as lieder singer; resides in the U. S. since 1909. Address: 1 Livingston Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y.
4ARENS, Egmont Hegel:
5Musical manager; b. Cleveland, Ohio, s. Franz X. (q. v.) and Emma (Hegel) A.; ed. Morris High Sch., New York, Univ. of New Mexico; m. New York, Dec. 24, 1914. Manager People's Symphony Concerts; engaged in the direction of concert artists. Address: 17 W. 8th St., New York. Home: Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y.
7ARENS, Franz Xavier:
8Vocal teacher, conductor; b. Neef, Germany, Oct. 28, 1856, s. Clemens and Maria (Schmitz) A.; grad. Normal College, St. Francis, Wis.; stud. music w. Rheinberger, John Singenberger, Giehre, Abel, Wüllner, Janssen and Julius Hey in Munich and Dresden; m. Emma L. Huegel (3 children). Prof. of music Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y.; cond. Cleveland Philharmonic Society and Gesangverein, Indianapolis May Music Festivals, American Composers' Concerts in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden, etc.; pres. Metropolitan School of Music (principal vocal dept.), Indianapolis, Ind., and Manuscript Society of N. Y.; since 1896 cond. People's Symphony Concerts and principal of Arens Vocal Studio. New York. Comp.: solo songs, male and mixed quartets, choral works, sacred and secular, w. organ and orch., string quartet, Symphonic Fantasie for orch., Canon and Fugue for Organ, etc. Lecturer on history of music. Mem. Lambs Club and N. Y. Liederkranz. Address: 308 W. 56th St., New York.
10ARENS, Ludolph:
11Pianist, pedagogue, theorist; b. Mayence, Germany, Jan. 9, 1880, s. Fritz and Marguerite (Merkel) A.; ed. Realgymnasium, Mayence; stud. w. Theodor Bohlmann, Wilhelm Kraupner, Hans Richard; diploma Ohio Wesleyan School of Music, Delaware, O., 1904, Cincinnati Cons. of Music, 1908. Has taught piano and theory 17 yrs.; dir. Terre Haute Cons. of Music, Terre Haute, Ind., 1907-13; prof. of piano and composition Lawrence Cons. of Music, Appleton, Wis., since 1913; gives piano recitals (classical and modern repertoire); has in preparation a work on piano teaching. Address: Appleton, Wis.
13ARENS-ROGER, Adelia:
14Pianist, organist, composer; b. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11, 1880, d. John N. and Mary (Schulte) A.; niece of Franz X. Arens (q. v.); ed. Barstow Sch., St. Aloysius Parochial Sch.; stud. piano and organ with grandfather and father, piano w. Franz A. Apel and at Virgil Piano Sch., New York City; m. Felix A. Roger, Detroit, June 22, 1910 (1 child). Debut at piano recital, Detroit School of Music, Nov. 13, 1902; taught in Rogers City and Detroit, Mich., 1901-11; organist at St. Mary's Ch.; St. Ann's, Detroit, 2 yrs. Comp.: Ave Maria in E major, with vln. obligato, op. 1, No. 1; (Maxwell Co., New York); about 30 pieces in MS. Address: 515 Glendale Ave., Detroit, Mich.
16[d']ARIENZO, Nicola:
17Dramatic composer; b. Naples, Dec. 23, 1842; stud. piano w. Labriola, counterpoint w. Fioravanti and Moretti, composition w. Mercadante. Teacher of music at the Real Allbergo dei poveri, Naples, 1872-9; prof. of counterpoint and composition from 1877, dir. from 1879. teacher of mus. history from 1904, Naples Cons. Comp.: operas (in Neapol. dialect). "Monzù Guazio o La Fidanzata del Parrucchiere" (Naples, 1860), "I due Mariti" (Naples, 1866), "Le Rose" (1868), "Il Cacciatore delle Alpi" (1870), "Il Cuoco" (1873), "I Viaggi" (Milan, 1875), "La Figlia del Diavolo" Naples, 1879), "I tre Coscritti" (Naples, 1880), "La Fiera" (1887), "Pita di Lister" (in MS.), etc.; oratorio, "Il Cristo sulla croce"; "Pensiero sinfonico"; overtures; vocal music (4 Nocturnes); piano-pieces. Author: "L'invenzione del sistema tetracordo e la moderna musica" (1879), favoring pure intonation instead of equal temperament, and discriminating a 3rd mode (minor second) in addition to the accepted major and minor modes; "Scuola di composizione musicale" (1899); "Un predecessore di Aless. Scarlatti" (1891; on Gesualdo [di Venosa]): "Dell'opera comica dalle origini a G. B. Pergolesi" (1887: Ger. transl. by F. Lugscheider, 1902): "Il melodramma dalle origini al scolo XVIII" (1900); "La musica in Napoli" (1900); "Die moderne Oper" (1902, in "Deutsche Thalia"). Address: Real Conseratorio, Naples, Italy.
19ARKWRIGHT, Godfrey Edward Pellew:
20Musicologist; b. Apr. 10, 1864. Ed. "The Old English Edition" (25 vols., 1889-1902; containing masques, ballets, motets, madrigals, etc., by English composers of the 17th and 18th centuries) and "The Musical Antiquary" (1909-13); also edited some of Purcell's works in the edition pub. by the Purcell Society (1889-1902).
22ARMBRUSTER, Karl:
23Pianist and conductor; b. Andernach-on-Rhine, July 13, 1846; stud. w. Flügel at Neuwied, Hompesch at Cologne. Settled in London, 1863; an influential admirer of Wagner, he has done much to spread the Wagner cult in England by means of numerous lectures; was asst. cond. to Hans Richter at the Wagner Concerts, 1882-4; then cond. at the Royal Court Th., later at the Haymarket and Drury Lane; cond. "Tristan und Isolde" at Covent Garden, 1892; one of the cons. at Bayreuth, 1884-94; lecturer in England and U. S. (Lowell lectures on Life and Works of Wagner, Harvard; Wellesley Coll.; Drexel Inst., Philadelphia; Universities of Illinois, Chicago, Montreal, etc., 1900-1); musical adviser to the London County Council, 1901-13.
25ARMENDT, Florence Mai:
26Vocal teacher and music supervisor; b. Owensboro, Ky., April 9, 1894, d. Dr. L. G. and Mary M. (Darris) A.; ed. pub. sch.; grad. Coll. of Music, Cincinnati, O., 1915,
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