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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1THIERFELDER
2Assn. of Portland; Symphony Orch. Address: 207 Fliedner Bldg., Portland, Ore.
4THIERFELDER, Albert:
5Composer; b. Mühlhausen, Thuringia, April 30, 1846, s. of a cantor; ed. Gymnasium and Univ. of Leipzig; stud. at the Leipzig Cons.; Dr. phil., Leipzig, w. dissertation "Der Psalmen- und Hymnengesang vor Ambrosius." Mus. dir. in Elbing, 1870, then in Brandenburg; mus. dir. of the Univ. of Rostock, as successor of Kretzschmar, 1888; professor there, 1890. Comp.: music to Baumbach's "Zlatorog"; operas: "Die Jungfrau vom Königsee" (1877); "Der Trentajäger" (1883); "Almansor" (1884); "Florentina" (Rostock, 1896); "Der Heiratsschein (ib., 1898); choral works: "Edelweiss"; "Frau Holde," op. 30 (1902); "Kaiser Max und seine Jäger," op. 36 (1903); concert drama, "Horand und Hilde," op. 40 (Rostock, 1911), 2 symphonies; also church music, quartets for mixed and male choruses, piano pieces and songs. Arranged remainders of ancient Greek music for concert use (1899, Breitkopf & Härtel); wrote a treatise on a new interpretation of the system of old Greek instrumental notation (1897, and "Sammelb. I. M. G.," 1904). Address: Die Universität, Rostock, Germany.
7THIERIOT, Ferdinand:
8Conductor and composer; b. Hamburg, April 7, 1838; stud. w. E. Marxsen in Altona and w. Rheinberger in Munich. Mus. dir. and teacher in Hamburg, Leipzig (1867) and Glogau, 1868-70; artistic dir. Styrian Choral Society, Graz, 1870-1895; since then has lived alternately in Leipzig and Hamburg. Comp.: Sinfonietta in E maj., op. 55; overture to "Turandot," op. 43; Idyll for orch., op. 72; Serenade for string orch., op. 44; Cantata for chorus, soli and orch., op. 50; Requiem, op. 52; Violin concerto in A maj., op. 68; Concerto for 3 violins and orch., op 88; String Quartet in A major, op. 83; Flute Quartet in G maj., op. 84; Violin Sonata in A maj., op. 58; Cello Sonata, op. 56; Octet for string instr.; songs, op 73, 75, 86; pieces for organ, op. 85; women's choruses, op. 53, 61, 63, 81, 87; male choruses, op. 95. Address: Uhlenheimer Weg 33, Hamburg, Germany.
10THOMAS, Eugen:
11Conductor and composer; b. Soerabaia, Java, Jan. 30, 1863; went to Holland at the age of 15; studied engineering in Delft, but turned to music and entered the Vienna Cons., 1885-7; conductor of the orchestral society Euterpe in Delft, 1882-4, of the choral and orchestral society St. Cecilia in Semarang, 1884-5; theatre conductor in Pelsin, 1887; chief Kapellm. of the German Opera in Groningen, 1888; appeared as pianist, and established himself in Vienna, 1889; founder and cond. of the Wiener A Cappella-Chor since 1902; dir. of the choral school of the Vienna Cons. since 1905; appointed professor there, 1907. Comp.: songs, pieces for piano, chamber and orchestral works, choruses and 2 operas. Author: "Die Instrumentation der Meistersinger von Richard Wagner" (1899, 2nd ed., 1907); "Wiener Chorschule" (1907). Address: III Habsburger Hof, Vienna, Austria.
13THOMAS, Frank Lewis:
14Pianist, organist, composer and teacher of singing; b. London, 1857, s. Lewis Thomas, bass singer; stud. piano w. Sir William Cusins, violin w. F. Ralph, and harmony w. Banister at the Royal Acad. of Music; later piano w. A. H. Thouless, organ w. J. S. Jekyll and singing w. his father. Became organist of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, 1879, later was app. organist and choirm. of St. Mary's Church, Bromley, Kent, 1880 (present position); cond. Bromley Musical Society, 1880-1910; accompanist at Covent Garden Promenade Concerts many years; at present devotes most of his time to teaching. Has composed many songs, pieces for the piano, anthems, etc. Address: Bromley, Kent, England.
16THOMAS, Frank Wheelock:
17Pianist, organist, teacher; b. Washington, D. C., Apr. 25, 1891, s. Edward H. T. (former corporation counsel, Washington, D. C.) and Frances A. (Wheelock) T.; descendant of Eleazer Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth Coll.; ed. pub. schs., Central High Sch., George Washington Univ., Washington, D. C.; stud. piano w. George Brodhage of Berlin and Arthur Mayo in Washington, harmony at Washington Coll. of Music; m. Willie A. Boyd, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 3, 1913. First appeared as player of Hope-Jones organ, Paris Theatre, Denver, Nov., 1913 (assoc. w. Hope-Jones in installation of same); gave numerous piano recitals in Washington, D. C., 1910-2; teacher of piano and player of largest organ in western U. S. (Hope-Jones), at Paris Theatre, Denver, Colo., 1913-6; at present Hope-Jones organist, Empress Theatre, Colorado Springs. Comp. songs and piano pieces (MS.). Address: Empress Theatre. Home: F. W. Thomas Ranch, Husted, Colo.
19THOMAS, Oskar Heinrich:
20Violin teacher; b. June 28, 1872; stud. at the Weimar Orchestral School, 1886, and at the Leipzig Cons., 1888-93. Teacher of violin at the Zürich Academy of Music since 1896. Author: "Natürliches Lehrsystem des Vio- linspiels" (1st part). Address: Kilchbergstr. 85, Zürich, Switzerland.
22THOMAS, Otto:
23Organist and composer; b. Krippen, Saxony, Oct. 5, 1857; stud. of Gustav Merkel. Organist of the Paulikirche in Dresden, 1890-1910, retired w. the title of Kirchenmusikdirektor, 1910. Comp.: sacred choruses and motets for mixed chor., op. 1, 9, 14, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31; choral arrangements for mixed voices, op. 24, 34; motets for male chorus, op. 15; sacred songs with organ, op. 13, 16; for organ: 5-part fugues, op. 4; Elegies, op. 5; Christmas Pastoral Fantasy, op. 2; festival preludes and finales, op. 10, 11, 19; Variations on a Bach theme, op. 12; Lyric Pieces, op. 6, 8 and 17, etc. Address: Tannenstr. 6, Dresden, Germany.
25THOMAS, Thomas Hopkins:
26Conductor, tenor, musical manager; b. Wilton Park, Eng., Sept. 24, 1860, s. Isaac and Mary (Hopkins) T.; m. Josephine M. Rouzer, Cumberland, Md. (2 children). Associated in concert appearances w. Schumann-Heink,
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