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Stokes Encyclopedia Of Music And Musicians, 1908
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1AIGU
2;; Act IV: "Chi ti salva," Am-
3s, "Ohimè morir mi sento," Amne-
4"O terra addio," Radames and
5la.
6Aigu. Fr. Shrill, acute.
7Aimon (Pamphile Leopold Fran-
8is) composed "Michel et Christine,"
9rformed with great success in 1821,
10x other operas, much chamber music;
11nducted Marseilles theatre orchestra
1217. B. L'Isle, near Avignon, Oct. 4,
1379; d. Feb. 2, 1866, Paris.
14Air. Melody or tune.
15Ais. Ger. A sharp.
16A'Kempis (Nicholas) composed
17ree books of symphonies and played
18gan at Ste. Gudule's church, Brus-
19s, 1628.
20Akeroyde (Samuel) composed
21any popular English songs, 17th
22itury.
23Akkord. Ger. Chord.
24A la. Fr. In the manner of.
25Al, All', Alla. It. In the manner
27Ala (Giovanni Battista) played
28organ in Milan churches and com-
29posed operas and sacred music. B.
30Monza, 1580; d. 1612.
31Alabiev (Alexander Nicolavich)
32composed "The Nightingale," nearly
3300 songs, vaudevilles. B. Aug. 30,
34802, Moscow; d. 1852.
35Alard (Delphin) wrote an excel-
36lent "Violin School"; succeeded Bail-
37lot as professor of violin at the Paris
38Conservatoire, 1843; was among the
39foremost virtuosi of his day. B. Bay-
40onne, Mar. 8, 1815; d. Paris, Feb. 22,
411888.
42Alamoth. Heb. Biblical music
43term occurring in Psalm lxviii, and of
44unknown meaning.
45Alarum, All 'Arm. It. A call
46arms.
47Albani (Mathias) made violins
48odelled on those of Stainer, whose
49upil he was. B. Botzen, 1621; d.
50otzen, 1673. Mathias made violins,
51e best of which nearly equal those
52the Amatis, with whom he studied
53er a long apprenticeship with
54ATHIAS, his father. B. Botzen;
55Rome.
56Albani (Marie L. C. E. Lajeu-
57resse) sang sop. in opera and oratorio
58with very great success, her rôles
59varying from Lucia to Isolde. B. Nov.
601, 1850, Chambly, near Montreal, sang
61in Cathedral, Albany, N. Y., studied
62with Duprez, Paris, Lamperti, Milan;
63debut in "Sonnambula" at Messina,
641870, under name Albani, suggested by
65Lamberti; m. Ernest Gye, 1878; add.
66London.
67Albeniz (Isaac) wrote "The Magic
68Opal," comic opera, 1893, "Enrico
69Clifford" and "Pepita Jimenez," per-
70formed at Barcelona, 1894 and 1895;
71played piano. B. May 29, 1861, Com-
72prodon, Spain.
73Albeniz (Pedro) conducted music
74at Cathedrals of San Sebastian and
75Logrono; wrote church music and
76book of solfeggi. B. Biscay, 1755;
77entered the Church; d. 1821.
78Albeniz (Pedro) wrote piano
79method in use at Madrid Conserva-
80toire, 70 piano compositions, and
81songs; secretary to the Queen of
82Spain, 1847. B. Logrono, April 14,
831795; d. Madrid, April 12, 1855.
84Albergati (Count Pirro Capacelli)
85composed operas, church and instru-
86mental music, while in service of Em-
87peror Leopold I. B. Bologna, 1663;
88d. 1735.
89Albert (Heinrich), "Father of the
90German Lied," was poet, organist, and
91composer, and aided in establishing
92German opera, although his "Comö-
93dien Musik," as well as the "Daphne,"
94composed by his uncle, H. Schütz, re-
95garded as the earliest German operas,
96are both lost. First trained in music
97by Schütz, he became a pupil of Sto-
98bäus in later life. "Gott des Himmels
99und der Erden" is one of the many
100hymns still sung for which he wrote
101both words and music, and his secular
102songs, published under royal and im-
103perial patronage, were widely circu-
104lated. B. Lobenstein, Saxony, June
10528, 1604; d. Oct. 6, 1651, Königsberg.
106Albert (Prince) used the influence
107of his position as consort to Queen Vic-
108toria to 'advance the cause of music in
109every way; composed songs, church
110music, and an opera; directed the
111Ancient Concerts; introduced many
112great works to England, among them
113Schubert's symphony in C, and Wag-
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