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STOKES, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME 1, 1908
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1performer. B. 1736, Weissenfels, son of Johann Casper; d. May 14, 1801, Bitterfeld.
3Altenburg (Michael) composed and arranged church music. B. May 27, 1584, Alach, near Erfurt; pastor at Erfurt; d. Feb. 12, 1640.
5Alterata. L. Scales containing notes other than those in church modes.
7Alteratio. L. In obsolete notation, doubling length of a note.
9Alterato. It. Altered or augmented.
11Altéré. Fr. Altered.
13Alternamente. It. Alternating.
15Alternativo. It. A trio; a passage which may be played two ways.
17Altgeige. Ger. The VIOLA.
19Altieramente. It. Proudly.
21Altisono. It. High sounding.
23Altissimo. It. Highest.
25Altista. It. Alto singer.
27Altès (Ernest Eugène) conducted at Paris Opéra, 1879–1887; played violin in Conservatoire orchestra; composed. B. Mar. 28, 1830, Paris; d. July, 1899. Joseph Henri won celebrity as flautist. B. Rouen, 1826, brother of ERNEST EUGÈNE; d. Paris, 1895.
29Althorn. Tenor of the SAXHORN.
31Altnikol (Johann Christoph) played organ and composed, studied with Sebastian Bach, whose daughter Elizabeth J. F. he married. B. Berna; d. Naumburg, July, 1759.
33Alto. It. The highest male voice or counter tenor, extended to include the falsetto tenor register, sung by alti naturali or castrati. The term is less properly applied to low voices of boys and CONTRALTO voices of women.
35Alto Basso. It. Obsolete Venetian stringed instrument.
37Alto Viola. It. The VIOLA.
39Altra Volta. It. Obsolete synonym for encore.
41Alvary (Max) achieved fame as singer of Wagnerian ten. rôles. B. Düsseldorf, May 3, 1858; son of Andreas Achenbach; d. Nov. 7, 1898, Thuringia.
43Alwood (Richard) composed church music, 16th century.
45AMBROGETTI
47Alzamento di Mano. It. Up beat of the hand in conducting.
49Alzando. It. Raising, elevating.
51Amabile. It. Lovely.
53Amabilità, con. It. Gently, tenderly.
55Amarevole. It. Sad.
57Amarezza, con. It. With sadness.
59Amarissimamente. It. Very bitterly.
61Amarissimo. It. In mournful style.
63Amateur. Fr. One who devotes himself to art for the love of it, not for pay.
65Amati. Celebrated Cremonese family of violin makers, of patrician origin, whose instruments are among the best in the world to-day, and who may be said to have fixed the form of that instrument. Andrea made violins, tenors, and 'cellos, probably studied with GASPAR DA SALO or MAGGINI. B. 1520; d. 1611. Nicolo, his younger brother, made basses from 1568 to 1635. Antonio, son of Andrea, improved on his father's work, 1550–1638; and Geronimo, his brother, developed instruments of superior quality and larger pattern, 1551–1635. Nicolo, son of Geronimo, without altering the Amati model, improved the qualities of his instruments, and was the teacher of ANDREA GUARNIERI and ANTONIO STRADIVARI. He made tenors and 'cellos, and a larger type of violins now called "Grand Amatis." B. Sept. 3, 1596; d. Aug. 12, 1684. Geronimo, son of Nicolo, was the last and least important of the family. B. 1649; d. 1740.
67Amber Witch. W. V. Wallace's four-act romantic opera to text by H. F. Chorley, was first produced in London, Feb. 28, 1861.
69Ambira. African cylindrical drum with wood or iron vibrating tongues.
71Ambitus. L. The compass of a church tone.
73Ambo. Platform from which the choir sang in ancient Greek churches.
75Ambrogetti (Giuseppe) sang buffo rôles at Paris and London operas from 1807 to 1821, and is said to have become a monk.
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