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STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME II, 1908
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1Meerts (Lambert Joseph) composed studies for two violins, each based on a rhythm taken from a Beethoven symphony; played violin; taught Brussels Conservatory; pupil of Lafont, Habeneck, and Baillot at the Paris Conservatoire. B. Jan. 6, 1800, Brussels; d. May 12, 1863, Brussels.
3Mees (Arthur) wrote "Choirs and Cathedral Music," 1901; conducted the Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, 1901; in early life assistant conductor to Theodore Thomas and chorusmaster of the Cincinnati May Festival; pupil of Kullak for piano, Weitzmann, theory, and Dorn, conducting, Berlin. B. Feb. 13, 1850, Columbus, O.; add. New York City.
5Mefistofele. Arrigo Boito's opera, based on FAUST, was first performed Mar. 5, 1868, at La Scala, Milan.
7Mehlig (Anna) played piano, touring Europe, and in 1870 America; pupil of the Stuttgart Conservatory, and of Liszt at Weimar. B. July 11, 1846, Stuttgart; m. Herr Falk; add. Antwerp.
9Méhul (Etienne Nicholas Henri) composed "JOSEPH" and many other once popular operas, in which he followed the reforms instituted by Gluck; was inspector of instruction at the Paris Conservatoire from the foundation of that institution; one of the best and most prolific of French composers. Son of a cook, Méhul obtained his first music lessons from a blind organist, and at 10 was himself organist of the convent at Givet. Later he entered the monastery of Laavaldeiu as pupil of Wilhelm Hauser, to whom he was made deputy organist at 14. The following year he settled in Paris, maintaining himself by giving lessons, and studying with Edelmann. A sacred cantata performed at a Concert Spirituel, 1782, was his first notable composition, but at the suggestion of Gluck, he devoted himself to opera. His first three works are lost, but the fourth, "Cora et Alonzo," was accepted by the Académie, though not performed until he had established his reputation with "Euphrosine et Coradin," an opéra comique performed at the Théâtre des Italiens, Sept. 4, 1790. Other operas followed in rapid succession: "Stratonice," "Le jeune Sage et le vieux Fou," "Le Jugement de Paris" (with Haydn and Pleyel); "Horatius Coclès," "Mélidore et Phrosine," "La Caverne," "Doria," "Le jeune Henri," "Adrien," "Ariodant," "Epicure" (with Cherubini), "Bion," "L'irato," "Une Folie," "Le Trésor supposé," "Joana," "L'Heureux malgré lui," "Helena," "Le Baiser et la Quittance" (with Kreutzer, Boieldieu, and Nicolo), "Les deux aveugles de Tolède," "Gabrielle d'Estrées," culminating with "Joseph," 1807, and "Uthal." His ballets, "Le Retour d'Ulysse," "Persée et Andromède," "La Dansomanie," "Daphnis et Pan-drose," were well received, as were his songs and cantatas, "Chant national du 14 Juillet," "Chant du Départ," "Chant du Retour," "Chanson de Roland," "Chant lyrique," and "Le Pont de Lodi." His unpublished works included six operas, a mass, composed for Napoleon's coronation, first performed in Paris, 1879, and the opéra comique, "Valentine de Milan," completed by Daussigne-Méhul, produced in Paris, 1822. Méhul also composed symphonies, which, however, are deemed inferior to his overtures, choruses to the tragedy "Timoléon," the ballet "Les Amazons," and "La Journée aux Aventures," 1816. This brilliant career brought him the cross of the Legion of Honor and membership in the Institut. B. Givet, Ardennes, June 22, 1763; d. Oct. 18, 1817, Paris.
11Mehrstimmig. Ger. Polyphonic.
13Meibomius or Meibom (Marcus) wrote "Antiquae musicae auctores septem Graece et Latine," Elzevir, Amsterdam, 1652, and other works on music valuable for historical and theoretical matter; musician to Queen Christina of Sweden and professor at Upsala University. B. about 1626, Tønningen, Schleswig-Holstein; d. 1711, Utrecht.
15Meiland (Jacob) introduced the villanella style for secular songs into Germany; composed German and Latin motets which once rivalled those of Orlandus in popularity; chapel-
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