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STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME II, 1908
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1B. 1707; brother of JOHANN CHRY-SOSTOM; d. 1780, Dresden. Ludwig and Anton became court musicians to the Elector of Saxony; sons of JOHANN BAPTIST GEORG. Josef played organ Brunn Cathedral. B. 1807; d. Feb. 18, 1875. Franz played 'cello, touring with his sister and father, JOSEF. Amalie played piano. Sister of FRANZ. Wilma played violin, touring Europe repeatedly with great success, being an especial favourite in England, where she was appointed violinist to Queen Alexandra, 1901. In 1864, while in Paris, she married Ludwig Norman, and was thenceforth known as Norman-Neruda until her second marriage, July 26, 1888, to Sir Charles HALLE, when she became Lady Hallé. B. Mar. 29, 1839, Brünn; daughter of JOSEF; add. Berlin.
3Nessler (Victor E.) composed the operas "TROMPETER VON SÄKKINGEN," "Piper of Hamelin" (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln"), and other popular works; conducted male singing societies, Leipsic; became choral director of the Stadt Theatre, 1870, and in 1879 conductor of the Carola Theatre. A theological student in Strasburg, Nessler's operetta, "Fleurette," 1864, was so successful that he thereafter devoted himself to music. His other operas were "Die Hochzeitsreise," "Dörnroschen's Brautfahrt," "Nachtwächter und Student," "Am Alexandertag," "Irmingard," "Die Wilde Jager," "Die Rose von Strassburg." Songs, choruses, ballads, and much music for male chorus increased the composer's popularity in Germany. B. Jan. 28, 1841, Baldenheim, Alsace; d. May 28, 1890, Strasburg.
5Nesvera (Joseph) composed the operas "Perdita," Prague, "Waldeslust," "Der Bergmönch," symphony in G minor, violin concerto, string septet, church music; chapelmaster at Prague, Königgrätz, and Olmütz Cathedral; in early life a schoolmaster. B. Oct. 24, 1842, Horowitz, Bohemia; add. Prague.
7Nete. Upper string of the Greek lyre.
9Netto, Nettamente. It. With precision, neatly.
11Neukomm, von (Sigismund) composed "Mt. Sinai," "David," in all eight oratorios, music for Schiller's "Braut von Messina," symphony in E minor, the once popular songs "Napoleon's Midnight Review," and "The Sea," a total of 1000 works; in early life piano virtuoso, made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and ennobled by Louis XVIII; chapelmaster to Dom Pedro of Brazil until the revolution of 1821; friend of Mendelssohn and pupil of Michael and Joseph Haydn. B. July 10, 1778, Salzburg; d. April 3, 1858, Paris.
13Neumark (Georg) composed and wrote the hymn "Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten," which is the basis of Bach's church cantata for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, and of "To Thee, O Lord" in Mendelssohn's "St. Paul"; musician and poet attached to the court of Weimar. B. Mühlhausen, Thuringia, May 16, 1621; d. July 8, 1681, Weimar.
15Neumes were the marks employed in the musical NOTATION prior to the invention of the staff. They were a development of the ACCENTUS, somewhat resembled modern shorthand characters, and were imposed over the words to be sung. The best account of this form of notation occurs in Gerbert's "De Cantu et Musica Sacra."
17Neusidler (Hans) composed lute music published in German Tablature, Nuremberg, 1536-40-44; native of Presburg. D. 1563. Melchior composed lute music published by Gardano, Venice, 1566, and a "Teutsch Lautenbuch," containing songs by Lassus, Josquin, etc., Strasburg, 1574; probably son of HANS; lutenist to the Fuggers of Augsburg. D. about 1590.
19Neuvieme. Fr. Ninth.
21Nevada (Emma) sang sop. in opera with great success, debut Paris Opéra Comique, 1883, as Zora in "Perle du Brésil," later throughout Europe and America, in 1885 alternating with Patti; pupil of Marchesi. Daughter of Dr. Wixom and taking
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