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STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME II, 1908
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1Opéra; prize pupil Paris Conservatoire. B. Montpellier, Aug. 4, 1780; d. Sept. 23, 1831. Adolphe sang ten. in opera, creating such rôles as Masaniello, Arnold in "William Tell," Eleazar in "La Juive," debut 1821, Paris Opéra; wrote libretti of ballets; taught Paris Conservatoire; pupil of his father, LOUIS, and of Garcia. B. Mar. 3, 1802, Paris; killed himself, Mar. 8, 1839, Naples.
3Noursingh. East Indian horn or trumpet.
5Novacek (Ottokar) composed three string quartets, six songs to words by Tolstoi, two concerto caprices for piano and eight for violin and piano, Perpetuum Mobile for violin with orchestra, Bulgarian dances for violin and orchestra; played violin under Nikisch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, solo viola, Damrosch orchestra; in early life violinist with Gewandhaus orchestra and viola with Brodsky quartet; pupil of Schradieck and Brodsky; won Mendelssohn prize, Leipsic Conservatory, 1885. B. May 13, 1866, Fehertemplom, Hungary; d. Feb. 3, 1900, New York.
7Novák (Vitezslav) composed songs, choruses, chamber music, overtures, the symphonic poems "Eternal Longing" and "On the lofty Tatra"; pupil of Prague Conservatory. B. Dec. 5, 1870, Kamenitz, Bohemia; add. Prague.
9Novelletten. Title given to his piano soli, Op. 21, by Schumann.
11Novello (Vincent) founded the publishing house of NOVELLO & CO., London, 1811; composed masses, motets, the "Infant's Prayer," a song for the boy chorister, which sold 100,000 copies; collected and edited classic music; helped found London Philharmonic Society; played organ, piano; in boyhood chorister in the Sardinian Chapel, London. B. Sept. 6, 1781, London; d. Aug. 9, 1861, Nice. Cecilia sang in opera; pupil of Mrs. Blane Hunt. Daughter of VINCENT; d. June 20, 1890, Genoa. Clara Anastasia sang sop. in opera, debut at Padua, 1841; but retired two years later on her marriage to Count Gigliucci; pupil Paris Conservatoire. B. June 10, 1818, daughter of VINCENT; d. March 12, 1908, Rome. Mary Sabilla sang sop.; translated works on theory into English; daughter of VINCENT. D. Jan. 8, 1904, Genoa. Joseph Alfred continued the publishing business established by his father, VINCENT; sang bass. B. Aug. 11, 1810; d. July 16, 1896, Genoa.
13Novello & Co., founded in 1811 by VINCENT NOVELLO, at first made a specialty of publishing sacred music, then began to issue editions of the classics at popular prices. Henry Littleton, who had been connected with the firm since 1841, was admitted to partnership, 1861, became sole proprietor five years later, and in 1867 acquired the copyright of Mendelssohn's works by buying the business of Ewer & Co., when the house adopted the style of Novello, Ewer & Co. Mr. Littleton died May 11, 1888, and was succeeded by his two sons.
15Noverre (Jean Georges) composed ballets for the courts of Württemberg, Vienna, Paris, producing his "Les Noces de Thetis" and "Iphigenie in Aulide" in London after the French Revolution; said to have invented the "ballet d'action"; wrote on dancing, and was dancing master to the Imperial family at Vienna; knight of the Order of Christ. B. April 29, 1727, Paris; d. about 1810.
17Nowell. Old English for NOEL.
19Nozze di Figaro. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's four-act opera buffa, to book by da Ponte after the Beaumarchais comedy, "Le Mariage de Figaro," was first performed May 1, 1786, at the Vienna National Theatre, and, though soon withdrawn there, has remained one of the best loved works of its class throughout the world. The first part of the adventures of the illustrious Figaro are given in the "BARBER OF SEVILLE." Almaviva, somewhat wearied of his lovely countess, makes love to her maid, Susanna, with whom Figaro is deeply enamoured. Susanna and the Countess conspire to arouse the jealousy of Almaviva by means of the page Cherubino, to whom the Countess pays many
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