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STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME II, 1908
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1his hymn sung by choruses of children, received a chaplet of gold from Mexico City, a silver medal from Pueblo, a handsome purse raised by popular subscription, in a word, such an ovation as had never been accorded a composer in America before. Then Nuno returned to his home in Buffalo, and died July 19, 1908, while visiting at Bay Side, L. I. He was buried in Buffalo the following week.
3Nuovo, di. It. Again.
5Nut. Fixed bridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of instruments of the viol and guitar families, over which the strings are passed; mechanism of the bow by which the hairs may be either tightened or slackened.
7Nux or Nucius (Joannes) composed two books of motets published at Prague and Liegnitz, 1591–1609; wrote on theory; abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Himmelwitz. B. 1556, Görlitz, Silesia; d. 1620.
9Nux, de la (Paul Veronge) composed the two-act opera "Zaire," Paris Opéra, 1889, the music drama "Labdacides"; pupil of F. Bazin, Paris Conservatoire, where he won the second grand prize, 1876. B. June 29, 1853, Fontainebleau; add. Paris.
11O indicates an open string; harmonic; diminished fifth; that a note must be played with the thumb; in obsolete NOTATION indicated TEMPUS perfectum.
13O. It. Or.
15Oakeley (Dr. Sir Herbert Stanley) composed a "Jubilee Album" of songs dedicated to Queen Victoria, a "Jubilee Lyric" or cantata, "Suite in the Olden Style," festival march, funeral march, anthems, morning and evening services, piano sonata; became professor of music, Edinburgh University; M.A., Oxford; Mus. Dr., Dublin; LL.D., Oxford; composer to the Queen in Scotland, knight, 1876; organized REID CONCERTS; played organ; pupil of Elvey, Schneider, Dresden, and Breidenstein, Bonn. B. July 22, 1830, Ealing; son of Sir H. Oakeley, Bart.; d. Oct. 26, 1903. See biography by E. M. Oakeley, his brother.
17Oaten Pipe. Straw cut to form a reed-pipe.
19Ob. Abbreviation of Oboe and of Obbligato.
21Obbligato. It. An obligatory part or accompaniment.
23Obehoffer (Emil) composed songs and church music; conducted the Minneapolis Philharmonic Club, an oratorio society of 330 mixed voices, and the symphony orchestra of 70 men; pupil of Cyril Kistler and Isadore Philipp. B. Aug. 10, 1867, Munich; add. Minneapolis, Minn.
25Ober. Ger. "Over, upper," as Manual, upper manual; Stimme, upper part or voice; Ton, overtone or harmonic; Werk, in an organ with two manuals, the choir organ; with three, the swell; with four, the solo organ.
27Obermeyer (Joseph) played violin in the service of Count Vincent Waldstein; pupil of Kamel and Tartini. B. 1749, Nezabudicz, Bohemia; d. after 1816.
29Obertas. National Polish dance resembling the Mazourka.
31Oberthür (Charles) composed the operas "Floris von Namur," "Der Berggeist des Harzes," Wiesbaden; the "St Philip de Neri" grand mass, the cantatas "Lady Jane Grey," "Pilgrim Queen," "Red Cross Knight"; "Macbeth," and "Rübezahl," overtures, "Loreley" for harp and orchestra, chamber music, and harp pieces; played harp. B. Mar. 4, 1819, Munich; d. Nov. 8, 1895, London.
33Obligé. Fr. OBBLIGATO.
35Oblique Piano. Small PIANO with strings set diagonally in an upright case, invented by Robert Wornum, London, 1811.
37Oblique Motion is said to occur where one part moves, the other remaining stationary.
39Oboe. Orchestral instrument of wood with conical bore, played by means of a double reed and having 9 to 14 keys, with an extreme compass of b flat to f'' with all intermediate semitones. The oboe is of prehistoric origin, has undergone many changes in modern times until it has become the most complicated and dif-
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