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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES
3MAAS (mä's), Louis. 1852-1889.
4Pianist and composer of unusual ability; born at Wiesbaden, Germany. His father gave him his first instruction on the piano, and from 1867 to 1871 he studied with Papperitz and Reinecke at the Leipsic Conservatory, and for three summers was under the instruction of Liszt. From 1875 to 1880 he taught piano at the Leipsic Conservatory, and in 1880 came to America, settling in Boston, where from 1881 to 1882 he conducted the Boston Philharmonic concerts. He had many private pupils and was for a time connected with the New England Conservatory of Music. As a concert pianist, he visited many of the principal cities of the United States. He died in Boston when only thirty-seven years old. Doctor Maas was a great addition to the musical circle of Boston and he contributed to music on American subjects the interesting symphony, On the Prairies. His other compositions are twelve Phantasiestück for piano; violin sonatas; fantasies; piano concerto in C minor; overtures; suites and marches for orchestra; a string quartet and some songs.
6Mabellini (mä-běl-lě'-nē), Teodulo. 1817-1897.
7Italian dramatic composer. Was born at Pistoia, and died at Florence. He was the pupil of G. Pilotti at his native town, and then studied at the Institutio Reale Musicale at Florence. His first opera, Matilda di Toledo, was produced at Florence when he was nineteen years old and pleased Grand Duke Leopold II. to such an extent that he had the young musician instructed further. His second opera, Rolla, appeared at Turin in 1840. In 1843 he went back to Florence where he directed the Philharmonic Society and the grand annual concerts. In 1847 he was made Court conductor, in 1848 conductor at the Pergola Theatre, and in 1859 an instructor at the Royal Institute of Music, where he remained until 1887. Among his successful operas are Ginevra degli Almieri; Il Conte di Savagna; I Veneziani a Constantinopoli; Maria di Francia; Il Venturiero; Baldassare; and Fiammetta. He also wrote the oratorios, Eudossia e Paolo, and L'Ultimo Giorno di Gerusalemme; the cantatas La Caccia, Il Ritorno, Elegiaca, Rafaele Sanzio, and Lo Spirito di Dante; and church-music.
9* Macbeth, Allan. 1856-
10Organist, composer and teacher; son of Norman Macbeth, the painter. Was born in Greenock, Scotland. His early years were passed in Edinburgh, whither his family had moved soon after his birth; but in 1870 he went to Germany where his musical impulses were aroused during the course of his general education. He returned to Edinburgh to study music under the best masters that city could offer, then went to Leipsic, where he studied in the Conservatory under Richter in theory, Wenzl in piano and Jadassohn in composition. He returned to Edinburgh in 1879, but after a year there went to Glasgow, where for seven years he conducted the Glasgow
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