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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Stölzel
2Umlauf at Schneeberg and Melchior Hofmann at Leipsic. About 1710 he went to Breslau, where he taught for two years, composing meantime several symphonies and serenades, as well as the operas Narcissus and Valeria, Arteminsia, and Orion, all given at Naumburg in 1712. He then made a journey through Italy, and, produced at Prague fourteen oratorios and the operas Venus und Adonis, Acis und Galathea and Das durch die Liebe besiegte Glück. In 1719 he became Court conductor at Gotha, where he remained for the rest of his life. Besides his operas, which number about twenty-two, and the oratorios, he composed eight double sets of cantatas and motets for the church year; the pastoral Rosen und Dornen, and glees.
4Stolzenberg (shtôl'-tsên – bêrkh), Benno. 1829. one of two readings
5Stolzenberg (shtôl'-tsên-bêrkh), Benno. 1829. one of two readings
6German dramatic tenor of Jewish origin, but a member of the Evangelical Church. Born at Königsberg. Mantius and Dorn were his teachers, and in 1852 he made his debut in his native city as Almaviva in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. He then appeared in several cities, being for a time chamber-singer at Carlsruhe. In 1876 he went to Leipsic; from 1878 to 1882 he directed the theatre at Dantzig, and from there removed to Berlin, where he taught singing until 1885. Then he became teacher of solo singing at Cologne Conservatory, but since 1896 he has been director of the opera and concert school at Berlin. He has also composed some songs.
8Storace (stô-rät'-sê), Anna Selina. 1766-1817.
9Noted English coloratura soprano; born at London. She was first taught to sing by her father, Stefano Storace, an eminent Italian doublebass player, who settled in England, and when only eight she appeared at a public concert. Rauzzini was her next teacher, but in 1778 she went to Italy to finish under Sacchini at Venice. She made her operatic debut at Florence in 1780. Next year she sang at Parma, in 1782 at La Scala, Milan, and from 1784 to 1787 at the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, where she created the role of Susanna, in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. There she made an unfortunate marriage with John A. Fisher. They separated soon after and on her return to England even to her death she kept this marriage secret. In 1787 she was engaged for Italian Opera at King's Theatre, but in 1789 went over to Drury Lane, where she made her first appearance in English Opera in her brother's opera, The Haunted Tower. She sang there until 1801, but from then till her retirement in 1808 she was at Covent Garden. The last years of her life were spent at Dulwich.
11Story
12Excellent composer for the theatre. Brother of the preceding. Born and died at London. He early showed musical ability and was so well trained by his father that at ten years of age he could play Tartini's and Giardini's violin solos. Two years later he entered the Conservatory of San Onofrio at Naples, where he studied violin, harpsichord and composition. He then accompanied his sister Anna on a journey through the principal cities of Italy, and at Vienna produced his first operas, Gli sposi malcontenti in 1785 and Gli Equivoci in 1786. On his return to England he became director of the King's Theatre, but retired because of intrigues, and lived for a short time at Bath, devoting himself to drawing. In 1788, however, he produced his first opera as composer to Drury Lane Theatre, The Doctor and Apothecary. He continued to write constantly until his premature death; his stage works being eighteen in number, including the popular opera, The Haunted Tower, which kept the stage for almost fifty years; No Song No Supper; The Siege of Belgrade; Cave of Trophonius; The Pirates, considered his masterpiece; Dido; The Iron Chest; and Mahmoud; also the musical entertainment, The Prize; the farce, Lodoiska; The Glorious Fourth of June; and the comic operas Cherokee and The Three and the Deuce. He also wrote glees and songs. His works combine English style and Italian method and are the first examples of the employment of the modern concerted finale in English Opera.
14* Story, Edwin Bruce. 1849.
15Professor of music at Smith College since 1879. Story was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts. His musi-
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