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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Ambros
2was published from the material he had left behind. Ambros had a very brilliant style as a writer and is said to have been "the greatest German authority, on European musical history from ancient Greece to modern times." In 1869 he was appointed professor of musical history at the University of Prague and in 1872 was made a professor in the Conservatory of Vienna. Ambros was also a very good composer, his works being an opera, Bretislav a Jitka; overtures to Othello and to Calderon's, Magico Prodigioso; a Stabat Mater and two masses; beside piano pieces and many songs.
4Ambrose, St. Bishop of Milan. 333-397.
5He is called the "Father of Christian Hymnology" and was canonized after his death. He regulated the church chants by a code of his own and founded the Ambrosian chant, a particular method of saying and singing the church service, which was used until the year 600 and was succeeded by the Gregorian chant. He also introduced antiphonal and congregational singing.
7Amicis, Anna Lucia de.
8A celebrated Italian singer, who won success both in comic and serious opera. She was the possessor of a very sweet voice and a polished manner of singing. She was born at Naples, about 1740, winning her first laurels in comic opera. She sang in London in 1763 and was so highly esteemed by Johann Christian Bach that he wrote serious opera for her, to which she was ever afterward devoted. She retired from the stage in 1771 and married Buonsollazzi, a secretary of the King of Naples, but made reappearances in public. In 1773, she sang at Milan, in one of Mozart's early operas, Lucio Silla, taking the part of Giunia. The year of her death is unknown. She sang, and still sang well in 1789.
10Ander (än'-dër), Aloys. 1817-1864.
11One of the most famous tenors of recent times. Born in Bohemia. Appeared for the first time in 1845 in Stradella and made a great success. Five years later, he was still more successful in Le Prophète, when it was given in Vienna for the first time. Meyerbeer became interested in him and aided him greatly in his work.
13Andre
14Ander was a fine actor and his voice, though not of great strength, was remarkably sweet and sympathetic. His greatest success was as Lohengrin and his last appearance was in William Tell in 1864, shortly after which he died in Vienna.
16Anderson, Mrs. Lucy B. 1790-1878.
17English pianist and teacher. Was the pupil of her father and of James Windsor. She was the first woman to play before the Philharmonic Society and was considered the best pianist in England in her day. She was the teacher of Queen Victoria and several others of the royal family.
19Andre (än-drā), Johann. 1741-1799.
20First of an extensive German musical family. His father was at the head of a large silk factory at Offenbach, which he expected his son to carry on but the son taught himself music and, in 1765, his first comic opera, Der Töpfer (The Potter), was produced. In 1777, Andre went to Berlin as director of music for the Döbbelin Theatre, but as he could not give enough attention to his factory, to which he had added a music printing office, he returned to Offenbach, where he resided until his death in 1799. Beside composing thirty operas, many instrumental pieces and a great number of songs, Andre published over twelve hundred musical works in his famous music-publishing house, which was carried on after his death by his third son, Johann Anton Andre.
22Andre, Johann Anton. 1775-1842.
23Third son of the preceding. Showed great talent for music as a small child and became a fine pianist and violinist, as well as a composer. He entered the University of Jena, where he completed the course of study and upon the death of his father, in 1799, he took entire control of the music-publishing business. He visited Vienna and acquired the right to the entire musical remains of Mozart, afterwards publishing a thematic catalog of that master's works. Andre cultivated every branch of composition, including songs, operas and symphonies, and was as well, a distinguished teacher. He also wrote largely on harmony, counterpoint and composition. His principal works were Lehrbuch der Tonsetzkunst, planned to consist of six volumes, only two of which were
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