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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Bach
2torios; twenty-two Passions; many cantatas, motets, hymns and songs; and also choruses and secular songs.
4Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann. 1710-1784.
5Oldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Born at Weimar. Studied with his father and at twelve years of age was an excellent pianist. When fifteen, he began to study the violin under Graun. In 1723 he attended the Thomas School at Leipsic and, in 1729, entered the University where he excelled as a mathematician. He went in 1733 to Dresden as church organist and in 1747 in the same capacity to Halle. From his residence in this place, he became known as "The Halle Bach." Always wild and reckless, he became, while at Halle, very dissipated and in 1764 lost his position. After this he lived at Brunswick and at Göttingen, occasionally giving concerts but without any regular line of work and always sinking lower and lower, until in 1784, he died at Berlin in misery and want. The wretched failure he made of his life was all the sadder because of the fact that he was the most gifted musically of all Bach's children and could have done wonderful things if it had not been for his unfortunate weakness of character. As it was, he was the greatest organist of his time; a master of the fugue and a wonderful improviser; and, on account of his thorough knowledge of mathematics, a remarkable musical theorist. He wrote twenty-two cantatas, the best of which are a Peace Cantata; a Pentecost Cantata; and cantatas for Christmas and Advent. He also wrote seventeen sets of instrumental compositions, consisting of many works for the piano and organ as well as for the flute, violin and horn. Many of his works were never printed, because of his indifference in writing them down.
7Bache (bāch), Francis Edward. 1833-1858.
8English composer and pianist. Bache was a very highly talented musician, who died in the midst of a most promising career. He showed musical talent very early. Studied with the best teachers in London, Dresden and Leipsic, on the piano, organ and violin. His ability for work was far beyond his physical strength and his health broke down in 1855 to such an extent that he went to Algiers and later to Rome, but returned to England in 1857 and died of consumption in 1858. His compositions, all written before his twenty-fifth year, proved that had he lived he would have undoubtedly been one of England's greatest musical artists. He wrote, beside two operas which have never been published, many compositions for the piano; several orchestral works; some pieces for violin and piano; and many songs, some of which are worthy to stand with those of Schubert and Schumann.
10Backer-Gröndahl
11Backer-Gröndahl (bäk'-ër grōn'-däl), Agathe Ursula. 1847-
12Norwegian woman composer of remarkable achievement, and a famous pianist. In a discussion of the three Scandinavian schools of music, A. E. Keeton gives her this high praise: "It is to the credit of Norway to possess a very remarkable woman composer, Agathe Backer Gröndahl, whose merits are, with the general consent of her countrymen, placed upon a level with those of Grieg. Without being in any way an imitator, she has much the same quiet humor and drollery as Grieg. But the highest praise that one can bestow upon Agathe Backer-Gröndahl is, perhaps, that her music is undoubtedly written by a woman. In this respect, her genius may be justly compared with that of Mrs. Browning or Madame Lebrun." She was born at Holmestrand, Norway, studied in her own country under Kjerulf and Lindemann,
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