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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Bazzini
2enthusiastic over German music. From 1852 to 1864 Bazzini lived in Paris, where he gave many concerts, also visiting England during this time. In 1864 he returned to Brescia and gave his entire time to composition. He was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatory of Milan in 1873, and was made director of that school in 1883. Bazzini's compositions are rather unique, in combining the grace and melody of Italian music with the thoroughness and harmony of the German. He wrote an opera, Turandot, which was unsuccessful; two cantatas, The Resurrection of Christ, and Senacheribo; made beautiful settings of a number of songs; wrote overtures to Saul and King Lear; composed a symphonic poem, Francesco da Rimini; and also much music for the violin and stringed instruments. Among these last are probably his best work, his three quartets and a quintet for strings.
4Beach, Mrs. H. H. A. 1867-
5American composer and pianist. Born in Henniker, New Hampshire, of colonial ancestry. Her maiden name was Amy Marcy Cheney. Her musical ability, which she inherited from her mother's family, showed itself at a very early age. At the age of two she was able to sing Handel's See the Conquering Hero Comes, and at four began composing little pieces, which she was able to play correctly. When six years old she began studying with her mother and was soon able to play difficult music, including Beethoven and Bach. At seven she played in public several times in New Hampshire. When she was eight, her parents took her to Boston to begin her musical studies in earnest. She first attended Mr. W. L. Whittemore's private school, where she made great progress, and afterward studied under Mr. Ernest Perabo; Junius W. Hill, of Wellesley College; and Carl Baermann. Almost all of her work in harmony, composition, counterpoint and orchestration was done alone. In 1883, at the age of sixteen, she made her debut in Boston as a pianist. Her success was such, that the same year she gave several recitals and the next year she played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Thomas Orchestra. Since then, she has appeared in all the large cities of the country, often giving entire programs of her own works. In 1885 she married Dr. Beach and has since lived in Boston. Mrs. Beach's large works are her Gaelic Symphony, first given in Boston in 1896; a Mass in E flat, sung at the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston in 1892; a Festival Jubilate, composed for the dedication of the Woman's Building at the Columbian Exposition in 1893; also three cantatas, The Rose of Avontown; The Minstrel and the King; and Sylvania. Her piano works are many, some of the most important being a Cadenza to Beethoven's C minor concerto; a Valse Caprice; Danse des Fleurs; Menuet Italien, and Barcarolle; six duets, called Summer Dreams; a concerto in C sharp minor; a Bal Masque Waltz; and a Children's Carnival and Children's Album. For violin and piano she has composed a Romance; a sonata; Berceuse; Mazurka; and La Captive. Of songs she has not been sparing, having written over sixty, many of them very beautiful. Some of the best known are Dark is the Night; Across the World; My Star; Fairy Lullaby; Hymn of Trust; Spring; A Secret; Empress of the Night; and Wilt Thou Be My Dearie. She also wrote a cantata, The Sea Fairies; and an aria, Jephtha's Daughter.
7Beard, John. 1716-1791.
8A distinguished English tenor singer, for whom Handel composed the great tenor parts in Judas, Jephthah, Samson, The Messiah, and Israel in Egypt. He began life as a chorister, and made his first appearance as a tenor singer, also as a Handelian singer, at Covent Garden Theatre, London, in 1736. The following year he sang at Drury Lane in the opera, The Devil to Pay. Beard retired from the stage for a season, after his marriage to Lady Henrietta Herbert, daughter of the Earl of Waldegrave. He was engaged regularly at Drury Lane a number of years, and several seasons at Covent Garden, was very popular with Londoners, and first became a favorite by his style of singing Gaillard's hunting song, With Early Horn. Lady Henrietta died in 1753, and six years later he married the daughter of John Rich, proprietor of Covent Garden. From 1761 to 1767
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