Scan 30
The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
21 lines. Read by computer on 7 September 2026. Printed page 12. See the scan on archive.org.
1Allen
2music, consisting of hymns, anthems, quartets, etc., a cantata, The Apotheosis of St. Dorothy; compositions for the organ and for piano and organ, and also piano pieces and songs.
4Allitsen, Frances.
5Contemporary English composer and a teacher of singing. Was born in London, but passed her childhood in a little English village, where she amused herself by composing ballads. She expected to study singing but lost her voice. Was discouraged by her family in her idea of a musical career, but finally went to London to the Guildhall School of Music. She taught by day to earn money to study evenings, and after great difficulty was finally successful. She has set to music many poems by Browning, Shelley, Tennyson, Heine and other great poets and is best known by these songs, but she has composed several orchestral works as well; notably, the overtures Slavonique and Undine.
7* Allum, Charles E. 1854-
8Contemporary English organist and choirmaster, who has resided in America since 1901, and at present occupies the post of organist and choirmaster at St. Chrysostom's Church, Chicago. He was born near Windsor, England, and after a course of cathedral studies and instruction under Sir Michael Costa, became organist and choirmaster in 1874, at Trinity Church, Stirling, and conductor of the Stirling Choral Society. In 1885, he took the degree of Bachelor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin University, and in 1886 the diploma of Licentiate of Music was conferred upon him by Trinity College, London, and that of Fellow of the Council of Guild of Organists. The degree of Doctor of Music was received from Dublin University in 1887. Dr. Allum has acted as conductor of the Kirkcaldy Musical Society, the Leven Musical Association, and St. Andrew's Choral Society, and served as organist at Albert's Halls and to the Town Hall of Alloa. In 1894 he was made an examiner of the London College. He is now Professor of Oratorio, Harmony, Fugue and Composition in the Bush Temple Conservatory, Chicago. Dr. Allum is the author of numerous compositions, mostly in church form; anthems, complete ser-
10Altès
11vices for marriage and burial offices, a Communion Office in E flat, a Te Deum in B flat, and the oratorio of the Deliverance of Israel.
13Alsleben (äls'-lä-běn), Julius. 1832-1894.
14German writer, teacher, concert pianist and composer. He was born at Berlin, took the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Kiel, and then turned his attention wholly to music. His teachers in piano were Leuchtenberg and Zech, and theory he studied of Siegfried Dehn. He met with success as a concert pianist and was very successful as a teacher of piano. In 1865, he became president of the Berlin Tonkünstlerverein, was one of the founders of the Musiklehrerverein, which also he served as president. In 1872, he was given the title of Professor, from 1874 for a number of years edited the musical paper Harmonie, and published Zwölf Vorlesungen über Musikgeschichte, and Licht und Wendepunkte in der Entwicklung der Musik. His compositions included songs, pieces for the piano, overtures and march for orchestra, and some church music.
16Altenburg (äl'-těn-boorkh), Johann Ernst. 1734-1796.
17German trumpet-virtuoso, son of a father who was a noted player of the trumpet. The father, Johann Caspar, died in 1761. He served in several campaigns, and at the close of his connection with the army, traveled about Europe, meeting with great success. Johann Ernst was born at Weissenfels, and during the Seven Years' War served as field-trumpeter in the army. As a player he became more celebrated than his father. On leaving the army he accepted the position of organist at Bitterfeld. He was author of an instruction book for trumpets and drums, and wrote some compositions for those instruments. Biographers do not agree as to the dates of his birth and death.
19Altès, Ernst Eugène. 1830-1899.
20French violinist and conductor. He was born at Paris, where his father was a soldier. He early learned to play the violin and fife, and when only twelve, wrote music that gained him entrance to the Conservatory. Here he won various prizes, and studied
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.