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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1BIOGRAPHIES
3Voggenhuber
4debut was made at the National Theatre, Pesth, in 1862 and she sang there during the next three years. The next two years were spent in a concert tour, visiting Germany and Holland, singing for a season at Stettin and one at Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle. In 1867 she returned to Pesth, where she made her appearance as a star. During the next year she became a member of the Berlin Court Opera. In 1868 she married the bass singer, Franz Krolop. She remained a member of the Court Opera until her death, bearing the title of chamber-singer. Her great roles were Isolde, Elizabeth, Norma, Donna Anna, Armida, Leonore, Iphigenia and Fidelio.
6Vogl (fôkh'-l), Heinrich. 1845-1900.
7German singer, celebrated for his rendering of Wagner roles. He was born at Au, a suburb of Munich, in which city he studied singing under Franz Lachner, and acting under Jenk, the stage manager of the Royal Theatre. His debut was made in 1865 as Max in Der Freischütz at this theatre, and he was so successful that he was permanently engaged there. He married Therese Thoma in 1868, who was also a singer of considerable reputation, and together they toured Germany and Austria. Vogl appeared as Loge in the Rheingold upon its production in 1869, and as Siegmund in Valkyrie the next year. For a long time his interpretation of Tristan was considered the finest. He gained fresh laurels by his part as Loge in 1876 upon the production of the Trilogy at Bayreuth.
9Vogl, Johann Michael. 1768-1840.
10Celebrated dramatic tenor singer; born at Steyr, in Upper Austria. He was a chorister in his native town at the early age of seven and received a good foundation for musical training. Going to Vienna he entered the University to study law. But his fellow-student and fellow-countryman, Süssmayer, who had been made Court Theatre chapelmaster, persuaded him to join the opera company. He made his debut at the Court Opera in 1795. About 1816 he became acquainted with Schubert, and recognizing his genius, urged him to compose, and sang his songs, introducing many to the public for the first time. He said of Schubert's compositions that they are "truly divine inspirations, utterances of a musical clairvoyance." Some of Vogl's great parts are Oreste, from Iphigénie en Tauride, Count Almaviva, from Le Nozze de Figaro, Kreon from Médée and Jacob from Méhul's Joseph. He retired from the Court Opera in 1822, having always been a great favorite and highly successful as a singer and actor in both German and Italian Opera. One of his last public appearances was in 1833. He died in Vienna.
12Vogl, Therese. 1846-
13Wife of Heinrich Vogl; born at Tutzing, Bavaria. She is a dramatic soprano and studied at the Munich Conservatory under Hauser and Herger. Her first appearance was made at Carlsruhe in 1865. The next year she sang in Munich as Casilda in Auber's Part du Diable, thereafter being permanently engaged. She was the original Sieglinde at Munich. Her first appearance in England was in 1882, when she sang the role of Brünnhilde at Her Majesty's Theatre. She was a remarkable Wagner singer, her interpretation of Isolde being her greatest role.
15Vogler (fôkh'-lër), Georg Joseph. 1749-1814.
16German organist, theorist and composer; born at Würzburg and known at Abbé Vogler. His father was a violin-maker, and began his musical training at an early age, obtaining for him a piano and an instructor. The boy also learned to play the violin and other instruments without the aid of a teacher. His boyhood was spent in poverty and his father died when he was ten years old. At this early age he invented a new method of fingering, which though much criticized by Mozart, was later used by many of the best players of the time. At the age of twenty he went to Bamberg to study law and general literature in the college there, remaining about two years. He then went to Mannheim, at that time a musical center of Germany. He obtained a commission to compose a ballet for the Court Theatre and this music so pleased the Elector, Karl Theodor, that he sent him to Bologna to study counterpoint under Padre Martini. Unfortunately, however, master and pupil did not agree and parted after six weeks. Vogler declared his
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