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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Mattei
2He was educated in Naples, where he studied with Thalberg, Conti, Maggioni, Parisi and Ruta. When only eleven years old he was made Professore of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome. He played before Pope Pius IX., was given a special gold medal and appointed pianist to the King of Italy. In 1846 he gave his first concert, and afterward toured Italy, France and Germany. In 1863 he settled in London, where he became conductor at Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1870 he organized a season of Italian Opera, conducting it also. He has written a great number of piano-pieces and songs, among them The Spider and the Fly; For the Sake of the Past; Dear Heart; Non torno; Non è ver; and Oh! Oh! Hear the Wild Wind Blow. His operas are Maria di Grand, and the comic opera, La Prima Donna.
4Matteis (mät-tā'-ēs), Nicola.
5Seventeenth Century Italian violinist, composer for the violin and writer on musical topics; is said to have invented the half-shift for the violin. He has been praised by Evelyn and Roger North; but little is known about his life except that he was eccentric and inclined to luxurious living, which resulted in an early death. His works are collections of ayres for the violin, including fugues, preludes, alemands, sarabands, courants, fancies, etc.; and Ode in honor of St. Cecilia's day, in 1696; The False Consonances of Music, or Instruction for Playing a True Base upon the Guitarre. His son Nicholas was also a fine violinist, and was the instructor of Berney.
7Mattheson (mät'-tē-zōn), Johann. 1681-1764.
8Exceedingly versatile and diligent student, diplomat and musical composer; born at Hamburg. His versatility showed itself early, for besides music he studied modern languages, law, and political science, and possessed all the accomplishments of a cultivated gentleman of that time. When nine years old he played a composition of his own on the organ in Hamburg. In 1696 he made his debut in opera in a female part, and in 1699 produced his first opera, Die Pleyaden, appearing in Cleopatra as Antony in 1704. In 1703 Handel came to Hamburg and immediately became the friend of Mattheson and his rival for popular favor. In 1704 Mattheson became tutor to a son of Sir Cyril Wych, English envoy at Hamburg, and in 1706 was made Wych's secretary. In this capacity he was several times employed on various diplomatic affairs, but in spite of the great amount of labor he performed he still continued to compose, teach and write on musical subjects. In 1715 he was appointed cantor and canon of Hamburg Cathedral, and was instrumental in introducing variations such as duets, choruses and airs into church service, finally introducing women as church singers. In 1719 he was given the title of Court-Kapellmeister by the Duke of Holstein. In 1728, owing to deafness, he retired from his work at the Cathedral and devoted himself chiefly to writing. Among his works are Das neu eröffnete Orchester; Das deschütze and Das Forschende Orchester; Critica musica; Der Musikalische Patriot; Grundlage einer Ehrenpforte; and a collection of biographies of contemporary musicians. His theoretical works are Grosse Generalbassschule; Exemplarische Organisten Probe; Kleine Generalsschule, the Kern melodischer Wissenschaft and Vollkommene Capellmeister.
10Matthison-Hansen (mät'-tī-zōn hän'-zēn), Gotfred. 1832-
11Organist and composer; son of Hans Matthison-Hansen; born at Roeskilde, Denmark. He began to study law, but soon abandoned it in favor of music, in which art he was largely self-taught. In 1859 he became organist at the German Friedrichs-Kirche in Copenhagen, and on winning the Aucker Scholarship in 1862 went to Leipsic for a year's study. In 1867 he obtained the position of organ-teacher at the Copenhagen Conservatory; in 1871 he became organist of St. John's Church, and six years later became his father's assistant; in 1900 he was organist at Trinity Church, Copenhagen. From 1874 to 1877 he gave many concerts in Denmark, and he has been heard a number of times in Germany. With Grieg, Horneman and Nordraak he was instrumental in organizing the Euterpe Society. His compositions include, for piano, three mazurkas; trio for piano and strings; a ballade entitled Vom nordischen Mythen-
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