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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Gruenberg
2Gruenberg (grün-běrkh), Eugene. 1854-
3Violinist, teacher and writer; born at Lemberg, Galicia; was a pupil of the Vienna Conservatory, studying violin under Heissler, composition under Bruckner and Dessoff, and orchestral and chamber-music under Hellmesberger. Soon after his graduation he played in the Vienna Court Orchestra, and about 1881 became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipsic, where he lived till 1891. He then came to America, where he played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra for seven years, and succeeded Eichberg at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he taught violin for several years. Upon his resignation from the Boston Symphony Orchestra he became teacher of violin, viola, and ensemble-playing at the New England Conservatory. His work as a violin-player covers a quarter of a century under the best conductors of Germany and America. At the City Theatre in Leipsic he conducted the performance of his ballet, Tanzbilder, and at the Gewandhaus, of his symphony in A minor. Other compositions are a sonata for violin and piano; a suite for violin and piano; two ballet scenes; a cadenza to Brahms' violin concerto; a number of dances and songs; and studies for violin. He has also written articles for various periodicals; The Violinist's Manual; and a Theory of Violin-Playing. In conjunction with Adamowsky he was conductor of summer popular concerts in the Boston Music Hall. Gruenberg is said to be agreeable in personality, inclined to be a society man, but serious in his art, nevertheless.
5* Gruenfeld (grün'-fělt), Alfred. 1852-
6Pianist and composer; was born at Prague, and gave his first concert at the age of twelve. He studied first under Hoger and Krejci, and afterward entered Kullak's Academy in Berlin, where he became a teacher at the age of seventeen. He was also a pupil of Liszt. From 1873 he has lived in Vienna, where he is a chamber-virtuoso. He has made long tours in Europe, particularly in Russia and France, and in the United States. He was appointed Court pianist to the Emperor of Austria and to the King of Prussia. He is said to be especially clever at imitating the style of almost every famous composer, from Bach to the moderns; taking a given theme and developing it in various ways, and sinking his own personality in that of each successive composer. It is also told of his endurance that he can play six hours at a sitting. His octave-playing is said to be unsurpassed since the death of Carl Tausig. He has received many badges and honors. His compositions are chiefly for piano, including a minuet; humoresque; octave-study; barcarolle; impromptu; and a Spanish serenade. His comic operas are at present succeeding in Europe. So far these operas are only two in number, Der Lebemann (The Rounder), and Die Schönen von Fogaras (The Belles of Fogaras). The latter was recently produced in Dresden. He has also composed numerous songs.
8Grund
9Grund (groont), Friedrich Wilhelm. 1791-1874.
10German composer, conductor and teacher of music; born at Hamburg. Was a pupil of his father, and studied with a view to public performance; but his right hand becoming crippled, he turned his attention to other lines of musical effort, and in 1819 was instrumental in establishing the Singing Society of his native place, of which he was director until 1862, also
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