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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Marenzio
2him the order of knighthood. In 1591 ill health compelled him to give up his post at the Court of Poland and return to Rome. He was warmly welcomed in Rome, and in 1595 he was made cantor to the Pontifical Chapel by Cardinal Cintio Aldobrandino, which position he held until his death, in 1599. He was buried with great pomp at San Lorenzo, in Lucina. He perfected the madrigal, in which form he wrote much music, his principal works being nine books of madrigals for five voices; six books for six voices, each book containing from thirteen to twenty numbers; five books entitled Villanelle e Arie alla Napolitani; a hundred and thirteen numbers for three voices and one for four voices; one book of twenty-one numbers for four voices; and two books of four-part motets. Many of his madrigals were published in England, where they enjoyed great vogue for a while, and where some of them were preserved by the Madrigal Society.
4Maretzek (mä-rět'-shěk), Max. 1821-1897.
5Conductor and composer; born at Brünn, in Moravia. He graduated from the University of Vienna, studying medicine two years, and under Kapellmeister von Seyfried studying composition and theory. As conductor of an orchestra he traveled in Germany, France and England, where, in 1844, he assisted Balfe in his duties at Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1848 he came to the United States, where, from 1849 to 1878, he produced Italian Opera in New York, Havana and Mexico. Beside his work as conductor and manager of operas, he has written two operas, Hamlet, produced at Brünn in 1843, and Sleepy Hollow, which came out in 1879; also some piano-music; songs; and chamber and orchestral music.
7Mariani (mä-ri-ä'-nē), Angelo. 1822-1873.
8Italian orchestra conductor; born in Ravenna. As a child he studied violin with Pietro Casolini, later taking up harmony and composition under Levrini, a monk of Rimini, and studying with Rossini in the Liceo Filarmonico at Bologna. For a while he appeared as solo violinist in concerts, or played first violin in various orchestras, becoming conductor of the orchestra at Messina in 1844. Later he was conductor at Milan and Vicenza. In 1847 he went to Copenhagen as conductor of the Court Theatre, writing his Requiem Mass for the funeral of Christian III., during this engagement. When revolution broke out in Italy in 1848 he returned to his native land and joined the ranks of the volunteers. At the close of the war he went to Constantinople, where he composed a hymn dedicated to the Sultan, also his two grand cantatas, La Fidanzata del guerriero, and Gli Esuli, works which both represent Italy's struggles for freedom. In 1852 he returned to Genoa, where he was immediately appointed conductor of the Teatro Carlo Felice orchestra, which he made the first in Italy. He conducted at Venice and Bologna for short periods, but gave most of his attention to the orchestra at Genoa. At Pesaro in 1864 he directed the grand fêtes arranged in honor of Rossini. In 1871 he introduced Lohengrin to the Italian public at Bologna, conducting that opera so successfully that he received the enthusiastic commendation of Wagner himself. He died in Genoa in 1873, and was buried at Ravenna. The city of Genoa placed a bust of him in the vestibule of Carlo Felice, gave his letters to the town library, had the portrait of Wagner, which that musician gave to him, hung in the Palazzo Civico, and placed his baton in the Civic Museum, beside the violin of Paganini. He was a man of magnetic personality, beloved by all the members of his orchestra. He published several collections of charming songs: Rimembranze del Bosforo; Il Trovatore nella Liguria; Liete e tristi rimembranze; Nuovo Album Vocale; and Alto pezzi vocali.
10Marin (mä-răn), Marie Martin Marcel. 1769-1830.
11French violinist, harpist and composer; born at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, near Bayonne; first taught music by his father, Guillaume Marcel de Marin, then studied the violin with Nardini, and the harp for a short time under Hockbunker in France, though he taught himself nearly all he knew of the latter instrument. In 1783 he went to Italy, and was made a member of the Society of Arcadians in Rome. He then went to a military school at Versailles, where he remained until
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