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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Miry
2Antwerp; Frans Ackerman, Het Driekoningenfeest, La rose d'or, Le poëte et son idéal, Twee zusters, in Brussels. Also the ballets, La bouquetière, La fée des eaux, and Klida.
4Mohr (môr), Hermann. 1830-1896.
5Composer and musical educator; born at Nieustadt. He studied at the Teachers' Seminary at Eisleben, and in 1850 went to Berlin, founding the Luisenstadt there. He also directed the Mohn Conservatory at Berlin. He taught in Zeckwer's Conservatory in Philadelphia after 1886, and died in Philadelphia ten years later. He has written the opera, Der Orakelspruch; the male choruses, Jauchzend erhebt sich die Schöpfung and Am Altare der Wahrheit; the cantata, Bergmannsgruss; songs and piano-compositions.
7Möhring (mä'-rîng), Ferdinand. 1816-1887.
8Composer and singing-teacher; born at Alt-Ruppin. Originally he decided to follow the profession of architecture, and accordingly attended the Polytechnic School at Berlin. His education in musical composition he received at the Berlin Academy. He was organist and musical director at Saarbrücken in 1840, and became Royal music director in 1844. In 1845 he was organist and singing-teacher at Neu-Ruppin. Toward the latter part of his life he went to Wiesbaden, passing the remainder of his days there in retirement. He wrote the two unsuccessful operas, Schloss Warren, and Das Pfarrhaus; many fine male choruses, among them Normannenzug, and some other unpublished music.
10Moir, Frank Lewis. 1852-
11English song composer; born at Market Harboro'; showed musical talent as a child. He studied painting at South Kensington, obtaining certificates for model and free-hand drawing, and during his student days he sang in the choir of Royal Albert Hall, where Gounod was at that time conducting. Finally his love of music overcame his other art and he began to fit himself for musical composition. In 1890 he won a scholarship at the National School for Music founded by the Corporation of the City of London. Here he received excellent instruction in counterpoint of Dr. Bridge, in composition of Ebenezer Prout, and in harmony of Sir John Stainer. After two years' study he received a certificate of highest honor in composition. He has written the comic opera, The Royal Watchman; the madrigal, When at Chloe's Eyes I Gaze, which took the Madrigal Society prize in 1881; a melody in A for violin and piano; the songs, Best of All; Only Once More; Among the Passion Flowers; A Lark's Flight; The Golden Meadow; Love Shall Never Die; and many others. He married Eleanor Farnol, a soprano, who gives recitals of his songs.
13Molique (môl-ēk'), Wilhelm Bernhard. 1802-1869.
14Violin virtuoso and composer; born at Nuremberg. His father, the town chapelmaster, was his first instructor and taught him to play several instruments, but soon selected the violin as the instrument upon which to perfect his son. When Molique was fourteen, Spohr came to Nuremberg and was persuaded to teach him, praising the progress he had already made and prophesying a successful future. He showed so much talent that Maximilian I. of Bavaria became his patron, sending him to Munich, where in 1816 he began to study under Rovelli. After two years in Munich, he played in the orchestra of the Theatre an der Wien at Vienna, returning to Munich after Rovelli's death in 1820 and becoming conductor of the Royal band. In 1822 he made his first artistic tour, stopping at Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin and Hanover, and gaining wide recognition as an excellent violinist. In 1826 he became first violin and director of the Royal band at Stuttgart, a position which he held until 1849, spending his vacations in concert tours to Paris, St. Petersburg and Vienna. In 1849 he moved to London, where he became well known as a solo and quartet player and a teacher of violin. His oratorio, Abraham, was first performed at the Norwich Festival in 1860. In 1866 he retired to Cannstadt, near Stuttgart, where he died in 1869. He has written some excellent violin-music, of which the concerto in A minor is usually considered the best. His other works are nine other concertos; eight quartets; a symphony; a mass; three violin sonatas; duet for various combinations of instruments, and a concertino.
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