Scan 492
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
22 lines. Read by computer on 8 September 2026. Printed page 446. See the scan on archive.org.
1Volkland
2Volkland (fôlk'-länt), Alfred. 1841-
3Born at Brunswick. He studied at the Leipsic Conservatory from 1864 to 1866, after which he was appointed Court pianist at Sondershausen. From 1867 he has been Court chapelmaster there. From 1869 to 1875 he lived in Leipsic, where he had been called to be conductor of the Euterpe. While there he joined with Franz von Holstein and Philipp Spitta in establishing the Bach-Verein. Since 1875 he has conducted the concerts of the Basel Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft, those of the Gesang-Verein, and also of the Liedertafel. The Basel University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy hon. causa in 1889.
5Volkmann (fôlk'-män, Friedrich Robert. 1815-1883.
6Celebrated composer, both vocal and instrumental; born at Lommatzsch, in Saxony. His father, cantor and schoolmaster of the town, taught him the principles of music. Later he studied violin and cello at Freiberg. In 1836 he went to Leipsic. Here he became acquainted with R. Schumann, who greatly encouraged him. Three years later he went to Prague, where he took up teaching and composition, in 1842 going to Budapest. He spent the years 1854 to 1858 in Vienna, but returned to Pesth, where he remained until his death. He held there the position of professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Landes-Musikakademie. His compositions are numerous, among them two symphonies; six string quartets; concerto for cello; rhapsody; arrangements of Mozart's and Schubert's songs; songs for mezzosoprano with piano and violoncello; choruses; and sacred songs.
8Vollweiler (fôl'-vi-lër), Karl. 1813-1848.
9Born at Offenbach. His musical instruction was obtained from his father, who was a professor at Frankfort and Heidelberg. After living for some time at Hanau, he taught music for several years in St. Petersburg. The latter part of his life was spent in Heidelberg. His compositions are instrumental, comprising a symphony, two trios, variations on Russian themes and a sonata.
11Von Bülow. See Bülow, Hans Guido.
13Vuillaume
14Von der Heide (fôn'-dër-hî'-dë), John Frederic. 1857-
15Born in Cincinnati; he was a public singer and violinist at ten. He was a choir-boy for five years, and by the age of seventeen could play nearly all orchestral instruments. He taught for three years in Pittsburg, then studied voice culture and piano for two years in Cincinnati, after which he studied several years in Europe. From 1882 to 1884 he was director of the Buffalo School of Music, after which he went to New York to live. He taught at the Conservatory there from 1885 to 1891 and since 1897 has given private lessons.
17Vroye (vrwä), Théodore Joseph. 1804-1873.
18Born at Villers-la-Ville, Belgium. In 1828 he entered the priesthood and in 1835 was appointed canon and precentor of the Cathedral of Liège. He had devoted all his spare time to the study of plain-song and liturgical singing and became a connoisseur of church-music. As musical director of the Cathedral he improved and developed the music wonderfully. His Vesperal, published in 1829, greatly aided the reform of Gregorian song in Belgium, as did his Graduel, Manuale cantorum, Processionale, and Rituale Romanum. He also produced a Traité de plain-chant à l'usage des Séminaires, and his last work was a pamphlet written jointly with Chevalier Van Elewyck, entitled De la Musique Religieuse, which treats of the Congresses of Paris and Mechlin on service music. He died at Liège.
20Vuillaume (vwē-yōm), Jean Baptiste. 1798-1875.
21Celebrated violin-maker; born at Mirecourt, where his ancestors had carried on the art of violin-making. After some instruction from his father he went to Paris in 1818. There he studied under his fellow-townsman Chanot, later under Lété, with whom he subsequently entered into partnership. In 1828 he became independent of Lété, and his instruments, made in imitation of the Antonio Stradivari violins, brought him fame and medals both from the London and Paris Exhibitions. He owned one of the most beautiful Stradivari violins. One of his inventions was a new kind of viola, very powerful and full-toned, which he called the con-
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.