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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1Méreaux
2Méreaux, Joseph Nicolas Lefroid de. 1767-
3Son of Jean Nicolas Lefroid. French organist and pianist; born in Paris. He studied music with his father. He was professor in the royal school of singing and subsequently professor of piano and organist of the Protestant Temple of Oratory. He is said to have played the organ at the Feast of the Federation in 1789. Some of his compositions are Cantata for the Coronation of Napoleon I., with full orchestra accompaniment; sonatas and fantasies for piano; nocturne for piano and violin; some sonatas for piano and violin.
5Mériel (mā-ri-ēl), Paul. 1818-
6Violinist and composer; born at Mondontreau, Loire-et-Cher. As a boy he supported himself by violin-playing. He was a student with Alessandro Napoleone at Lisbon and with Somma at Perpignau. He became conductor of a traveling orchestra which played at Amiens, where he produced his comic opera Cornélius l'argentier. In 1847 he began teaching in Toulouse, where later he became director of the Conservatory. He was later made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He produced several comic operas, Les Précieuses ridicules, Le Retour au pays, L'Orphéon en voyage, Les Pâques de la Reine, as well as his symphony, Le Tasse; his dramatic oratorio, Caïn; and his grand opera, l'Armorique.
8Merk (märk), Joseph. 1795-1852.
9Austrian violoncellist; born in Vienna. As a child he studied singing and the violin, but later under Schindlöcker he took up the violoncello and soon became very proficient. He traveled about for a few years, finally obtaining the position of first violoncellist at the Opera at Vienna in 1818. In 1823 he was made professor at the Conservatory then founded, and in 1834 he became virtuoso of chamber-music to the Emperor. He wrote six studies for the violoncello, which are considered valuable contributions to the literature for that instrument, besides concertos; polonaises; variations; fantasies; and twenty exercises.
11Merkel (mär-kēl), Gustav Adolf. 1827-1885.
12One of the best organists and organ composers of the Nineteenth Century; born at Oberoderwitz, Saxony. He studied the organ under Johann Schneider and counterpoint under Julius Otto, and was also a pupil of Schumann and Reisiger. In 1858 he was made organist of the Waisenhauskirche at Dresden; in 1860 of the Kreuzkirche, and in 1864 he was appointed Court organist. From 1867 to 1873 he directed the Singakademie at Dresden, and in 1861 he became a professor at the Dresden Conservatory. The number of his compositions reached one hundred and eighty and were of such very high standard as to prove him a true disciple of the lofty Bach. Among his writings are a large number of fugues, preludes, variations, fantasies, and sonatas; also some compositions for organ, violin, and violoncello.
14Mermet (mār-mā), Auguste. 1815-1888.
15Dramatic composer; son of a French general; abandoned his military profession and turned his attention to music. He studied the flute and under Halévy and Lesueur took up composition. After struggling for fifteen years he succeeded in getting his opera, Roland à Roncevaux, performed, but it proved only moderately successful, being commonplace musically and interesting only because of the martial character of its libretto. He then wrote Joan of Arc which was not so well received as his other opera had been. In 1865 he received cross of the Legion of Honor. Besides the operas mentioned he has written La Bannière du roi and Pais, and other French compositions, also an opera-bouffe entitled Pierrot pendu.
17Mersenne (mēr-sēn'), Marie. 1588-1648.
18Franciscan monk; interesting as the author of a rare and voluminous history of music, now very valuable because of the specimens of compositions it contains, also because of its rarity. He lived in Paris and is said to have known Descartes. Among his works are his curious Préludes de l'Harmonie Universelle with its quaint discussion of the horoscope necessary to produce the perfect musician and his L'Harmonie Universelle, which appeared in 1636 and which contained over fifteen hundred pages.
20Mertens (mär'-tēns), Joseph. 1834-
21Flemish violinist and dramatic composer; was born in Antwerp, where
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