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The American History and Encyclopedia of music Music Biographies Vol.1, 1910
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1Handel
2scripts is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
4Handel never married, his art being all in all to him. He was tall and robust, and his movements somewhat clumsy. His features were animated and dignified. He was very outspoken, sometimes profane, and occasionally his temper got the best of him. He was naturally a wit and had a way of making commonplace matters interesting. His determination was unyielding, he was sincerely devout and had a high sense of honor, and his fidelity to his mother was beautiful. His private charities were munificent and he was generous to all public institutions, his philanthropy being of the kind that was always ready to offer help. He identified himself with the intellectual life of the English and the creations of their most eminent men. His life might be divided into three parts: up to 1720 was preparatory, from that year until 1737 he was devoted to opera, and from then until his death he was occupied with his real lifework, his oratorios. These hold the same place in music that Shakespeare's plays hold in English drama. It is as a vocal and, above all, as a choral writer that Handel is supreme. He developed the resources of the chorus as no one else ever did.
6Hänel von Cronenthal (hä'-něl fōn krō'-něn-täl), Julia. 1839-
8Talented French composer; was born at Graz and educated in Paris. She was a pupil of Stamaty, Fran- chomme' and Demerseman. She married the Marquis d'Héricourt de Valincourt. She wrote four symphonies; twenty-two sonatas; a string quartet; a Romance dramatique for cello and piano and several piano compositions. Her opera, La Nuit d'épreuve, was performed at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and earned for her a gold medal. This opera is quite remarkable for the arrangement of original Chinese melodies contained in it.
10Hanscom, E. W. 1848-
12American composer; born at Durham, Maine. His musical education has been obtained in his native state and in London, Berlin and Vienna. His compositions are mostly religious solos and part-songs. He has published a cycle of six excellent songs, besides a beautiful lyric. Among his most popular songs are Go, Rose; In Her Golden Hair; A Lullaby; and two Christmas Songs, with violin obbligato.
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16besides a beautiful lyric. Among his most popular songs are Go, Rose; In Her Golden Hair; A Lullaby; and two Christmas Songs, with violin obbligato. one of two readings
18Hanslick (häns'-lik), Eduard. 1825-1904.
20Celebrated critic and writer of musical aesthetics whose work, Vom musikalisch-Schönen, published in 1854, has been translated into five languages and in Germany reached its ninth edition. Born in Prague, he studied law and philosophy there and also in Vienna where he took his Doctor's degree in 1849 and was appointed professor of music to the University of Vienna. He was appointed tutor of aesthetics and musical history in 1856; in 1861, professor extraordinary, and in 1870 became a regular professor. He received his first musical training under Tomaschek at Prague. Having become a musical critic at Vienna, he wrote for the Wiener Zeitung in 1849 and afterwards for other musical papers, the Presse, and the Neue Freie Presse. As a member of the musical department of the Exhibitions of Paris, 1867 and 1878 and Vienna, 1873 and 1892, he used all of his influence to assist the musical instrument-makers of Austria. In 1876 he was appointed a member of the Imperial Council. Some time before he received the order of the Iron Crown and the title of K. K. Hofrath was conferred on him in 1886. He gave public lectures on the history of music in Vienna. Between the years 1854 and 1900, Hanslick produced many works and in 1895 he edited Billroth's Wer ist musikalisch, retiring from active life the same year. A conservative in music, he resisted the Liszt-Wagner movement, but was a supporter of Schumann and a strong adherent of Brahms. He died at Baden, near Vienna.
22Hanssens (häns-sěns), Charles Louis. 1802-1871.
24Distinguished Belgian composer of modern times, who has produced a large number of works. At the age of ten he entered the National Theatre at Amsterdam as violoncellist, at twenty he became second chapelmaster; two years later holding a like position in Brussels. In 1827 he was appointed professor of harmony in the Royal
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