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The American History and Encyclopedia of music Music Biographies Vol.1, 1910
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1Baltzar
2England, and at the restoration of the Stuarts was placed at the head of Charles II.'s band of twenty-four violins. He appears in the Westminster register as "Mr. Thomas Balsart, one of the violins in the King's service." He was the best violinist of his day, and one of the founders of classical violin-playing. The works he left consist largely of suites for strings.
4*Baltzell, Winton James. 1864-
5Contemporary American composer, teacher and editor. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, attended school in Harrisburg, and continued his education at Lebanon Valley College, Annsville, Pennsylvania. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Music from the University of Pennsylvania. His musical training was received at the New England Conservatory, Boston; under Dr. H. A. Clarke, in Philadelphia; and in London he studied with Dr. T. F. Bridge and William Shakespeare. He taught singing and theory in Reading, Pennsylvania, had charge of the Department of Music at Lebanon Valley College, The Albright Collegiate Institute, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, and the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Baltzell has served as musical critic with the publishing house of Theodore Presser and as editor of The Etude. At present he is editor of The Musician and musical critic with the Oliver Ditson Company. He is the author of a number of songs and other works. In 1906 he published the text-book, A Complete History of Music. Rupert Hughes, in his Contemporary American Composers, speaks in high praise of the published and unpublished music of Baltzell, mentioning, among other pieces, the part-song, Life is a Flower; the song, Desire; the setting to E. C. Stedman's Thou Art Mine; and a series of songs to words by Richard Watson Gilder.
7Banchieri (bän-ki-ā'-rē), Adriano. About 1567-1634.
8Italian composer, theorist, organist and poet. He was born at Bologna, and died in the convent of San Bernardo at Bologna. Concerning the year of his birth, biographers are in doubt, but it was about 1567. He wrote music for both church and theatre, masses, sacred concertos, madrigals, and canzonets. He was great also in the department of theory, and has left behind several theoretical pamphlets, L'Organo Suonarino being perhaps the most important. In his Cartella Musicale is put forth a project for the founding of an academy of science and art in his monastery at Bologna. He was organist of S. Michele in Bosca, near Bologna, was organist of Santa Maria in Regolo, and at Monte Oliveto became abbot. This man of varied distinguished attainments wrote comedies. These were written under the name of Camillo Scaligeri della Fratta.
10Banister
11Banister, Henry Charles. 1831-1897.
12English composer, pianist and writer on musical subjects. Son and pupil of Henry Joshua Banister, a London violoncellist. Studied in the Royal Academy of Music and won the King's Scholarship in 1846 and 1848. In 1851 he became assistant professor, and in 1853 full professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music. From 1880 until his death, he was professor at the Guildhall School of Music and professor of harmony at the Royal Normal College for the Blind. He was also a member of the Philharmonic Society. Banister was for many years a familiar figure in the musical life of London. During the latter part of his life he devoted himself chiefly to musical literature. His compositions consist of symphonies; overtures; piano pieces; and cantatas, the most important of which are, The Sea Fairies, and The Maiden's Holiday; also many songs; part-songs; chants and anthems. His lectures on musical subjects, delivered from 1891 to 1897, have been published under the title of Interludes. His most important work was in theory, as shown by the fact that his Text-book of Music, published in London in 1872, went through eleven editions. He also wrote Musical Art and Study; The Harmonizing of Melodies; and A Life of Sir George Macfarren.
14Banister, John. 1630-1679.
15English violinist and composer. Banister's father was one of the "waits," and he himself followed that profession in his early days. Under the instruction of his father, he attained such proficiency on the violin as to attract the attention of the King, Charles II., who sent him to France to advance his education, and, on his return, appointed him leader of the
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