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The American History and Encyclopedia of music Music Biographies Vol.1, 1910
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1Barnett
2ship again. He appeared in public for the first time at the New Philharmonic concert, in 1853, when he played Mendelssohn's Concerto in D minor, the celebrated Spohr being the conductor. In 1856 he went to Germany and, after studying privately with Hauptmann for several months, entered the Leipsic Conservatory, where he continued his contrapuntal work with Hauptmann, studied composition with Julius Rietz and the piano with Moscheles and Plaidy. After two years at Leipsic he was engaged to play a piano concerto at the Gewandhaus concerts. After returning to London he taught the piano in the London Academy of Music and in 1883, was appointed professor in the Royal Academy of Music. He began composing in 1864 with a symphony and a little later, at the request of the committee for the Birmingham Festival, he produced a cantata, The Ancient Mariner. This, with Paradise and the Peri, which he wrote for the same committee in 1870, were very successful and have been performed many times. His orchestral suite, The Lay of the Last Minstrel was produced at the Liverpool Festival in 1874. His oratorio, The Raising of Lazarus, which he composed in 1873, was perhaps his most important work. Other successful productions were his overture to Shakespeare's Winter's Tale; his oratorio, The Good Shepherd; the cantatas, The Building of the Ship, and the Wishing Bell. Since 1880, Mr. Barnett was written the following works for the piano; Musical Landscapes; Home Scenes; Sonata in E Minor; The Flowing Tide; The Dream Maiden; and Valse Brillante. Beside these he wrote the pastoral suite, The Harvest Festival; and several other orchestral pieces; other part-songs and many songs. Mr. Barnett is at present a professor at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. In the autumn of 1906 he brought out his autobiography, on which he had been employed for nearly three years. It is entitled Musical Reminiscences and Impressions.
4Barry, Charles Ainslie. 1830-
5English writer and composer, considered of advanced views. Charles Barry was born in London, and educated at Rugby and Cambridge. He studied music under Walmisley, and later worked at the Cologne Conservatory and also at Leipsic and Dresden. His writings on the compositions of the advanced school of music are authoritative. For several years he was editor of the Monthly Musical Record, and in 1886 was secretary of the Liszt Scholarship Fund. He is the author of several songs and pieces for the piano; a Festival March; a symphony; and other orchestral pieces.
7Barth (bärt), Karl Heinrich. 1847-
8A German pianist. He is noted for his interpretation of classical music and holds a high place as an ensemble player. He was born at Pilau, Prussia, the son of a teacher, and received his first instruction from his father, beginning the piano when he was only four years old. He studied under Steinmann, in Potsdam, and in Berlin was a pupil of von Bülow. Bronsart, also, was one of his teachers, and for a short time he received instruction from Tausig. At the age of twenty-one, he was appointed a teacher in the Stern Conservatory at Berlin, and three years later became professor at the Berlin Hochschule. In England and Germany he has enjoyed great success on concert tours. The Trio-Concerts given by Barth, the celebrated violinist De Ahna, and the celebrated violoncellist Hausmann, won well-deserved renown. Herr Barth held the position of pianist to the Emperor Frederick.
10Barth, Richard. 1850-
11German violinist and director. In his youth he suffered an accident to his left hand that made it difficult for him to continue the career of violinist on which he was started, but with an adapted violin he learned to finger with the right hand and bow with the left, and in spite of disadvantages he became a violin virtuoso. He was born at Grosswanzleben in Saxony, studied at Magdeburg, and for four years was under Joachim. He held the post of University Music Director at Marburg, and later became conductor of the Philharmonic concerts at Hamburg and the Singakademie in that city. He is the author of songs and several quartets for strings.
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