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The American history and encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies, 1908
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2Exeter Hall, the Apollonicon Rooms and St. Martin's Hall he taught several thousand. He was made professor of vocal music at Queen's College, London, in 1880, and he had also taught in Battersea, St. Mark's, the Training Schools, Hockerill, Whitelands Home, and Colonial. He has published some songs and a textbook entitled Progressive Vocal Exercises for Daily Use. His daughter, Florence May, is well known as an interpreter of Brahms, under whom she studied, and also as his biographer. She is a successful teacher.
4Maybrick, Michael. 1844-
5Excellent barytone concert-singer and a writer of popular songs; was born at Liverpool, England. His father was musical and gave him great encouragement, so that when he was eight years old he had partially mastered the art of piano-playing. Soon after he began taking organ lessons of W. T. Best, and at the age of fifteen was organist of St. Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool. From 1866 to 1868 he studied at the Leipsic Conservatory under Carl Richter, Plaidy and Moscheles. While he was in Leipsic it was discovered that he had a fine barytone voice, and at the advice of his instructors he went to Milan, where after about two years' study with Nava he made his debut in a theatre of that city. He returned to England in 1869 and was one of those who sang on the farewell tour of Mme. Sainton-Dolby. He sang in English Opera at St. James Theatre in 1871, but afterward devoted himself to oratorio work, in which he has been heard at Bristol, Gloucester and Hereford. He has had distinguished success as a concert-singer, and was the first to sing the Telramund music from Lohengrin in England. In 1884 he toured the United States and Canada. Under the nom de plume of Stephen Adams he has written many popular songs, of which probably the best known is Nancy Lee. Others are The Blue Alsatian Mountains; The Star of Bethlehem; The Holy City; The Tar's Farewell; By the Fountain; They All Love Jack; Valley by the Sea; A Warrior Bold; and in 1897 the Jubilee song, Her Majesty.
7Mayer (mī'-ēr), Charles. 1799-1862.
8Piano virtuoso, teacher and composer; born in Königsberg. He received his first lessons from his mother, a piano-teacher, and later from Field. In 1814, with his father, he went to Warsaw, Germany and Holland, finally to Paris, playing his variations on God Save the King, in Amsterdam during this tour. He returned to St. Petersburg and began to teach in 1819, leaving in 1845 to tour through Stockholm, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Leipsic and Vienna, and settling in Dresden in 1850. He taught, composed, and gave concerts in Dresden until his death in 1862. His compositions number nearly nine hundred, among them being his concerto with orchestra in D; variations and fantasias on opera airs; Polka Bohémienne in A; concerto symphonique; a mazurka in F sharp major, supposed for a time to have been written by Chopin; Concert Polonaise; Valse Études, and Toccata in E. His compositions are considered exceeding well fitted to the instruments for which they are written, and are correctly and effectively composed.
10Mayer, Emilie. 1821-1883.
11Born at Friedland, Mecklenburg; was a composer of instrumental and vocal music. She received her education from Carl Löwe, from B. A. Marx in theory and from Wieprecht in orchestration. She gave a concert composed entirely of her own writings, consisting of a concert overture for large orchestra; a string quartet; the 118th Psalm for chorus and orchestra; a symphonie in B minor; and the Symphonie Militaire; and two piano solos which she herself played. In recognition of her talents she was presented with the Gold Medal of Art by Queen Elizabeth of Prussia. She wrote two string quartets; two quintets; several symphonies, one in B minor arranged for four hands; several overtures; two quartets; seven sonatas for cello and piano; eight violin and piano sonatas; ten trios for piano, violin and cello; about forty part-songs, and a number of songs and piano-pieces. Her Faust overture for Grand orchestra, Nocturne for violin and piano, and Allemande fantastique are considered among her best.
13Mayer, Wilhelm (Pseudonym, W. A. Remy). 1831-1898.
14Distinguished teacher of piano, composition and counterpoint; born at
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