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The American history and encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies, 1908
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1Mühldörfer
2theatres at Mannheim, and he studied there and at Linz-on-the-Danube. He became an actor at Mannheim, but in 1855 he took a position as chapelmaster of the City Theatre at Ulm. From 1867 to 1881 he was chapelmaster at Leipsic, and since 1881 he has occupied a similar position at Cologne. His writings are Prinzessin Rebenblüte and In Kyffhäuser, Der Commandant von Königstein; Der Goldmacher von Strasburg, all operas; besides the ballet, Waldensamkeit, incidental music to several plays, overtures, choruses and songs.
4Müller (mül'-lër), Adolf. 1801-1886.
5Singer and composer; born at Tolna, Hungary; a pupil of Rieger, organist of Brünn Cathedral, later of Joseph Blumenthal in Vienna. Although when eight years old he played the piano in concert he later devoted himself to stage singing at Prague, Lemberg and Brünn and in 1826 at the Kärnther Court Theatre. In 1828 he was appointed chapelmaster and composer at the Theatre an der Wien, at Vienna. He was a rapid composer, and in 1868 his operas, operettas, melodramas and other works reached the number of five hundred and seventy-nine. Among them are operas, Asträee, Seraphine; and the operettas, Die Schwarze Frau, Die Erste Zusammenunft, and Wer Andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein; as well as about sixty Singspiels and various other compositions.
7Müller, Adolf jr. 1839-
8Writer of operas; son of Adolf Müller; born in Vienna. He studied with his father, became chapelmaster of the Opera at Posen in 1864, remaining a year there, then filling a similar position at Magdeburg until 1867. From 1868 to 1875 he was leader at Düsseldorf, and since 1875 he has conducted German Opera in Rotterdam. He has produced two operas, Waldmeister's Brantfahrt, and Heinrich der Goldschmidt; and the operettas, Der Kleine Prinz; Der Hofnarr, Das Gespenst in der Spinnstube; Der Liebeshof; Die Kammerjungfer; Des Teufels Weib; Der Blondin von Namur; Der Millionen Onkel; and Lady Charlatan.
10Müller, August Eberhard. 1767-1817.
11Composer and performer on the organ, piano and flute; born at Nordheim, Hanover. Received his first musical instruction at Rinteln, where his father was organist. He progressed so rapidly that at the age of eight he had appeared in concert in several cities. In 1785 he went to Leipsic, and spent several years in Brunswick, finally becoming organist at the Church of St. Ulrich at Magdeburg in 1789. In 1794 he became organist of St. Nicholas Church at Leipsic, and in 1800 was appointed assistant to Hiller in the Thomaschule, becoming cantor there on Hiller's death in 1804. He moved to Weimar in 1810 and died there in 1817. He was an excellent performer on organ, piano and flute, and left the following compositions: For organ, suites, choral variations and a sonata; for flute, method for flute, eleven concertos, twenty-three duets for two flutes, and a fantasia with orchestra; for piano, an excellent method, a trio for piano and strings, two concertos, two sonatas for violin and piano, cadenzas to Mozart's concertos and sonatas for piano; also some vocal music, an operetta, a sacred cantata, motets and songs.
13* Müller, Carl Christian. 1837-
14Composer, conductor, and teacher of harmony in New York City; born in Saxe-Meiningen. He studied piano with F. W. Pfeifer and his son, Heinrich; harmony with A. Zellner, and organ with Butzert. Coming to New York in 1854 he was engaged for a time in a piano factory, then entered the orchestra of Barnum's Museum, ultimately becoming its leader. He established himself as a teacher of harmony in New York and later became identified with the New York College of Music as teacher of harmony and associated branches. In 1907 he was teaching at Dr. Eberhardt's Grand Conservatory, New York Conservatory, and the Uptown Conservatory. He translated Sechter's Grundsätze der Musikalischen Composition or Fundamental Harmony, and supplemented it by four sets of tables on primary instruction, modulation, chord succession and harmonization. For piano he has published Pleasant Recollections; Golden Hours, and a great number of pieces for small bands; three sonatas for organ; a sonata for violin and piano; a string quartet in A minor; some four-part male choruses; songs; organ postludes. Among his works in
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