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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1SILBERMANN, JOHANN ANDREAS—SILVESTRE
3bitious work, the Dresden court organ, was still incomplete. His clavichords were equally as fine as his organs; Emanuel Bach used one of them for nearly fifty years. He was also the first builder of a piano in Germany, having started operation in 1730; three of his instruments were owned by Frederick the Great. He also invented the Cembal d'amore, a clavichord with strings of double length struck in the middle by the tangents.
5Silbermann, Johann Andreas, German organ and piano maker, born Strassburg, June 26, 1712; died Feb. 11, 1783; nephew of Andreas Silbermann.
7Silbermann, Johann Heinrich, German organ and piano maker, born Sept. 24, 1727; died Jan. 15, 1799; nephew of Andreas Silbermann.
9Silby, Reginald Mills, English composer, conductor, organist, writer on music and music teacher, born London, Mar. 8, 1884; pupil of Richard R. Terry and Munroe Davidson; became an organist, and teacher at the London College of Music, before going to the United States, where he played and taught in Catholic churches and schools. His works include church music, songs, piano music, and various writings on church music.
11Silcher, Philipp Friedrich, German song composer, born Schnaith, near Schorndorf, Württemberg, June 27, 1789; died Tübingen, Aug. 26, 1860; pupil of his father, and of Auberlen; conducted at Stuttgart and Tübingen University. He was influential in promoting German popular singing, and is best known as a composer of Lieder. His works include Sammlung deutscher Volkslieder, containing many of his own songs, some of which, as the Loreley, have become folk songs.
13Siloti, Alexander, Russian pianist and conductor, born Charkov, Oct. 10, 1863. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nicholas Rubinstein and Peter Tschaikowsky, winning the gold medal and making his pianistic début at Moscow in 1880. In 1883 he appeared with great success in Leipzig, and went to Weimar, where he studied with Franz Liszt for three years. From 1887 to 1890 he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, and then toured extensively, spending some time in Paris, Frankfort, Antwerp, Leipzig and Berlin. He returned to Russia in 1901, where he conducted the Moscow Philharmonic Society concerts. In 1903 he organized his own orchestra in Petrograd, giving concerts of Liszt's compositions, and the works of young Russian composers. He is one of the leading modern pianists, and has been received with acclaim in Russia, Germany, Belgium, France, England, and the United States, where he toured in 1898-99. He escaped from Russia in 1919, and settled in England, but later removed to the United States.
15Silva, Andreas de, 16th century German or Dutch composer and singer, attached to the Papal chapel in 1519.
17Silva, David Poll da, French composer, born St. Esprit, near Bayonne, Mar. 28, 1834; died Clermont, Oise, May 9, 1875; studied with his mother and grandmother, and then at Paris, and with Funck at Bordeaux. Halévy advised him to enter the Paris Conservatory, but failing eyesight prevented him, and when he became quite blind his mother wrote out his compositions from dictation. He was a prolific composer, and among his works are operas, symphonies, chamber music, part songs and oratorios.
19Silva, Francisco, South American teacher and conductor, born Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 21, 1795; died there, Dec. 18, 1865.
21Silva, Giulio, Italian composer and voice teacher, born Parma, Dec. 22, 1875; studied in Rome.
23Silva, Oscar da, Portuguese composer and pianist, born at Lisbon in 1872; pupil of Thimotheo da Silveira, Reinecke, and Clara Schumann; his compositions include songs, piano, violin, and operatic music.
25Silva Leite, Antonio da, see Leite, Antonio da Silva.
27Silva Moraës, João da, see Moraës, João da Silva.
29Silvani, Groseffo Antonio, Italian composer and conductor; born Bologna, late 17th century; died before 1727.
31Silvani, Marino, 17th century Italian music publisher of Bologna. The firm was later conducted by his sons, Marino and Giuseppe Antonio Silvani; the latter (born in Bologna, Jan. 21, 1672) composed sacred vocal works.
33Silver, Charles, French composer, born Paris, April, 16, 1868; winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1891.
35Silverberg, Anna, see Hagelstam, Anna.
37Silvester, Daniel, English composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher, born West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Nov. 5, 1863; studied in England and Boston, Mass., became a theatre violinist, music teacher and symphony conductor in Worcester, Mass.; his compositions include songs, violin and piano music.
39Silvestre, Armand, French poet, dramatist and librettist, born Paris, Aug. 8, 1839; died Toulouse, Jan., 1901; among his works are the librettos to Saint-Saëns' Henry VIII; Godard's Jocelyn; and Massenet's Griselidis, as well as many other operas.
41Silvestre, Hippolyte, French violin maker, born Saint-Nicolas-du-Port, Meurthe, Dec. 14, 1808; died Sommerviller, near Nancy, Dec. 3, 1879; brother of Pierre Silvestre. He served his apprenticeship with Blaise at Mirecourt, worked with J. B. Vuillaume, and then became a partner in his brother's business at Lyons from 1831 to 1848. Upon his brother's death in 1859, he was compelled to come out of his retirement at Sommerviller, to once more manage the firm, but retired once more in 1865.
43Silvestre, Pierre, French violin maker, born Sommerviller, near Nancy, Aug. 9, 1801; died Lyons, 1859; brother of Hippolyte Silvestre. He studied with Blaise at Mirecourt, and then worked for Lupot, and, upon
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