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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1after 1869; specialized in training children's choruses, conducted the Apollo Glee Club and established the National Training School for Music Teachers at Chicago. He wrote Children's Songs, and How to Sing Them.
3Tommasi, Giuseppe Maria, Sicilian music historian and composer, born at Castle Alicate, in 1649; died at Rome in 1713. He wrote extensively on the history of church music.
5Tommasini, Vincenzo, Italian composer, born at Rome, Sept. 17, 1880. His musical talent manifested itself early, and he received a thorough general education along with his musical studies with Stanislas Falchi, Ettore Pinelli and Benedetto Mazzarella at the St. Cecilia Lyceum in his native city. He specialized in Greek literature and philology at the University of Rome. Later he went to Berlin where he studied for a short period with Max Bruch. He first attracted attention with a string quartet which showed great originality both in thematic invention and contrapuntal development. In 1913 he won first prize in an international competition. His first masterpiece was an orchestral work, Chiari di Luna, which was introduced by Arturo Toscanini. A year later the Diaghilev Ballet performed his Good Humored Ladies in Rome. His friend Toscanini has been of great assistance to him in securing performances of his works. He has written, besides the works already mentioned, an opera Medea, several fine orchestral works, chamber music, choruses and songs.
7Tom-Tom. A percussion instrument of Oriental origin. The Chinese type consists of a frame covered with skin and made in several sizes; when struck, it yields a hollow, melancholy sound. Another type is fashioned from a block of wood, hollowed out on the side; the tone is light and penetrating.
9Ton (Ger.), tone; sound; pitch; scale.
10Tonada (Sp.), air; song.
11Tonadilla (diminutive of Tonada), a short musical work sung before the performance of a Spanish play by the women members of the cast. Between the acts of the play, four line couplets of a humorous nature were also sung; about the middle of the 18th century Don Luis Misson changed the form to a duet between two characters, usually characterizing in humorous fashion some phase of the life of the common people.
13Tonal, relating to tones.
14Tonality, key; a system of tones.
15Tonante (It.), thunderous.
16Tonarius, Tonarium (Lat.), a service-book containing the Gregorian psalm-tones.
17Tonart (Ger.), key.
18Tonassi, Pietro, Italian composer, born Venice, Sept. 14, 1800; died there, Nov. 4, 1877. He composed church music, a symphony and seven string quartets.
19Tonbildung (Ger.), vocal culture; tone production; voice placing.
20Tondichtung (Ger.), tone poem.
22Tone (1) a musical sound, single or composite; (2) the quality of sound, as the "tone" of a violin; (3) the interval of the major second, usually called a whole tone; (4) one of the melodies traditionally associated with a psalm in Gregorian music.
24Tone-color, same as timbre (q.v.).
26Tone-Placing, in singing, the manipulation of the resonance-cavities to concentrate the tone at desired places in the mouth.
28Tone-Poem, a composition in which the development of the music depicts moods suggested by its title; a popular form employed for orchestral works.
30Tone Quality. The element or characteristic which distinguishes the sounds of one instrument from another, dependent upon the overtones. The difference in tone quality between instruments of the same kind is due to their construction, the material used, and the manner in which they are played. The difference in quality between individual voices is due to the vocal cords, the size of the mouth and nostrils and the breathing facility.
32Tonel, Leonie, 19th century French composer of salon music for piano, which was extremely popular in her day.
34Tonelli, Antonio, Italian violoncellist, organist and composer, born Carpi, Aug. 19, 1686; died there, Dec. 25, 1765. After being instructed by his mother, he studied with D. Nicolo Pace at Carpi, mastered the organ, 'cello and viola d'amore at Bologna, and also studied at the Collegio de Nobili in Parma. He spent three years at the Royal Court in Denmark, in 1730 he became choirmaster at the Cathedral in Carpi, and in 1745 opened a free singing school there. Tonelli's works include sacred music, but he is chiefly famous as a pioneer in developing the violoncello as a solo instrument. In 1730 he was choirmaster at the Carpi Cathedral; in 1745 he opened a free singing-school in Carpi, and when he was seventy-six fell in love with one of his pupils, Rosa Parteggotti, then aged fifteen. When she preferred to enter a convent he threatened to kill himself, but instead wrote a canzoniere against nuns, and died from a chill two years later. He did much pioneer work in getting the 'cello adopted as a solo instrument.
36Tonelli, Luigi, 18th century Italian violinist and composer. His compositions include a violin concerto, violin sonatas, three duetti concertanti for violin and violoncello and a violin method preserved in the Milan Conservatory Library.
38Toner, Jean Baptiste, Scottish pianist, born Glasgow, June 11, 1891. He studied in London and Germany and was much influenced and highly praised by Vladimir de Pachmann. He excels in Chopin.
40Tonger, P. J., German music publishing firm; founded in Cologne-on-Rhine by August Joseph Tonger in 1822 (born June 13, 1801; died Aug. 11, 1881); his successor was Peter Jos. Tonger (born Mar. 5,
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