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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1WILHELMJ, MARIA—WILLAERT
3making his London début in 1866 at one of Alfred Mellon’s “Promenade Concerts” at Covent Garden. In 1867 he made his Paris début at a Pasdeloup Concert, and then went to Florence for his Italian début at the Società del Quartetto. In 1868 he made his Russian début at St. Petersburg, where he had been invited, with Hector Berlioz, by the Grand Duchess Helena Paulovna. Two years were spent in concertizing through Switzerland, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, during which time he was made a member of the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music. His first appearance in Berlin did not take place until 1872, when he appeared at a Singakademie concert; his Vienna début followed the next year. He was back in England in 1875, and in 1876 he was concertmaster at the opening of Bayreuth. The next year he was instrumental in bringing Wagner to England to conduct the Albert Hall Festival. He then made a world tour which lasted from 1878 to 1882, and included both North and South America, Australia and the Orient. He then lived at Biebrich-on-Rhine, where he founded a School for Violinists, and from 1886 to 1894 at Blasewitz, near Dresden. He then became violin professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London, where he also taught privately. He was one of the greatest violin virtuosos, his style being marked by nobility, breadth, great intellectual grasp and flawless technic. Wilhelmj wrote a string quartet and some violin compositions; he also made several notable transcriptions for violin.
5Wilhelmj, Maria (née Gastell), German soprano, born Mainz, July 27, 1856; sister-in-law of Aug. Wilhelmj; studied with Lux, Schoch, Raff, Tausig, Reissmann, Leschetizky, Gastell-Canozzi (her mother), Hedwig Roland, and Viardot-García.
7Wilhelmus van Nassouwe, the Dutch national anthem. The melody is of French origin, and was evidently a derisive song on the siege of Chartres by the Huguenots under Condé in 1568. Some of Condé’s soldiers, being later in the employ of William of Orange, probably brought the air in that way to Holland. The words were either written by Marnix van St. Aldegonde, or translated by him from the French.
9Wilhorst, Cora de, 19th century American operatic soprano, born at New York. She made her American début at the New York Academy of Music on Jan. 28, 1857, in Lucia di Lammermoor, and later sang with Maurice Strakosch’s “American Company” at the same theater. She retired from the stage before 1860.
11Wilke, Arnold, German arranger and composer, born Berlin, Mar. 11, 1877; died there, Jan. 31, 1933; he wrote choruses.
13Wilke, Christian Friedrich Gottlieb, German organist and writer, born Spandau, Mar. 13, 1769; died Treuenbrietzen, July 31, 1848. In 1820 he was appointed government expert on organ building. He published several books and many journal articles on the organ.
15Wilke, Franz, German conductor and teacher, born Kallies, 1861. After studying under Draheim, Ferdinand Hiller, Rudnik and Riemenschneider, he became town musical director at Haynau and Kottbus, and in each town founded orchestral schools. He conducted the Greiz Philharmonic Orchestra from 1910-1919, and composed orchestral works; he also published a textbook on harmony.
17Wilkes, Josué, Argentine composer, born at Buenos Aires in 1883. After studying at Buenos Aires and at Paris, he settled in Buenos Aires as a composer. He has written the orchestral work Los Espíritus de la Selva, a fugue and songs.
19Wilkinson, see Groom, Mrs.
21Wilkinson (Wylkynson), Robert, late 15th and early 16th century English composer. He wrote church music.
23Wilkinson, Sarah, English singer and actress, born about 1768; died Hammersmith, July 3, 1841; wife of Joseph Mountain. She became quite famous in the late 18th century and sang at leading London theaters.
25Wilkinson, Thomas, late 16th and early 17th century English composer. He wrote services and numerous anthems.
27Wilks, Norman, English pianist, born Birchington, Kent, June 9, 1885. After studying under Michael Hambourg, Frederic Lamond, Louis Prout and Joseph Holbrooke, he appeared in recitals in England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, and in 1913, in the United States, where he played five times with the Boston Symphony under Karl Muck.
29Willaert, Adrian, Flemish composer and teacher, born at Roulers (?), about 1480; died Venice, Dec. 7, 1562. He studied theory in Paris, Jean Mouton in all probability being his teacher. He worked at various times in Bologna, Venice, Rome and Ferrara; from the last-named city he went to Bohemia, becoming cantor for King Ludovic II. In 1527 he became musical director of St. Mark’s in Venice; there he established a vocal school which trained a great number of musicians who were destined to become famous in the musical world. Among the most eminent of these were Gioseffe Zarlino (q.v.) and Cipriano de Rore (q.v.). Willaert was the founder of the famous Venetian school of composition; he carried forward the work of his compatriot Josquin des Prés. There being two organs and two choirs at St. Marks’, he invented the double chorus, and developed its form to such perfection that even Palestrina could scarcely improve upon it. His motets are distinguished by the utmost clarity in the part-writing; his style, in many respects, is more declamatory than that of his predecessors, foreshadowing to a certain degree the oratorio. According to his famous pupil, Zarlino, his church music was the most highly esteemed of all his compositions during his lifetime,
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