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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1Chandos, Lloyd, contemporary English tenor. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London, and with Henry J. Wood, became a member of the Royal Choral Society, has sung in opera at Drury Lane, London, also appearing as soloist with leading European and English symphony orchestras.
3Chandoschkin, Ivan, Russian violinist and composer, born in 1765, died at Petrograd in 1804. He studied with Tito Porto and was chamber musician in the court chapel of Catherine II. His compositions include violin pieces, and three sonatas for violin solo.
5Chang (Chank), the Persian name for the Assyrian Zakkal, or upright harp with vertical strings, as differentiated from the Zag-Sal, with horizontal strings.
7Chang Gon, a Korean drum shaped like a dumbbell. One end is tapped with the fingers and the other with a stick; an expert player secures an effect of altered pitch by beating in different places on the heads.
9Change, (1) in campanology a melody or phrase produced on a chime of bells; (2) in harmony, same as Modulation or Transition; (3) in voice, same as Mutation.
11Change Ringing, the art and practice of ringing chimes in systematic order.
13Changer de jeu (Fr.), to change the stops of an organ.
15Changing Chord, a dissonant chord, appearing on an accented beat, and requiring resolution.
17Changing Note, see Nota Gambita.
19Chank, see Chang.
21Chanler, Theodore Ward, American composer, born at Newport, R. I., in 1902; pupil of Ebell in piano and composition, and of Arthur Shepherd in harmony. He attended the Institute of Musical Art in 1919, studying piano with Buhlig and counterpoint with Goetschius. Later he worked with Bloch in Cleveland, and in 1923 went to Oxford University where he remained a year and a half. After three years with Boulanger in Paris he returned to the United States. In 1934 he was music editor of the Boston Herald. His Sonata for Violin and Piano has been performed by the Société Musicale Independante in Paris and at the Copland-Sessions concerts in New York. He has also written a Mass for Two Women's Voices, and a number of Epitaphs for voice and piano.
23Chanot, Alfred Ernest, English violin maker, born London, 1890. He works in London, where he builds on Joseph Guarnerius and Stradivarius models, creating instruments of high quality covered with chestnut oil varnish. He is also famous as an expert on, and repairer of, viols and other medieval stringed instruments.
25Chanot, F. W., French violin maker and publisher, died Jan. 1911. He was a son of Georges Chanot, Jr., and grandson of Georges Chanot, Sr. (q.v.). He published an extensive edition of music for the violin which still enjoys a large sale.
27Chanot, Florentine (née Démoliens), French violin maker, wife of Georges Chanot; she made a number of violins with her own hands, and was of great assistance to her husband.
29Chanot, François, French maker of musical instruments, born at Mirecourt in 1787; died at Brest in 1823; first of a family who worked at the craft of instrument making over a period of nearly one hundred years. François Chanot believed that the tone of the violin could be improved if the longitudinal fibres of the wood were utilized with as few sutures as possible; he made a curious pear-shaped instrument a "Guitar-Violin," which was pronounced by the authorities of the French Insttiute equal in quality to the masterpieces of Stradivarius and Guarnerius.
31Chanot, Georges, Jr., French violin maker, born in 1831; died in 1895; son of Georges Chanot, from whom he learned the trade, and nephew of François Chanot. He went into business in London, where he became known as a fine artisan.
33Chanot, Georges, Sr., French maker of musical instruments, born Mirecourt, Mar. 26, 1801; died Courcelles, Seine and Oise, Jan. 10, 1883, brother of François Chanot. He made pear-shaped violins on the style of his brother's invention (see François Chanot), but was soon obliged to give up the model for lack of demand, and finally established his own business after being employed by other makers.
35Chanot, Joseph, French violin maker, born Mirecourt about 1760; died there in 1830. His instruments follow those of Chappuy, and are branded at both the button and on the inside.
37Chansarel, René, contemporary French pianist and composer; a suite of impressionistic pieces for piano, entitled New York Pictures, was published in 1920.
39Chanson (Fr.), (1) a song; (2) a part song formerly resembling a madrigal, but a vocal solo with piano accompaniment; Chansonette, a little song; Chansonnier, a song composer, or a collection of songs.
41Chant, "to sing"; specifically musical declamation of the Psalms or similar text, much used in the Anglican Church. The Anglican chant, usually written for four voices and with long recitative measures, consists of a seven measure phrase in two parts, the first being three measures, the second four. A chant of fourteen measures is the Double Chant. Gregorian Chant is divided into five parts, intonation, recitation, meditation, recitation repeated and cadence, all being sung on two tones.
43Chant du Départ, a French national air, said to have been composed by Méhul to the words of Marie Joseph Chénier. It was first played at a Tuileries Garden concert on July 4, 1794, and its theme has been adapted to fit more than thirty songs.
45Chant pastoral (Fr.), shepherd's song.
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