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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1in 1923 he was among the prize winners of the Chicago "Daily News" contest for compositions with solo strings and orchestra. He has written a symphony, 4 tone-poems and a Biblical Dance for orchestra, a French Horn Concerto, a string quartet, a one-act opera, The Jewell Merchant, and a Biblical stage work, David.
3Chesnutt, Nelson Alexander, American organist and music educator, born Philadelphia, June 1, 1872; he was director of the Combs Conservatory, Philadelphia, for more than twenty years.
5Chessin, Alexander Borissovitch, Russian conductor, born Petrograd, Oct. 19, 1869. He studied at the Petrograd Conservatory, and with Nikisch, later becoming conductor of the Musical Society in Petrograd, and in 1903 of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
7Chest of Viols (Consort of Viols), a set of six viols, including two trebles, two tenors and two basses, all properly matched as to size, power and color, and kept during the 17th century in a large chest. Viol makers vied with one another in making these perfectly matched sets, which were used for the performance of chamber music.
9Chest-Register (or Chest-Voice), the lower tones of the human voice which produce sympathetic vibrations in the chest.
11Chester, J. & W. Ltd., well-known English music publishing firm, established at Brighton, 1860. The retail business was at first confined to the regular lines of music and accessories. Later a lending library was formed, the first of its kind in England. After 55 years the business was moved to London with O. M. Kling as proprietor. It became the leading English agency for Russian music, and for the contemporary works of composers of all nationalities, including De Falla, Lord Berners, John Ireland, Eugene Goossens and Josef Holbrook.
13Chesterian, The, an English bi-monthly musical periodical, containing articles on musico-literary subjects.
15Chevaillier, Lucien, French composer, teacher and writer, born at Paris in 1883; died there, Feb. 3, 1932. He was assistant to Albert Lavignac at the Paris Conservatory, a teacher at Strassburg Conservatory and director of the Belfort Music School. His works include operas, chamber music and songs; also a treatise, The Place of Music in the History of the World.
17Chevalet (Fr.), the bridge of a violin, viola, etc.
19Chevalier, Albert, English music-hall singer and writer of Cockney songs, born, 1861; died, 1923. His humorous songs, full of human interest, were extremely popular in London; he appeared in the United States first in 1896; one song, My Old Dutch, deserves to be placed in the class of a folk song.
21Chevalier, François, late 16th and early 17th century French violinist and composer, who was one of the famous "Twenty-four Violins" of Louis XIII. He wrote ballets and other instrumental music which earned him the reputation of being one of the best composers in France during his period.
23Chevalier de Saint George, see Saint George, Chevalier de.
25Chevalley, Heinrich, German composer, writer and editor, born Düsseldorf, May 19, 1870; died Altona, Nov. 9, 1933; his compositions include songs and piano pieces.
27Chevallier, Ernst August Heinrich, German composer and conductor, born Hanover, May 12, 1848; died Hamburg, Jan. 18, 1908; his works include a comic opera, choral music, songs and instrumental compositions.
29Chevé, Émile Joseph Maurice, French physician and musical writer, born Douarnenez, Finistère, 1804; died Paris, Aug. 26, 1864. He engaged in a bitter controversy, at least on his side, with the vocal department of the Paris Conservatory on the subject of correct vocal instruction, writing with his wife, Nanine Chevé, several treatises in defence of his theories.
31Chevé, Nanine (née Paris), French music teacher and writer on music, died Bois-Colombes, June 28, 1868. Her system of musical notation was used in the Paris communal schools, and was reminiscent of the English Tonic Sol-Fa system. She also wrote Nouvelle Thèorie des Accords, and Tableau du doigte des gammes, and assisted her husband, Émile Chevé (q.v.) in his controversy over vocal instruction with the professors at the Paris Conservatory.
33Chevillard, Paul Alexander Camille, French orchestral conductor and composer, born Paris, Oct. 14, 1859; died Chatou, Seine-et-Oise, May 30, 1923. He studied piano at the Conservatory, but was self-taught as a composer, becoming assistant conductor and later conductor of the Lamoureaux concerts; also head of the orchestra at the Paris Opéra. Chevillard was one of the finest of French orchestral conductors, having an especial reputation for his interpretations of the classics. He also did much to popularize Russian music in Paris; his works include chamber music and orchestral pieces.
35Chevillard, Pierre Alexandre François, French violoncellist, born Antwerp, Jan. 15, 1811; died Paris, Dec. 18, 1877; well known for the brilliancy of his technique. He taught at the Paris Conservatory, founded the Société des dernier quatuors de Beethoven, an important institution of its kind, and wrote a fine method for the violoncello.
37Cheville (Fr.), peg for a violin, viola, etc; cheviller, peg box of a violin, viola, etc.
39Chevreuille, Raymond, contemporary French composer, born Nov. 17, 1901; his String Quartet, written in accordance with "the expressionistic theory of harmonic moods," was performed during a music festival at Prague in 1935.
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