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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1DE CONINCK—DEERING, HENRI
3De Coninck, Jacques Felix, see Coninck, Jacques Felix de.
5De Coppet, Edward J., see Coppet, Edward J. de.
7De Coucy, Regnault Chatelain, see Coucy, Regnault Chatelain de.
9Découplez (Fr.), an indication in organ music meaning "uncouple," or "coupler off."
11Decourcelle, Maurice Henri, French pianist, accompanist and composer, born Paris, Oct. 11, 1815; pupil of Herz and Barbereau; for many years the most distinguished accompanist in Paris, appearing with almost every great artist who visited the French capital. He wrote many excellent studies and études for piano, as well as concert pieces, also fine transcriptions for two pianos.
13Decourcelle, Paul, French composer and music publisher, born Paris, May 3, 1854. He founded a music-publishing house in Nizza, and composed dances, salon music, and pieces for string orchestra; his catalogue included works by Gillet and D'Ambrosio.
15De Cousu, Antoine, see Cousu, Antoine de.
17Decres., Decresc., abbreviations for Decrescendo.
19Decrescendo (It.), a term indicating a decrease in volume; it may be expressed by the full word, its abbreviation decres., or decresc., or by its sign, an acute angle, the opening of which indicates the point at which the decrescendo begins.
21Decreus, Camille, French pianist, born Paris, Sept. 23, 1876; pupil of Decombes, de Bériot and Raoul Pugno; winner of first prize for piano. He made his début as pianist in Paris, touring England, Germany and the United States with Emma Calvé, and also with his wife Renée Chemet, a distinguished violinist; for a time he acted as accompanist for the Belgian violinist, Eugene Ysaÿe.
23De Croes, see Croes, de.
25De Cronenthall, Louise Julia Hänel, see Hänel de Cronenthall, Louise Augusta Marie Julia.
27Decsey, Ernst, German music critic and author, born Hamburg, Apr. 13, 1870; student at the Vienna Conservatory, where his teachers were Anton Bruckner and Robert Fuchs. He occupied positions as music critic in Graz and in Vienna, and wrote a biography of Hugo Wolf.
29Decuplet, a group of ten equal notes played in the time proper to eight notes of like value, or to four notes of the next highest value; indicated by a slur and the figure 10.
31De Cupré, Jean, see Cupré, Jean de.
33De Curtis, Ernesto, see Curtis, Ernesto de.
35De Curzon, Emanuel Henri Parent, see Curzon, Emanuel Henri Parent de.
37De Cuvillon, Jean Baptiste, see Cuvillon, Jean Baptiste Philemon de.
39Dede, Edmund, American negro violinist, conductor and composer, born at New Orleans, La., in 1829; died at Paris in 1903. He studied with Alard and Halévy at the Paris Conservatory, became a concert violinist, directed the L'Alcazar Orchestra in Bordeaux, and composed a four-act opera, Sultan d'Isphan, and other instrumental works.
41Dedekam, Sophie, 19th century Danish composer; her compositions were chiefly songs.
43Dedekind, Constantin Christian, German violinist, singer, poet and composer, born Reinsdorf, Anhalt-Köthen, Apr. 2, 1628; buried Dresden, Sept. 2, 1715. He prepared the text for many sacred music dramas.
45Dedekind, Henning, German theorist, died in 1628; cantor at Langensalza in 1590; writer on musical theory and methods of teaching.
47Dedieu-Peters, Madeleine, French composer, born in 1889; she was awarded the Marmontel Prize in 1925, and several of her pieces for string quartet have been published.
49Dedler, Rochus, German composer, born Oberammergau, Jan. 15, 1779; died Vienna, Oct. 15, 1822; his chief claim to fame is that he wrote the music which is still in use at Oberammergau for the Passion play.
51De Domarto, Petrus, see Domarto, Petrus de.
53De Doulcet Pontecoulant, Louis Adolphe, see Pontecoulant, Louis Adolphe de Doulcet.
55Deductio (Lat.), (1) the ascending series of syllables or tones in the hexachords of Guido d'Aretzo; (2) the resolution of a dissonance to a consonance.
57De Dufort, Charles, see Dufort, Charles de.
59Deems, James Harry, American violinist, organist and music teacher, born Baltimore, Md., Feb. 4, 1848. He studied at Stuttgart with William Harmon, then became an organist, choral director and teacher in Baltimore. His works include orchestral pieces, piano pieces, organ pieces, and songs; also some textbooks on musical subjects.
61Deems, James Monroe, American composer, violoncellist and teacher, born at Baltimore in 1818; died there in 1901. He studied the 'cello with Dotzauer in Dresden, taught in Baltimore, became music instructor at the University of Virginia, and held the rank of Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He wrote an opera, an operetta, and an oratorio, Nebuchadnezzar.
63Deering, Henri, American pianist, born at St. Louis, Mo., in 1894. At the age of seven he had memorized the forty Inventions of Bach, and gave his first public recital when eleven. Following service during the World War, he studied in Paris with Isidor Philipp, and in Berlin with Artur Schnabel, making his début at Berlin in 1922, and his American début in 1925 with the State Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New York. Since that time he has appeared frequently as soloist with symphony orchestras, in recitals, with chamber music organizations, and as a radio artist.
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