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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1FÉTIS, ÉDOUARD—FEYDEAU
3there, Mar. 20, 1873; a son of the great teacher, musicologist and historian, François Joseph Fétis. He studied with Halévy and later taught musical subjects in Brussels, Antwerp and Paris. His works include several light operas, songs, music for harmonium and 'cello, also piano pieces.
5Fétis, Édouard Louis François, Belgian writer on musical subjects, born Bouvignes, near Dinant, May 16, 1812; died Brussels, Jan. 31, 1909; son of François Joseph Fétis. He edited his father's "Revue musicale," the musical letters of the "Indépendance belge," and was librarian of the Brussels Library.
7Fétis, François Joseph, Belgian theorist, historian and critic, born Mons, Mar. 25, 1784; died Brussels, Mar. 26, 1871; pupil first of his father, later studying with Rey, Boieldieu and Pradher. He began early to display the historical inquisitiveness, prodigious industry and readiness of literary expression that marked his whole life. His attention was first attracted to Guido's system and the history of notation. He was organist at Douai, later going to Paris, where he became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory. He edited a musical periodical and wrote a number of textbooks. The scope of these works may be judged from the following list of subjects: harmony, counterpoint, fugue, solfeggio, score reading, choral singing, piano playing and plain song. He also wrote a general history of music, a universal biography of musicians, and many valuable essays and musical compositions.
9Fetsch, Rudolf, German composer and pianist, born Ludwigshafen, Aug. 28, 1900. He directs his own music school, and composes for chamber orchestra.
11Feuer (Ger.), fire, ardor; feuergig, ardently, passionately.
13Feuermann, Emanuel, Austrian violoncellist, born Kolomea, Nov. 22, 1902. He studied with his father and Julius Klengel, and made his début with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Felix Weingartner when eleven years old. At the age of sixteen he was made a professor at the Cologne Conservatory, and later became head of the 'cello department of the Berlin Hochschule. He has toured extensively and appeared as soloist with the leading European and American orchestras. His American début took place in 1934 with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Bruno Walter.
15Feuermann, Siegmund, Polish violinist, born at Kolomea in 1901; pupil of Ševčík. He made his concert début in Vienna, and has since appeared successfully in Germany, Austria, Roumania and England.
17Feuersnot, grand opera in one act, libretto by Ernst von Wolzogen, music by Richard Strauss, first produced at Dresden, 1901. The story is: In Munich the children are gathering wood for the Solstice fire, they knock at the door of a young student Kunrad. Among the children he sees Dietmund, burgomaster Sentlinger's daughter, with whom he falls in love. He tells the children to take all the wood in his house, walks toward Dietmund and kisses her; she is angry, and plans revenge as she returns home. Later Kunrad longs for Dietmund and walks to her home, where she has a basket hanging from her house wall. She promises to pull him up to her chamber if he will step into the basket, which he does. Dietmund pulls him half way up, then leaves him there to be ridiculed by the townspeople. He becomes so angry that he uses magic to cause all the fires and lights in the town to go out. The townspeople become alarmed, and beg Dietmund to stop the fire famine. Then Dietmund relents, accepts his love and hauls him up to her chamber; as they embrace, all the lights and fires in the city go on again.
19Feuillet (Lefeuillet), Raoul Auger, French dancing master, who was in Paris about the end of the 17th century. He devised an ingenious system of diagrams showing the position of the feet corresponding to each bar of the music for various dance steps. His book was published in 1701, but the complexity of the diagrams defeated the purpose for which it was written.
21Feurich, Julius, German piano maker, born Leipzig, Mar. 19, 1821; died there, July 16, 1900. He was succeeded by his son, Hermann, born at Leipzig in 1854.
23Fevin, Antoine de, French composer, born at Orleans about 1473; died about 1515; a well-known contrapuntalist, and a contemporary of Josquin. Nothing is known about his life; his works include masses, motets and chansons.
25Fevin, Robert (Robertus) de, French composer and conductor, a native of Cambrai, brother of Antoine de Fevin; two of his masses are extant.
27Fèvre, le, see Lefèvre.
29Fevre, Jacob le, German music teacher and composer, born at Prenzlau, in the Uckermark, about 1723; died at Berlin in 1777; a pupil of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. His works include violin concertos and chamber music.
31Février, Henri, French composer, born at Paris, Oct. 2, 1875; died in 1932; student at the Paris Conservatory with Fauré, Leroux, Pugno and Massenet. He composed several operas, including Monna Vanna, which was produced in Boston, Mass., in 1913, by the Boston Opera Company.
33Février, Henri Louis, 18th century French composer, born at Abbeville; died at Paris, about 1780; writer of music for the clavecin.
35Fewkes, Jesse Walter, contemporary American student of American Indian music. He was a pioneer in the use of the phonograph in musico-ethnological research, and in 1889 made a careful study of the Passamaquoddy songs.
37Feydeau, Georges, French librettist, born Dec. 8, 1862; died Paris, June 1921.
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