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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1Hiege, Hans Oskar, German composer and teacher, born Kassel, Apr. 1, 1900. His compositions include orchestral pieces, a violin concerto, chamber music, piano pieces and songs.
3Hieke, Oskar, German conductor, composer and teacher, born Dresden, Mar. 7, 1873. He studied with Draeseke, was an opera conductor in Dessau and Königsberg, and is director of the Orchestral Society, and a singing teacher in Dresden. His compositions include a symphony, an orchestral suite, choruses and songs.
5Hientzsch, Johann Gottfried, German composer, music teacher, editor, director and writer of treatises on singing, born Mokrehna, near Torgau, Aug. 25, 1787; died Berlin, July 1, 1856.
7Hier, Ethel G., contemporary American composer. Her works include a sextet for flute, oboe, violin, 'cello, viola and piano, also a Choreographic Poem for orchestra.
9Hieronymus, Saint, writer about the organ and other musical instruments of his time, born about 331; died Sept. 30, 420.
11Hieronymus de Moravia, see Moravia, Hieronymus de.
13Hierro, José, Spanish violinist, born at Cadiz. After study at the conservatory, he played in Paris, then settled in Madrid as a soloist and quartettist. There he taught in the Royal Conservatory of Music and was leader of the Societa de Conciertos and of the Royal Chapel Orchestra.
15Hiester, Albertus Shelley, American violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher, born Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 11, 1871. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and the Berlin Hochschule, made his début at Paris, and has appeared with famous artists. His works include a violin and piano piece, piano pieces and violin pieces.
17Hifthorn, German designation for a wooden horn similar to the hunting horn, having but two to three notes. There are three kinds: high, medium and low pitch.
19Higginson, Henry Lee, American banker, born New York, Nov. 18, 1834; died Boston, Nov. 15, 1919. After his Harvard course he studied singing, piano and composition at Vienna. In the Civil War, in which he was severely wounded, he was major and lieutenant-colonel, and from 1868 was a member of the banking firm of Lee, Higginson and Company. He was on the corporation of Harvard University, a trustee of the Carnegie Institute and the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1881 he established the Boston Symphony Orchestra with an endowment of about a million dollars for its maintenance, and for thirty-five years directed its destiny.
21High Mass, see Mass.
23Highland Fling a dancing step peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland. From this step, which involves dancing on one leg while flinging the other behind and in front, the name has been applied to the dance which is based on these steps. The Highland Fling is performed to the music of the strathspey, which is another lively Scottish dance.
25Hignard, Jean Louis Aristide, French composer, born Nantes, May 22, 1822; died Vernon, Mar. 1898; pupil of Halévy. He was a composer of high ideals but was able to bring out only works of little consequence. His compositions include the lyric tragedy, Hamlet, a number of comic and light operas and operettas, also some instrumental works and songs.
27Hiji-Riki, a Japanese reed instrument consisting of a conical pipe with a double reed in the larger end. It is made of bamboo and has seven finger holes.
29Hijmans, Jeanne Henriette, see Vogelsang, Jeanne Henriette.
31Hilarius, Saint, 4th century hymn writer, bishop of Poitiers, who is supposed to have introduced Syrian Hymnody into the Western Church. He was an exile in Asia, where he became acquainted with the antiphonal psalmody practised in the Eastern churches. Three of his hymns have been preserved.
33Hilbrant, August, German composer and teacher, born Klagenfurt, Dec. 21, 1857. His compositions include piano music, organ music and many choruses.
35Hilbrecht, Hermann, German concert pianist, composer and teacher, born Loccum, Feb. 5, 1897. His works include orchestral pieces, piano pieces and songs.
37Hildach, Anna (née Schubert), German mezzo-soprano and teacher, born Königsberg, Oct. 5, 1852.
39Hildach, Eugen, German baritone and composer, born Wittenberge-on-the-Elbe, Nov. 20, 1849; died Zehlendorf, near Berlin, July 29, 1924. He began to study singing at the age of twenty-four. Among his compositions are many songs of the salon type.
41Hildebrand, Camillo, Czech composer, teacher and conductor, born Prague, Jan. 31, 1876; studied with Bennewitz at the Prague Conservatory. His compositions include songs, operatic, orchestral, choral, and piano works.
43Hildebrand, Christoph, see Füllsack, Zacharias.
45Hildebrand, Zacharias, German organ builder, born in Saxony in 1680; died about 1755.
47Hildebrandt, Michael Christopher, 18th century German violin and violoncello maker, who worked at Hamburg from about 1768 to 1807. In Germany his double basses and violoncellos are considered very highly, and his violins have some merit.
49Hildebrandt, Ulrich, German composer, organist and teacher, born Treptow, Pomerania, July 1, 1870; pupil of Lorenz and Barth. His works include songs, choral and instrumental works.
51Hildegard, Saint, German composer, born at Burg Böckelheim, near Kreuznach, about 1098; died at
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