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1Although the first and greatest of German violin makers, he vainly appealed to the Emperor for pecuniary aid in his old age, became insane, and left his family in want. B. July 14, 1621, Absam, near Innspruck; d. about 1683. Marcus made violins; pupil of his brother, whose name he sometimes pasted in his instruments.
3Stainer (Dr. Sir John) played organ St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 1872-88; composed the oratorio "Gideon," the cantata "Daughter of Jairus," a "Sevenfold Amen," "St. Mary Magdalen," cantata for the Gloucester Festival, 1883; "The Crucifixion," oratorio, 1887; wrote primers on Harmony and the Organ, and with Barrett, a "Dictionary of Musical Terms," Novello, 1876; became principal of the National Training School in succession to Sullivan, 1881; professor of music at Oxford, 1889; master of the Musicians' Company; Inspector of Music in succession to Hullah; was knighted 1888 by Queen Victoria; chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In 1847 he became a chorister in St. Paul's Cathedral, and soon mastered the organ, playing that instrument in 1854 at the church of St. Benedict and St. Peter, then taking the classical course at Oxford, won his B.A. 1863, and was thereafter appointed organist to the University, and conductor of various college musical societies. In 1865 he received his doctor's degree, and the following year became one of the examiners. B. June 6, 1840, London; d. Mar. 31, 1901, Verona.
5Stamaty (Camille Marie) composed piano concertos, sonatas, and text-books; taught Gottschalk, Saint-Saëns; pupil of Mendelssohn; chevalier of the Legion of Honour. B. Mar. 23, 1811; d. April 19, 1870.
7Stamitz (Johann Wenzl Anton) composed 45 symphonies, 10 orchestral trios; violinist to the Electoral court, Mannheim. B. Deutschbrod, June 19, 1717; d. 1757. Anton Thaddeus played 'cello; entered the church. B. 1721; brother of J. W. A.; d. Aug. 23, 1768. Carl composed 70 symphonies, the operas "Der Verliebte Vormund" and "Dardanus"; played viola and viola d'amore; son and pupil of J. W. A. B. May 7, 1746, Mannheim; d. 1801, Jena. Anton composed 13 symphonies, three piano concertos and much chamber music; son and pupil of J. W. A. B. 1753, Mannheim; d. 1820, Paris.
9Stammakkord. Ger. Fundamental key chord.
11Stampita. It. Song, air.
13Ständchen. Ger. SERENADE.
15Standhaft. Ger. Steadfast, firm.
17Stanford (Dr. Sir Charles Villiers) composed the successful opera "Shamus O'Brien," Mar. 2, 1896, London Opera Comique; Breslau, 1907; an "Irish Symphony," and more than 100 works in all forms; played organ; conducted the Bach choir, 1885-1902 in succession to Goldschmidt; became professor of music, Cambridge University, in succession to Sir G. A. Macfarren, 1887. Pupil of Arthur O'Leary and Sir Robert Stewart in Dublin, where his father, a court official, was known as an amateur singer, young Stanford composed his first songs and piano pieces while still a child, and a march composed at 12 was played in the Theatre Royal. In 1870 he entered Queen's College, Cambridge, as a choral scholar, and three years later passed to Trinity College, where he had been made organist in succession to Dr. Hopkins, and 1874 was graduated with Classical Honours. Then he studied with Reinecke in Leipsic, and Kiel in Berlin, and at Tennyson's suggestion, composed incidental music for "Queen Mary," and enhanced the reputation thus acquired by the production of a symphony in B flat. In 1877 he gave a concert at which works of Brahms and Joachim were performed in England for the first time, and 1881 witnessed the production of his first opera, "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan," Court Theatre, Hanover, Feb. 6. His orchestral serenade, Op. 17, was first performed at the Birmingham Festival, 1882, and the following year he received his doctor's degree from Oxford, and the same honour from Cambridge, 1888. In 1901 conducted the Leeds Festival,
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