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university dictionary of music and musicians, 1912
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1tours of Spain and the Netherlands. B. about 1434, probably Termonde, East Flanders; known as Ockenheim, Okekem; d. about 1496.
3Old Hundred. The first known version of this tune appeared as the melody to Psalm cxxxiv in Beza's edition of the Genevan Psalter, 1554.
5O'Leary (Arthur) taught piano, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1856-1903; composed and edited music; pupil of Leipsic Conservatory. B. Tralee, Kerry, Ireland, Mar. 15, 1834; add. London. Rosetta Vinning composed songs; pupil Royal Academy of Music, King's Scholar in 1851. B. Newton Abbot; m. ARTHUR, 1860; d. June 17, 1909, London.
7Olimpiade. Metastasio's opera libretto, written 1733 in celebration of the birthday of Empress Elizabeth, has been composed 31 times by composers from Caldara, 1733, to Conti, 1829.
9Oliphant. Obsolete ivory horn.
11Oliphant (Thomas) made the English version of FIDELIO; published "La Musa Madrigalesca," 1837, containing 400 madrigals; honorary secretary London Madrigal Society. B. Dec. 25, 1799, Condie; d. Mar. 9, 1873, London.
13Olsen (Ole) composed a symphony in G major, the symphonic poems "Elfdance," "Aasgaardsreien," the operas "Stig Hvide," "Lajla," "Stallo," the oratorio "Nideros," four cantatas, the fairy opera "Svein Urad"; wrote poems and books for his operas; became director of military music to the Swedish government, 1900; wrote criticism; choirmaster and teacher in Christiania; pupil of the Leipsic Conservatory. B. Hammerfest, July 4, 1851; add. Christiania.
15Olthoff (Statius) composed four-part settings of Buchanan's Latin poetic paraphrase of the Psalter; cantor of the Rostock Marienkirche, 1579. B. Osnabrück, 1555; d. Feb. 28, 1629, Rostock.
17Olympie. Gasparo Spontini's three-act lyric tragedy, to book by Dieulafoy and Briffaut after Voltaire, was first performed Dec. 22, 1819, at the Paris Académie Royale.
19O'Mara (Joseph) sang ten. in London English opera, debut 1891, in such rôles as Don Cæsar, Faust, Don José, Turiddu; member of the Moody-Manners Company; pupil of Perini and Moretti, Milan. B. Limerick, July 16, 1866; add. London.
21Ombi. Negro HARP.
23Omnes, Omnia. L. All, chorus, tutti.
25Onagon. Chippewa DRUM.
27Once Accented Octave. The octave beginning with Middle C or c'.
29Ondeggiante. It. Undulating.
31Ondricek (Franz) played violin, debut in his father's orchestra at seven, later touring Europe and America as virtuoso. Free pupil of the Prague Conservatory for three years; a wealthy merchant sent him to Paris, where he studied under Massart at the Paris Conservatoire and won the first prize. His first engagements were as violinist with the Pasdeloup concerts in Paris and the London Philharmonic Society. B. April 29, 1859, Prague; add. Prague.
33Ondule. Fr. Undulating.
35Onduliren. Ger. To produce a tremolo.
37Ongarese. It. Hungarian.
39Onslow (George) composed the comic operas "Alcalde de la Vega," 1824; "Le Colporteur," 1827; "Le Duc de Guise," 1837; 34 quintets, 36 quartets, three symphonies; pupil of Hullmandel, Dussek, Cramer, and Reicha; grandson of the first Lord Onslow and, through his mother, descended from the Brantômes; became member of the Institut in succession to Cherubini. B. July 27, 1784, Clermont-Ferrand; d. Oct. 3, 1853.
41Onzieme. Fr. Eleventh.
43'Ood or Oud. Egyptian seven-stringed mandolin.
45Op. Abbreviation of OPUS.
47Open Diapason. Principal or chief foundation stop of an organ.
49Open Harmony. Chords not in close position.
51Open Notes. Those produced without stopping the strings or by means of valves, crooks, or keys.
53Open Pipe. One open at the top,
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