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Bach, Johann Sebastian. Pupil of his father Johann Ambrosius Bach (violin) and his brother Johann Christoph Bach (clavichord); studied at St. Michael’s, Lüneberg, under Bohm (organ). Organist of St. Boniface’s, Arnstadt, 1703; St. Blasius’, Mühlhausen, 1707; court organist in Weimar, 1708. Conductor in Weimar, 1714; to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, 1717; musical director of Leipzig University, 1723; choirmaster of St. Thomas’, Leipzig, 1723-50; St. Nicholas’, Leipzig, 1723-50; court composer to the Elector of Saxony, 1736; conductor to the Duke of Weissenfels, 1736. Composed church and secular cantatas, motets, oratorios, masses, overtures (suites), concertos, chamber music, organ and clavier works, &c. Son of Johann Ambrosius Bach; brother of Johann Christoph Bach; father of Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Karl Philip Emanuel Bach and Friedemann Bach. b. Eisenach, Germany, Mar. 21st, 1685; d. Leipzig, July 28th, 1750.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. Studied in Bonn with Pfeiffer, ~Eeden_Gillesvanden_d1782 ~ (organ), Rovantini (violin) and Christian Gottlob Neefe; in Vienna with Haydn, 1792, and in secret with Schenck; with Albrechtsberger (counterpoint) and Schuppanzigh (violin), 1794. Assistant court organist in Bonn, 1782. Cembalist and conductor to the Vienna Orchestra, 1783; received the freedom of the city of Vienna, 1815. Became deaf, 1822. Composed symphonies, an opera, piano pieces, piano concertos, string quartets, masses, songs, chamber music, &c. b. Bonn, Germany, Dec. 15th, 1770; d. Vienna, Mar. 26th, 1827.
Benedict, SirJulius. Knighted, 1871. Pupil of C. Ludwig Abeille, Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Carl Maria von Weber. Conducted the Kärnthnerthor Theatre, Vienna, Austria, 1823-25; the San Carlos Orchestra, Naples, Italy; the Lyceum Theatre, London, England, 1836; the Norwich Festival, 1845-78; the Liverpool Philharmonic, 1876-80; professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London; toured the U.S.A., 1850-51. Composed operas, oratorios, a symphony, songs. Moved in London, England, 1835. b. Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 27th, 1804; d. London, England, June 5th, 1885.
Berlioz, Louis Hector. Legion of Honour (1839). Studied medicine at the Paris Medical School, 1821; music at the Paris Conservatory, 1823-30; in Italy after gaining the Prix de Rome, 1830. Journalist with the “Revne Euroéenne”; the “Courrier de l’Europe, Journal des Débats”; the “Gazette Musicale de Paris”, 1834-; toured Germany, 1840; Russia, 1867; member of the Académie; librarian of the Paris Conservatory, 1852-69. Composed operas, symphonies, a requiem, oratorios, and overtures. Wrote a “treaties on Instrumentation”. b. Côte-Saint-André, near Grenoble, France, Dec. 11th, 1803; d. Paris, Mar. 8th, 1869.
Six Pieces for Christmas (1. “Sit Laus plena” - Allegro con brio; 2. “Quem vidistis pastores” - Andante con moto in E; 3. “Psallite omnes Angeli” - Allegro vivace in C; 4. “Venite in Bethlehem” - Andantino in F; 5. Pastorale - Allegretto in B flat; 6. “O Magnum Mysterium” - Andante in E flat)
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 1 (1. Andante con moto in E; 2. Allegro moderato in A minor; 3. Andante in B flat (No 1); 4. Allegro con brio in F; 5. Adagio in D; 6. Allegro moderato in C (with chorale))
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 2 (1. Andante serioso in D minor; 2. Fuga in A (adagio molto); 3. Andantino in G; 4. March for a Church Festival in D; 5. Alla Breve in C; 6. Fantasia in F)
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 3 (1. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “London” in E flat; 2. Fuga in C (allegro moderato); 3. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “Halifax” in A; 4. Andantino in E flat; 5. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “St. Bride” in A minor; 6. Andante in B flat (No 2))
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 4 (1. Andante religioso in F; 2. Allegro maestoso e vivace in C minor; 3. Andante tranquillo in A; 4. Largo & allegro moderato in G; 5. Adagio in A flat; 6. Allegro con brio in E)
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 5 (1. Wedding march; 2. Allegro giocoso in G; 3. Andante con moto in A; 4. Prelude on the Hynn “Stabat Mater” in D minor; 5. Funeral March in F sharp minor; 6. Adagio elegiaco in E minor)
Twelve Short Preludes on Old English Psalm-Tunes (1. “Lord, hear the voice of my complaint”; 2. “Through all the changing scenes of life”; 3. “All people that on earth do dwell”; 4. “Give ear, thou judge of all the earth”; 5. “My soul, praise the Lord”; 6. “Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust”; 7. “Hail! Sacred feast”; 8. “All praise to thee, my God, this night”; 9. “My soul for help on God relies”; 10. “Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song”; 11. “Bow down thy gracious ear”; 12. “O praise the Lord with one consent”)
Chopin, Frédérick François (Fryderyk Franciszek). Pupil of Adalbert Zywny; studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Joseph Elsner. Composed piano music. b. Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Poland, Mar. 1st, 1810; d. Paris, France, Oct. 17th, 1849.
Gounod, Charles François. Studied at the Paris Conservatory under Halévy (counterpoint), Paër (composition) and Lesueur (composition), 1836. Organist at the Missions Étrangères, Paris; of St. Cloud’s, Paris. Conducted the Paris Orphéon, 1852-60. Composed oratorios, masses, operas, cantatas, songs, orchestral pieces, &c. b. Paris, France, June 17th, 1818; d. St. Cloud, Oct. 18th, 1893.
Händel (Handel, Haendel, Hendel), Georg Friedrich (George Frederick). Studied at Halle Cathedral, 1692, under Friedrich W. Zachau (counterpoint, organ, harpsichord and oboe). Assistant organist of Halle Cathedral, 1697-1702; organist there, 1702-03. Violinist at Hanover Opera, 1703; in Italy, 1706; conductor to the Elector of Hannover, 1709; to the Duke of Chandos, England, 1718; music master to the Prince of Wales; director of the Royal Academy, London. Composed operas, oratorios, serenatas, odes, anthems, songs, cantatas, concertos, suites, &c. b. Halle, Germany, Feb. 23rd, 1685; d. London, England, Apr. 14th, 1759.
Pieces from choral work “Semele” (1. “Attend the pair”; 2. “Endless pleasure”; 3. “Bless the glad earth” & “And to that pitch th’ eternal accents raise”; 4. Sinfonia (The Descent of Apollo))
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Pieces from choral work “Semele” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Occasional Oratorio (1. “Or brought full low with iron sceptre”; 2. “God found them guilty”; 3. “All his mercies shall endure”; 4. “Hallelujah”)
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Pieces from the Occasional Oratorio (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Belshazzar” (1. “All empires upon God depend”; 2. “Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob”; 3. “By slow degrees the wrath of God”; 4. “Of things on earth”; 5. “Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Belshazzar” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 1 (1. “They loathed to drink”; 2. “He gave them Hailstones”; 3. “He smote all the First-born”; 4. “But as for the people”; 5. “Egypt was glad when they departed”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 2 (1. “He rebuked the Red Sea” & “He led them through the deep”; 2. “But the waters overwhelmed their enemies”; 3. “And Israel saw that great work” & “And believed the Lord”; 4. “I will sing unto the Lord”; 5. “He is my God” & “And I will exalt him”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 3 (1. “Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious”; 2. “Who is like unto Thee?” & “The earth swallow’d them”; 3. “The People shall hear, and be afraid”; 4. “Thou shalt bring them in”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Israel in Egypt” Book 3 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Jephtha” (1. “Chemosh no more will we adore”; 2. “O God, behold our sore distress”; 3. “They now contract their boist’rous pride”; 4. “They ride on whirlwinds”; 5. “Doubtful fear”; 6. “Theme sublime”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Jephtha” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joseph and his brethren” (1. Overture . Minuet; 2. “Joyful sounds, melodious strain”; 3. “Immortal pleasures”; 4. “Blest be the man”; 5. “O God, who in thy Heav’nly hand”, “Thou know’st our wants before our prayer” & “O Lord we trust alone in Thee”; 6. “Eternal Monarch of the sky” & “And grant us aid”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joseph and his brethren” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 1 (1. “To long posterity”; 2. “The Lord commands”; 3. “May all the Host of Heav’n”; 4. March; 5. “Almighty Ruler of the Skies”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 2 (1. “How soon our tow’ring hopes are cross’d”; 2. “Hail! mighty Joshua, hail!”; 3. “Shall I in Mamre’s fertile plain”; 4. “Father of mercy”; 5. “The Great Jehovah”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Joshua” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 1 (1. “O first created beam”; 2. “Then shall they know”; 3. “Then round about the starry Throne”; 4. “To man, God’s universal law” & “Thus shall his life be ne’er dismay’d”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 1 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 2 (1. “Honour and arms scorn such a foe”; 2. “Fix’d in his everlasting seat”; 3. Funeral March; 4. “Let their celestial Concerts”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Samson” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Saul” Book 2 (1. “Preserve him for the glory of thy name”; 2. “Envy! Eldest born of hell”; 3. “Sin not, O King”; 4. Funeral March)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Saul” Book 2 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Solomon” Book 3 (1. “Swell the full chorus”; 2. “Music, spread thy voice around”; 3. “Thus rolling surges rise”; 4. “The name of the wicked”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Solomon” Book 3 (arr. by W. T. Best)
Pieces from the Oratorio “Susanna” (1. “Tremble, guilt”; 2. “Ask if you damask rose be sweet”; 3. “Let justice reign”; 4. “Thy wedded truth”; 5. “With thy own ardors”; 6. “Bless’d be the day”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “Susanna” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix. Hon.Ph.D. (Leipzig, 1841). Pupil of Berger, Zelter and Hennings; Moscheles, 1824; studied at Berlin University. Organist. Visited England, 1829; toured Germany, Austria, Italy, and France, 1830-32. Conducted the Lower Rhine Festival, Düsseldorf, 1833; Cologne, 1835; Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, 1835; Philharmonic Concerts, London, 1844; a chief organizer of the Leipzig Conservatory, 1843. Composed oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, incidental music, chamber music, concertos, piano and organ pieces, &c. Brother of Fanny Hensel. b. Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 3rd, 1809; d. Leipzig, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Pieces from the Oratorio “St. Paul” (1. “But the Lord is mindful of his own”; 2. “Sleepers wake! a voice is calling”; 3. “How lovely are the Messengers”)
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Pieces from the Oratorio “St. Paul” (arr. by W. T. Best)
Mozart, Johann Chrysostemus Wolfgang Amadeus. Pupil of his father (clavichord), self taught organ and violin; of Johann Christian Bach; Haydn, Tenducci and Manzuoli. Organist and concertmaster to the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1779. Concertmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1768; chamber composer to the Emperor; toured Italy, 1769; elected a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy. Composed masses, operas, songs, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, clavier music, organ sonatas. Son of Leopold Mozart. b. Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27th, 1756; d. Vienna, Dec. 5th, 1791.
Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter. Pupil of Holzer (piano, organ, singing and thorough-bass), Ruzicka and Salieri; chorister in the Vienna Court Choir. Composed symphonies, dramatic pieces, overtures, concertos, chamber music, piano music, songs, &c. b. Lichtenthal, near Vienna, Austria, Jan. 31st, 1797; d. Vienna, Nov. 19th, 1828.
Spohr, Ludwig (Louis). Pupil of Riemenschneider and Dufour; studied in Brunswick with Kinisch (violin), Hartung (theory) and Maucourt (violin); pupil of Dufour, Kunisch and Franz Eck. Violinist; director of the Stad Theatre, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1817. Composed operas, symphonies, chamber, church and choral music, &c. b. Brunswick, Germany, Apr. 5th, 1784; d. Cassel, Oct. 22nd, 1859.
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