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Biography of Edwin H. Lemare
Lemare, Edwin Henry. A.R.A.M., F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (1886). Pupil of his father; won a Goss Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1876; studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Dr Charles Steggall and Dr Edmund H. Turpin. Organist of St. Mary’s, Brookfield, Highgate, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park, London, 1882; St. Andrew’s, Cardiff, Wales; the Park Hall, Cardiff; Sheffield Parish Church, England, 1886; the Albert Hall, Sheffield, 1886; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London, 1892-95; St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, 1897-1902; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1902-05; at the Pan-America Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; San Francisco City Organist, 1917-20; Portland, Maine, 1920-24; civic organist of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1924-29. Toured the U.S.A., 1900-01; Australia; New Zealand; Europe. Designed the organ for Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand; Melbourne Town Hall, Australia. The finest and most highly paid organ recitalist of his day; popularized Wagnerian operas in England, though his transcriptions of them. Composed organ pieces, church music, an orchestral symphony, &c. Son of Edwin Lemare; nephew of Dr William Lemare. b. Ventnor, Isle-of-Wight, England, Sep. 9th, 1865; d. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Sep. 24th, 1934.
Austin, Ernest John. School teacher. Composed orchestral music, piano pieces, &c. Brother of Frederick Austin. b. Popler, London, England, Dec. 31st, 1873; d. Wallington, Jul. 24th, 1947.
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 at Weimar, 1708; organist of St. Thomas’, Leipzig, 1723-50; St. Nicholas’, Leipzig, 1723-50. Conductor in Weimar, 1714; to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, 1717; musical director of Leipzig University, 1723; 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/16th, 1770; d. Vienna, Mar. 26th, 1827.
Bizet, (Georges) Alexandre César Léopold. Studied at the Paris Conservatory, 1848-1857, under Marmontel (piano), François Benoist (organ), Zimmermann (harmony) and Halévy (composition); gained the Prix de Rome, 1857. Composed operas, suites, songs, piano pieces, &c. b. Paris, France, Oct. 25th, 1838; d. Bougival, near Paris, June 3rd, 1875.
Boccherini, Ridolfe Luigi. Pupil of Abbate Vennucci; studied in Rome. Composer to Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. Moved to Madrid, Spain, 1769, at the invitation of the Spanish Ambassador. Composed chamber music, a mass, oratorios. b. Lucca, Italy, Feb. 19th, 1743; d. Madrid, Spain, May 28th, 1805.
Bohm, Karl (Carl, Charles). Pupil of Hans Bischoff, Albert Löschhorn, F. Geyer and Reissmann. Professor of theory at the Berlin Royal Academy of Music. Composed piano and violin music, songs, &c. b. Berlin, Germany, Sep. 11th, 1844; d. Apr. 4th, 1920.
Brahms, Johannes. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1877), Hon.Ph.D. (Breslau, 1881). Pupil of his father; Otto Cassel (piano) and Eduard Marxsen (composition). Court director of music to Lippe-Detmold, 1854-58; conducted the Singakademie, Vienna, Austria, 1863-64; the Gesellschaft der Musikfeunde, 1871-74. Composed symphonies, concertos, choral music, chamber, piano, and organ words, songs, &c. b. Hamburg, Germany, May 7th, 1833; d. Vienna, Austria, Apr. 3rd, 1897.
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.
Cui (Кюи), César Antonovich (Цезарь Антонович). Studied engineering in Vilnius and St. Petersburg; pupil of Moniuszko (theory). Military engineer; music critic with the “St. Petersburger Zeitung”, 1864-68; the “Revue et Gazette Musicale”, Paris, 1878-79. Composed operas, songs, chamber music. Wrote criticism. b. Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 30th, 1835; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar. 24th, 1918.
Dvořák, Antonin Leopold. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1891) Studied organ, piano and theory under A. Liehmann of Zlonitz and Hancke at Kamnitz; at the Prague Organ School under Karl F. Pitzsch, 1857-60; pupil of František Blažek (theory), Josef Foerster (organ) and Josef L. Blažek (singing). Organist of St. Adalberts, Prague, 1873-77. Directed the National Conservatory, New York, 1892-95; head of Prague Conservatory. Composed symphonies, choruses, a requiem, operas, cantatas, chamber music, songs, orchestral pieces, &c. b. Mühlhausen, near Kralup, Bohemia, Sep. 8th, 1841; d. Prague, May 1st, 1904.
Elgar, SirEdward William. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1900); knighted in 1904; order of merit, 1911. Studied violin with Pollitzer, 1877. Organist of St. George’s (R.C.), Worcester, 1885-89. Bandmaster at the County Lunatic Asylum, Worcester, 1879-84; conducted the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society, 1882; professor of music at Birmingham University, 1905-06; master of the Kings Music, 1924; violinist. Composed symphonies, cantatas, military marches, overtures, concertos, orchestral, instrumental and choral music, songs, &c. Son of W. H. Elgarb. Broadheath, near Worcester, England, June 2nd, 1857; d. Worcester, Feb. 23rd, 1934.
Fuchs, Robert. Studied at the Vienna Conservatory. Organist of the Piaristen Church, Vienna, 1866-; the Hofkapelle, Vienna, 1894-1905. Professor of theory at the Vienna Conservatory, 1875-1912. Composed serenades for strings, a symphony, operas, chamber music, a mass, a piano concerto, &c. b. Frauenthal, Styria, Austria, Feb. 15th, 1847; d. Vienna, Feb. 19th, 1927.
Goldmark, Karl (Carl). Studied in Vienna with L. Jansa (violin); at the Vienna Conservatory, 1847-48, under Böhm (violin) and Preyer (harmony). Violinist and pianist. Composed operas, symphonies, &c. b. Keszthely, Hungary, May 18th, 1830; d. Vienna, Austria, Jan. 2nd, 1915.
Goltermann, Georg Eduard. Pupil of Prell (cello); studied in Munich, 1847-49, with Mentor (cello); pupil of Lachner (composition). Conductor of the City Theatre, Frankfort-on-Main, 1874-98; cellist. Composed a symphony, overtures, songs, cello concertos, &c. b. Hanover, Germany, Aug. 19th, 1824; d. Frankfort, Dec. 29th, 1898.
Gurlitt, Cornelius. Pupil of Reinecke; studied in Copenhagen with Weyse. Organist of the Hauptkirche, Altona, Hamburg, 1864-. Professor at the Hamburg Conservatory, Royal Music Director, 1874. Composed operas, piano music, &c. b. Altona, Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 10th, 1820; d. there, June 17th, 1901.
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.
Henselt, Georg Martin Adolf von. Studied in Munich; in Weimar with Hummel (piano); in Vienna with Sechter (theory). Pianist to the Russian Court in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1838. Composed piano pieces, &c. b. Schwabach, Germany, May 9th, 1814; d. Warmbrunn, Silesia, Oct. 10th, 1889.
Hofmann, Heinrich Karl Johann. Chorister at Berlin Cathedral; studied at the Kullak Academy, Berlin, under Grell, Dehn (composition) and Würst (composition). Taught in Berlin; pianist. Composed operas, piano music, &c. b. Berlin, Germany, Jan. 13th, 1842; d. Groß-Tabarz, July 16th, 1902.
Hubay (Huber), Jenő (Eugen). Studied at the Berlin Academy under Joseph Joachim. Professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatory, Belgium, 1882-86; the Pesth Conservatory, Hungary, 1886; director of the Budapest Conservatory, 1919-31; violinist. Composed operas, violin music, songs, &c. b. Budapest, Hungary, Sep. 14th, 1858; d. there, Mar. 12th, 1937.
Humperdinck, Engelbert. Studied at Paderborn Gymnasium; the Cologne Conservatory under Ferdinand Hiller, 1872; the Royal School of Music, Munich, under Franz Lachner and Josef Rheinberger, 1876. Professor at the Barcelona Conservatory, Spain, 1885-87; the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt, Germany, 1890-96. Composed operas, orchestral music, &c. b. Siegburg, near Bonn, Germany, Sep. 1st, 1854; d. Neu-Strelitz, Sep. 28th, 1921.
Liszt, Franz (Ferencz). Studied in Vienna, 1821-22, with Czerny and Salieri; pupil of Reicha and Paër. Court conductor in Weimar, 1849-59; president of the Hungarian Academy of Music, Pest, 1875. Composed symphonic poems, concertos, masses, oratorios, cantatas, songs, piano music, &c. b. Raiding, near Ödenburg, Hungary, Oct. 22nd, 1811; d. Bayreuth, Germany, July 31st, 1886.
Moszkowski, Moritz. Studied in Breslau; at the Dresden Conservatory; the Stern Conservatory, Berlin; the Kullak Conservatory, Berlin. Composed piano pieces, orchestral music, &c. b. Breslau, Germany, Aug. 23rd, 1854; d. Paris, France, Mar. 4th, 1925.
Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge. Studied at the Williams Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, under von der Heide (piano); in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with William Guenther (piano); the Western University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; in Dresden with von Böhme (voice); in Boston with B. J. Lang (piano) and Stephen A. Emery (composition); in Berlin with Karl Klindworth and Von Bülow. Taught in Boston, Paris, Berlin, Florence and Venice; in Sewickley, near Pittsburgh. Composed songs, piano pieces, &c. Brother of Arthur Nevin. b. Edgeworth, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Nov. 25th, 1862; d. New Haven, Connecticut, Feb. 17th, 1901.
Nicodé, Jean Louis. Pupil of Hartkäss; studied at the New Academy of Music, Berlin, under Wüerst (harmony) and T. Kullak (piano). Taught of at Kullak’s Academy, Berlin; professor of piano at the Dresden Conservatory, 1878-85. b. Jersitz, Posen, Germany, Aug. 12th, 1853; d. Landebrück, Dresden, Oct. 5th, 1919.
Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich. Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1882-85; the Moscow Conservatory under Zvierev (piano), Siloti (piano), Taneiev (theory) and Arensky (composition), 1885-. Professor of piano at the Maryinsky Institute for Girls, Moscow, 1893; pianist. Composed orchestral, piano and chamber &c. b. Novgorod, Russia, Apr. 1st, 1873; d. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., Mar. 28th, 1943.
Rubinstein, Anton Grigorievich. Studied in Moscow with Alexander Villoing (piano); in St. Petersburg; in Berlin with Dehn (theory), 1844-46. Court pianist in St. Petersburg; founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1862; director there, 1862-67, 1887-90; conductor. Composed operas, symphonies, chamber and piano music, songs, &c. b. Wechwotynecz, Bessarabia, Russia, Nov. 28th, 1829; d. Peterhof, near St. Petersburg, Nov. 20th, 1894.
Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1893); Commander, Legion of Honour, 1894. Pupil of Stamaty (piano) and Pierre Maleden (harmony); studied at the Paris Conservatory under Stamaty (piano), Maleden (theory), A. P. F. Boëly, François Benoist (organ), Reber (composiiton), Gounod (composition) and Halévy (composition); gaining organ prize, 1851;. Organist of St. Séverin’s, Paris; St. Méry’s, Paris, 1853-57; the Madeleine, Paris, 1858-77. Professor of piano at the Niedermeyer School, Paris, 1861-65. Composed symphonies, operas, ballets, incidental music, masses, odes, hymns, symphonic poems, concertos, chamber, piano and music, &c. b. Paris, France, Oct. 9th, 1835; d. Algiers, Algeria, Dec. 16th, 1921.
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.
Schytte, Ludvig (Ludwig) Theodor. Pupil of Anton Rée (piano), Edmund Neupert (piano), Gebauer (composition) and Gade (composition); studied in Berlin with Taubert; in Weimar with Franz Liszt. Taught at Horák’s Academy, 1887-88; the Stern Conservatory, Berlin, 1907-; pharmacist; concert pianist. Composed songs, &c. b. Århus, Denmark, Apr. 28th, 1848; d. Berlin, Germany, Nov. 10th, 1909.
Suppé (Suppé Demelli), Francesco (Franz) Ezechiele Ermenegildo von. Studied at Padua University; the Vienna Conservatory under Sechter and Seyfried. Conducted the Josephstadt Theatre, Vienna, Austria; in Pressburg; the Theatre an der Wien; the Leopoldstadt Theatre, Vienna, 1865-. Composed operas, &c. b. Spalato, Dalmatia, Apr. 18th, 1819; d. Vienna, Austria, May 21st, 1895.
Tschaikowsky, Peter Ilyich. Studied in St. Petersburg with Kündinger (piano); at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Zaremba and Anton Rubinstein. Professor of harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, 1866-77. Composed operas, symphonies, ballets, piano music, &c. b. Wotkinsk, Russia, May 7th, 1840; d. St. Petersburg, Nov. 18th, 1893.
Verdi, Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco. Studied in Busset0o with Provesi; Milan with Lavigna. Organist in Le Roncole, 1823. Composed operas, church music, &c. b. Le Roncole, near Busseto, Italy, Oct. 10th, 1813; d. St. Agata, near Busseto, Jan. 27th, 1901.
Wagner, Wilhelm Richard. Studied at the Keuzschule, Dresden; the Nikolai Gymnasium, Dresden; pupil of Gottlieb Müller (piano) and Weinlig. Chorus master in Würzburg, 1833; conductor in Magdeburg, 1834; Königsberg, 1836; of the Riga Opera, 1837-39; the Royal Opera, Dresden, 1842-49. Composed operas. b. Leipzig, Germany, May 22nd, 1813; d. Venice, Italy, Feb. 13th, 1883.
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