Chad’wick

Music Lover's Encyclopedia · 1939 · p. 3
George White field, Lowell, Ma ., Nov. 13, 1854—Boston, April 7, 1931; studied organ, etc., under Eugene Thayer at Boston; 1876 head of mus. dept. of Olivet Coll., Mich.; 1877-78 Cons. (Reinecke, Jada ohn), graduation piece being an overture to “Rip Winkle’; studied at Munich with Rheinberger; 1880, organist Boston and teacher of harm., comp. and instrumentation at the N. E. Cons.; 1897-1931, dir.; cond. the Worcester Mus. Festivals, resigned, 1902; c. 3 symphonies; overtures, “Rip Van Winkle”? (?79). “Thalia” (783), ‘‘Melpomene” (?87), “The Miller's Daughter” (88); 3 symphonic sketches for orch.; comic opera ‘‘Tabasco” (New York, ’94); many choral works; ‘The Colum-~ bian Ode” (Chicago, ’93); overtures “*Adonais”* (1900); “* Buter pe”? (1904); ‘‘Cleopatra’”’ (1906); symphonic sketches (1908); theme, variations and fugue for organ and orch. (1909); “Sinfonietta” (1910); “Suite Symphonique” for orch. winning $700 prize of Nat. Federation of Clubs (1910); c. also ‘Noel’ (1909); “ Loch in var,”’ ballad for barytone and orch., 1909. ‘‘Sudith” lyric drama, Worcester Fest., 1900; incid. music to ‘‘Everywoman” (1911); symph. poem ‘“‘A phrodite” (Norfolk, 1912), “Tam O’Shanter” (1917); opera “Love’s Sacrifice’ (1915), 5 string quartets, trio, piano quintet, church music, songs, etc.; wrote a text-book on ‘‘Harmony” (Boston, 1898). (shal-ya’-pén), Ivanovich, Kazan, Feb. 11, 1873— Paris, April 12, 1938. Eminent Ru ian ba ; pupil of Ou atov, in Tiflis; sang in various cities, finally at Moscow, and with immense succe in European capitals; 1908, New York, at Met. Op. in Italian roles, but on his return in 1921 to U. S. he established his full artistic stature as a powerfully eloquent protagonist in ‘“‘Boris Godounoff,” and as Me phis top heles, King Philip in “Don Carlos,” etc.; also a highly individual concert singer, mostly of Ru ian songs. (shal’-li-ér), Ernst, Berlin, July 9, 1843—Gie en, Sept. 109, 1914; music-publisher, Berlin.
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