Mauke

(mow’-ké), Wilhelm, Hamburg, Feb. 25, 1867—Wiesbaden. Aug. 25, 1930; pupil of Léwe and Huber; then at Munich Akad. der Tonkunst; acted as critic; c. symph poem ‘“‘Einsamkeit” (arter Stuck and Nietzsche), operas, songs, etc. Maurel (mo6-rél), Victor, Marseilles June 17, 1848—New York, Oct. 22 1923; eminent barytone; Marseilles and with Vauthrot at the Paris Cons., gaining 1st prizes in singing and opera; début, 1868 at the Gr. Opéra as ‘“‘de Nevers’’ in “Les Huguenots’; 1870, sang at La Scala, Milan, then in New York, Egypt, Ru ia with Patti, London, etc.; 1883, co-director Th. It alien, Paris, without succ.; sang in all the capitals as the supreme dramatic artist. of his operatic generation, his splendid impersonation and vocal art carrying conviction after his voice lost its youth; he created ‘Iago’ in Verdi’s ‘‘Otello,” 1887, stamped “Don Giovanni’ and other réles with his own personality as a criterion; after 1909 taught in New York.