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(stér-vé), (1) Adrien Fran., Hal, near Bru els, 1807—1866; eminent ’cellist and teacher; pupil of his father and of Platel, début Paris. 1834; 1848, Prof. Bru els Cons. and soloist to the King; toured widely; c. 3 concertos for ’cello, etc. (2) Jos., Hal, 1850—1885; son and pupil of above; Cons. ’cellist and prof. Bru els (3) Franz or Frangois' (Matthieu), 1844—Asniéres, Jan. 14, rgo1; cond. at Bru els; c. opera “TL A ppolonide”’ or “Ion” (Carlsruhe 1899). Son of Adrien Fr. (q. v.). Se ions (sésh’-dns), Roger, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1896; composer; studied Yale School of Music with Parker, also with Ernest. Bloch; taught theory, Cleveland Inst. of Music, 1921-25; awarded Damrosch Fellowship at Amer. Acad. in Rome, 1928; founded (with Aaron Copland) Copland - Se ions Concerts; dir. school of music, N. Y.; c. 2 symphonies (1st played by Boston Symph. and at Intern at’l Soc. for Contemp. Music Fest., Geneva); incidental music to Andreyeff’s ‘Black Maskers’’, suite which has been perf. by many Amer. orchs.; vIn. concerto, piano sonata, works for organ, etc. (sa-ta-ché-ol’-€), Giacomo, Corneto Tarquinia, Italy, Dec. 8, 1868—Siena, Dec. 5, 1925; composer; studied at Liceo of Santa Cecila, Rome, his opera, “La Sorell a di Mark,” was given at Costanzi Theatre, 1896; c. (opera) “Adrienne Lecouvreur’; teacher after 1922 at St. Cecilia ‘Acad., and succeeded Pizzetti as dir. of Cherubin i Cons., Florence, 1925. $ evcik (shéf’-chik), Otokar, HoraZdiowitz, Bohemia, March 22, 1852— Pisek, Jan. 18, 1934; famous violin teacher; pupil of Prague Cons.; from 1870 concertmaster various cities; 1875 prof. at Kiev; 1892-1906 at Prague Cons.; 1909-19, dir. of master school of vin., Vienna State Cons.; later taught in U. S. and at Pisek; teacher of Kubelik, Kocian, etc.; author of methods; c. Bohemian dances, variations, etc. 8 évérac (si-va-rik), Déodat de, Saint Felix, July 20, 1873—Rou illon, March 23, 1921; writer and composer; pupil Toulouse Cons., and the Schola can to rum, Paris; c. 2-act drama “Le Ceur de Moulin’ (Op. Com. Paris, 1909); lyric tragedy “ Héliogabale” (Arénes de Beziers, 1910); “Muguetto” (1911); “ Héléne de Sparte’ (Paris 1912); symph. poems, “Nymphes au Crépuscule”’ and “‘Didon et Enée’’; a piano sonata, etc. § evitzky (sé-vét’-ské), Fabien, b. Vishni Volotchek, Ru ia, Sept. 30, 1893; (family name, Kou evitzky, nephew of Serge); conductor; studied Petersburg Cons. with Siloti and Liadoff, grad. with gold medal; played with ‘Moscow Imp. Theatre orch.; coming to America, he founded Chamber String Sinfonietta at Phila.; also for a time cond. of Boston People’s Symph.; 1937, appointed cond. of Symph.; m. Kou evitzky, singer. 5 eyffardt (zif’-fairt), Ernst Hn., b. Crefeld, 1859; pupil of Cologne Cons. and of Kiel; 1892-1924, conductor Neuer Singverein, Stuttgart; c. dram. scene “ Thusnelda,” “Trauerfeier beim Tode einer Jungfrau,” symph., sonatas, MS. opera “The Bells of Plurs,” etc.: (zi’-frét), Ignaz X., Ritter von, Vienna, 1776—1841; conductor, writer and dram. composer.