Keiser

(ki’-zér), Reinhard, Teuchern, near Wei enfels, Jan. 9, 1674— Hamburg, Sept. 12, 1739; the father of German opera, the first to employ popular subjects and to leave the Italian and French pattern; also noteworthy for his instrumentation and dramatic force; pupil of his father; c. 116 operas at Hamburg from 1694; mgr. the opera there, ct. cond. and later canon and cantor; c. also oratorios, ma es, etc. Kel’berine, Alex, Kiev, 1903—N. Y., Jan. 30, 1940; pupil of Busoni and Siloti; toured in Europe; N. Y. début, 1928; head of piano dept., Sternberg Cons., Phila.; has appeared as soloist with leading Amer: orchs. Keler-Bela (rightly Adabert von Keler) (ka’-lér ba’-lai), Bartfeld, Hungary, Feb. 13, 1820—Wiesbaden, Nov. 20, 1882; violinist, conductor and comoser. Kal'ler, (x) Gottfried (called Godfrey), b. in Germany; teacher and writer in London, 1707. (2) Max, Trostberg, Bavaria, 1770—Altédtting, 1855; organist and composer. (3) K., De au, 1784—Schaffhausen, 1855; ct.-flutist, conductor and composer. (4) F. A. E., inv., 1835. the unsucc. ‘“‘pupitre-improv is at eur” (v. D. D.), and pub. a method.