Jimmerthal

(yim’-mér-tal), Hn., Liibeck, 1809—1886; organist, org.builder and writer. ‘ Jiranek (yé’-ri-nék), (1) Anton, ca. 1712—Dresden, Jan. 16, ©1761; studied at Prague; later joined the royal chapel at Warsaw. (2) Josef, b. Ledec, Bohemia, March 24, 1855, pianist; pupil of Smetana, and of the organ school at Prague; studied the harp with Stanek, the violin with Hrimaly, and was a harpist at first; 1877-91 piano teacher at Charkov; 1891-1913, prof. at Prague Cons.; c. “Ballade” and “Scherzo fantast i que’’ for orch., piano pieces; author of methods. His brother (3) Aloys, b. Ledec, Sept. 3, 1858; pupil of Prague Organ School, and in composition of Fibich; from 1881, piano teacher at Charkov; c. opera ‘‘Dagmar,” etc. Kittsee, (y6’-a-khém), (x) Jos., near Pre burg, June 28, 1831—Berlin, Aug. 15, 1907; eminent violinist; studied at 5 with Szervacinski, Pesth, with whom he appeared in public at 7; from 1841, at Vienna Cons. with Béhm; at 12, played in Leipzig, and soon after at the Gewandhaus, with much succ.; frequently leader of the Gewandhaus Orchestra; 1844, made his first of many appearances in London; 1849, Concertmeister of the Weimar orch.; 1854, cond. and solo violinist to the King of Hanover; 1863’ m. Amalie Wei (v. infra); 1868 head of the Hochschule, Berlin; 1877, Mus. Doc. hk. ¢., Cambridge Univ.; had many degrees from German universities, and various orders of knighthood; preeminence as a cla icist and solo performer; his famous J. Quartet included De Ahna, Wirth and Hausmann. Hec. ‘‘Hungarian” concerto for violin, and 2 others, and variations with orch., also overture to ‘““Hamlet’?; 4 overtures incl. ‘‘Dem Andenken Kleists”’; Hebrew Melodies, for vla. and pf.; Op. 14, ‘‘“Szene der Marfa” (from Schiller’s Demetrius), for contralto solo with orch.; three cadenzas to Beethoven’s vln.-concerto, etc. (2) Amalie (née Wei , rightly, Schneewei ), Marburg, Styria, May 10, 1839—Berlin, Feb. 3, 1899; eminent concert and soprano; then contralto and teacher; wife of above. Joao IV. (zhown), King of Portugal, Villa-Vicosa, 1604—Lisbon, 1656; theorist and composer.