Baklanoff

(bik-lin’-df), Georges, bSt. Petersburg, 1882—Basle, 1938; barytone; LL. B., Petersburg Univ., 1904; studied singing with Vittorio Vanzo; début in Rubin stein’s ‘Demon,” 1905; Op., Berlin Royal Op., Vienna Imp. Op., Moscow, Petrograd, Carlo, Budapest, Stockholm, Munich; first visited U. S., 1909; member Boston Op. Co., and after 1917 of Chicago Op. Co. Balakirew (ba-la-ké’-réf), Mily Alexejevitch, Nijni-Novgorod, Jan. 2, 1837 —St. Petersburg, May 28, 1910; eminent composer; member Group of Five; studied at Kasan Univ., as a musician, self-taught; début as pianist in St. Petersburg, 1855; founded the ‘‘Free Music School,” 1862; 1866, opera-conductor Prague; 1867-70, Imp. Society, St. Petersburg, retired 1872; composed symph. poems ‘‘ Ru ia” and ‘‘Tamara”’; music to ‘‘ King Lear’’; 4 overtures; an Oriental fantasia, ‘‘Islamey,” for pf., also symphonies in C and in D minor; piano concerto, many smaller works for the instrument and two collections of songs. His letters to and from Tschaikowsky were ed. by Liapunov (1912). (ba-lirt’), Gabriel, Barcelona, 1824—1893; studied in Paris; conductor, later director, Barcelona Cons.; composed zarzuelas (Vide D. D.). Balat’ka, Hans, Hoffnungsthal, Moravia, 1827—Chicago, 18099; studied at Vienna; 1849, America; 1851, founded the Milwaukee Musikverein; 1860, Philh. Soc.; composed cantatas, etc. (bal-batr), Claude Louis, Dijon, 1729—Paris, 1799; pupil and friend of Rameau; organist and composer.