Ron’ald

Sir Landon, b. London, June 7, 1873—Aug. 14, 1938; composer; son of Henry Ru ell, com. poser, and bro. of the impresario of that name; studied R. Coll. of Music, London, with Parry, Stanford and Parratt; début as pianist; former cond. at Covent Garden and with August us Harris Op. Co. on tour; with London Symph., Royal Albert Hall Orch., and at various times with Scottish Orch., Manchester Symph., London and Liverpool Philh. Orchs., also widely as guest in continental cities; prin. Guildhall School of Music, 1910-38; fellow R. Coll. of Music, 1924; c. ballets, orch.and piano music, and songs; served as music critic of various publications; author, “Variations on a Personal Theme,” “Schumann,” “Tschaikowsky.” Ronchetti-Monteviti (rén-két’-té ménta-vé'-té), Stefano, Asti, 1814— Casale Monferrato, 1882; pupil of B. Neri, Milan; 1850, prof. of comp. at the Cons.; 1877, dir.;.c. an opera, a motet, etc. Ronconi (rén-kd’-né), (1) Dom., Lendinara, Rovigo, July «21, 1772— Milan, April 13, 1839; singer and famous vocal-teacher; tenor, 1800, dir. of the ct.-opera, Vienna, 181929; singing-master to the prince , Munich; 1829, a singingsch. at Milan; pub. vocal exercises. (2) Giorgio, Milan, 1810—18g0; son of above; barytone; 1863, teacher at Cordova, Spain; from 1867, New York; composer. (3) Felice, Venice, 1811—St. Petersburg, 1875; singing teacher and writer. (4) Sebastiano, b. Venice, 1814; barytone, violinist and teacher, Milan.