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(ké-rd’-gi), Manuel, b. Pontavédra, Spain, 1890; violinist; pupil of R. Cons. in Madrid and Paris has toured Spain, France, England and (1936) U. S. A. Cons.; one of leading virtuosi of vln.; (kvit’-flékh), Jakob, Breberen, Aug. 27, 1854— Elberfeld, Feb. 23, 1915; pupil Church Music School, Regensburg; from 1881, teacher; from 1898, rector at Elberfeld; also cond. and organist; c. 7 ma es, many motets, etc. Quadrio (kw4’-dri-d), Ponte, Val tell in a, Fran. Saverio, 1695—Milan, 17506; theorist. (kwil-ya’-té), Paolo, a. Rome, ca. 1627; cembalist; c. one of the earliest mus. dramas (1611). Quantz (kvants), Jn. Joachim, Oberscheden, Hanover, 1697—Potsdam, 1773; noted flutist; inv. the second key and sliding top for tuning the flute; taught Frederick the Great; c. 500 flute pcs. Quaranta (kw4-rin’-ta), Fran., Naples, 1848—Milan, 1897; singing-teacher and dram. composer. Quarenghi (kwi-ran’-gé), Guglielmo, Casalmaggiore, 1826—Milan, 1882; ’cellist, profe or, conductor and dram. composer. ’ Quarles, Jas. Thos., b. St. Louis, Nov. 7, 1877; organist; pupil of Galloway, Vieh, Ehling and Kroeger; also with Widor in Paris; active for Raabe (r4’-bé), Peter, b. Frankfort am-Oder, Nov. 27, 1872; pupil of Bargiel; cond. at various theatres; 1899 at the Opera, Amsterdam; 1903, dir. Kaim orch., Munich; 1907-20, court cond. Weimar; c. song and piano pieces; after rg10, curator of Weimar Liszt museum; also writer on this composer and head of a committee to publish his complete works; 1920-34, gen. mus. dir., Aachen; 1935, pres. of Reich Music Chamber. Rabaud (ra’-bs), (1) Henri, b. Paris, Nov. ro, 1873; eminent composer; pupil of Ma enet and Gédalge at Paris Cons.; awarded Prix de Rome, 1894; son of the ’cellist (2) Hippolyte R. (who also taught at the Cons.); he served as cond. at the Op.-Comique and after 1908 also at the Opéra; 1914-18, chief cond. at latter house; 1918-19, he succeeded Muck as cond. of Boston Symph. Orch.; after 1920 he was dir. of the Paris Cons. (vice Fauré), c. many works in a witty, modern style of considerable colourfulne and charm, including the operas ‘‘ La Fille de Roland’ (Op.-Comique, 1904); “‘Le Premier Glaive” (Béziers Arena, 1908); ‘‘Marouf” (Paris, 1914, also at Met. Op. and with succ. at Ravinia Op., his most effective composition); ‘“‘Antoine Cléopatre’; “L’ Appel de la Mer” (1-act, Op.-Comique, 1924); also the oratorio ‘‘Job’’ (1900); 4 Psalms for soloists, chorus and orch.; 2 symphonies; symph. poem, “La Proce ion Nocturne” after Lenau’s “Faust,” a much played work; ““Poéme Virgilien” and “‘ Diverti ement sur des Airs Ru es,”’ both for orch.; string quartet, songs, etc. Rach man in off (rikh-mi’-né-néf), Sergei Va ilievitch, b. Novgorod, Ru ia, April 1, 1873; pianist and composer; pupil of Siloti (pf.) and (theory), Cons.; 1891, took gold medal; c. succ. r-act ‘‘Aleko’ (Moscow, 1893); in 1899 appeared in London as conductor and pianist; from 1903 piano prof. Mary in ski Inst. for Girls, Moscow; 1912, appointed chief cond. of the Opera St. Petersburg. began a series of notable tours of Europe and (after 1905) in the U. S., where from 1917 he made his home, as his estates in Ru ia had been confiscated by the Soviets. He also pa ed summers at his villa outside Paris. His fame as a pianist has become world-wide and he has toured each season as one of the most féted of performers, invariably playing to large audiences. His comps. include 3 symphonies; the tone poem, “Tsle of the Dead’’; 4 piano concertos; and a virtuosic work for piano and orch., “Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagan in i,” in which he has toured as soloist; (chamber music) ‘“‘Hlegiac’” Trio; sonata for cello and piano; (choral works) “The Bells” (after the poem by Poe); six choruses for women’s voices; “Fate”; (operas) ‘‘ Aleko”’ and ‘‘Francesca da Rimini”; a ma and other church music; also a large number of piano works, incl. several famous Preludes, and songs which have gained a wide popularity. (See article, page 510.) Radecke (ra dek8), (x) Rudolf, Dittmannsdorf, Silesia, 1829—Berlin, 1893; conductor, teacher and composer. (2) (Albert Martin), Robert, Dittmannsdorf, Oct. 31, 1830— Wernigerode, June 21, 1911; bro. of above; pupil of Leipzig Cons.; 1st vln. in Gewandhaus; then pianist and organist, Berlin; later mus.-dir. ct.-th.; 1871-84, ct.-cond.; 1883-88, artistic dir. Stern Cons.; 1892, dir. I. Biographical Dictionary of Musicians — R r