Rudhyar

(riid’-yér), Dane, b. Paris, 1895; composer; has lived in U. S. since 1916; won Los Angeles Orch. prize, 1920, for symph. poem, “‘Surge of Fire”; author of book on Debu y; his orch. works incl. also Three Dance Poems, Sinfonietta, “Desert Chants,” “Ouranos’’; “Five Stanzas’’; “To the Real’; symphony; ‘Hero Chants,” etc. Rudnick (root’-nik), Wilhelm, Dammerkow, Pomerania, Dec. 30, 1850— Liegnetz, Aug. 7, 1927; pupil of Kullak’s Acad., and of Dienel; org. at Liegnitz; c. opera “‘Otto der Schiitz” (1887); “Der ‘Judas Iscariot,’ Verlorene Sohn,” etc. Ru’dolph, (1) Jn. J. R., Arch-duke of Austria, Florence, 1788 — Baden, Vienna, 1831; pianist and composer; pupil and intimate friend of Beethoven. (2) Jn. J., 1730—1812, vin. and horn player.