Nicodé

(né’-k6-da), Jean Louis, Jerczik, near Posen, Aug. 12, 1853— near Dresden, Oct. 5, 1919; pupil of his father and the organist Hartkas, and at Kullak’s Acad.; lived in Berlin as a pianist and teacher; 1878-85 pf.-teacher Dresden Cons.; 1897, cond. symph. poem “Riedel Verein”; “Maria Stuart’; ‘“Fac. schingsbilder,’ ‘“‘Sinfonische Variationen,” op. 27; “Das Meer,” symph. ode, for full orch.; ‘Erbarmen,” hymn for alto with orch., etc. Nicolai (né’-k6-li), (1) Otto, Kénigsberg, June 9, 18z0—of apoplexy, Berlin, May 11, 1849; son and pupil of a singing-teacher; studied with Zelter and Klein, later with Baini at Rome, where he was organist at the emba y chapel; 1837-38 theatre cond. at Vienna; again in Rome; 1841-47 ct.-cond. at Vienna and the Phil., 1842; 1847 cond. of the opera and cath.-choir, Berlin; prod. 5 v. succ. operas, incl. ‘‘Z/ Templario” (Turin, 1840; known in Germany as “Der Templer,” based Scott’s ““Ivanhoe’’); and the unctuous and still popular opera ‘“‘Die lustigen Wetber von Windsor,” based on and known in English as “The Merry Wives of Windsor’? (Berlin, 1849); he c. also a symph., etc.; biog. by Mendel (Berlin, 1868); his diary (“‘Tagebiicher”’) was pub. Leipizg, 1893. (2) Wm. Fr. Gerard, Leyden, Nov. 20, 18290—The Hague, April 25, 1896; profe or; notable conductor and composer.