Mar’beck

J. (or: Merbecke), 1523— 1585; Engl. organist and composer. (miar-chél’-16), Benedetto, Venice, July 24, 1686—Brescia, July 24, 1739; noted composer, pupil of Gas par in i and Lotti; held gov’t positions; pub. satires, and ¢. 50 psalms, madrigals, operas, oratorios, etc. March and (mar-shin), Louis, Lyons, 1669—in poverty, Paris, 1732; an org.-virtuoso whose fame wilted before his failure to meet J. S. Bach in a duel of virtuosity; c. clavecin pcs., etc. Mar’chant, Arthur Wm., London, Oct. 18, 1850—Sterling, Nov. 23, 1922; organist in English churches; 1880-82, St. John’s Cath., Denver, Col.; 1895, organist, Dumfries, Scotland; wrote text-books; c. Psalm 48, with orch.; ‘‘A Morning Service” and an “Evening Service,” etc. (mir-ka’-zé), (1) Luigi (‘‘Marchesi’ni”), Milan, 1755—Inzago, Dec. 14, 1829; soprano musico. (2) Salvatore, Cavaliere De Castrone (da-kas-tr6’-né) (Marchese Rajata), Palermo, Jan. 15, 1822— Paris, Feb. 20, 1908; studied mus. with -Raimondi, Lamperti and Fontana; exiled «gter the Revolution of 1848, and début as barytone, N. Y.; then studied with Garcia, London; a succ. concert-singer; 1852 m. Mathilde Graumann (v. infra), and they sang together in opera, later taught together at Vienna Cons., 1865-69, Cologne Cons.; 1869-81, Vienna, then in Paris; pub. a vocal method, translations, etc.; c. songs. (3) Mathilde (née Graumann), Frankfort on-M., March 24, 1821—London, Nov. 18, 1913; famous singing teacher; pupil of Nicolai, Vienna, and Garcia, Paris; sang in concert; wife of above (q. v.); pub. a vocal method, vocalises, and autobiog. “Marchesi and Music,’ enlarged from “Aus meinem Leben’ (Dii eldorf, 1887). (4) Blanche, Paris, 1863—London, 1940; daughter of (3) and (2); soprano; after 1896 lived in London as singing teacher; later in Paris; author, ‘‘A Singer’s Pilgrimage’’;m. Baron André Caccamisi.