Torelli

(to-rél’-lé), Giu., Verona, ca. 1660—Ansbach, 1708; violinist and composer; developer of the “‘concerto gro o.”’ Tor’rance, Rev. G. Wm., Rath mines, near Dublin, 1835—Kilkenny, Aug. 20, 1907; chorister, Dublin; organist at St. Andrew’s, and St. Anne’s; studied at Leipzig, 1856; 1866, priest; 1869, Melbourne, Australia; 1895, incumbent at St. John’s there; Mus. Doc., k. c. Dublin, 1879; he returned to Ireland, 1897, and 1900 became canon at Kilkenny. His madrigal “Dry be that tear,” won Molyneux prize and London Madrigal Society medal, 1903; c. succ. oratorios, “Abraham” (Dublin, 1855), “The Captivity” (1864), and ‘The Revelation”? (Melbourne, 1882), services, an opera, etc. Torri (t6r’-ré), Pietro, ca. 1665 Munich, 1737; court-conductor and dram. composer.