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Michael, Heidingsfeld, Bavaria, Aug. 28, 1866—Darmstadt, Sept. 1, 1925; noted conductor; pupil of Wiirzburg Mus. Sch.; at 18 played ’cello in Mainz City Orch.; anc later in Schwerin and Bayreuth orchs.; founded mus. sch. in Nelson, Australia; later a viola virtuoso in England; 1896, a istant cond. at Bayreuth; choral dir. at Hamburg Op.; 1898, first cond. at Liibeck; after 1906, regularly cond. at Bayreuth; Ig11—14, succeeded Richter as cond. in Manchester, Engl.; after 1919, gen. mus. dir. in Darmstadt; one of Bang, Maia, b. Norway, April 1877; the leading Wagner conductors of his N. Y. Oct. 1940; violinist, pedagogue; day and ed. that composer’s works pupil of Leipzig Cons., Marteau and for the Breitkopf and Hartel comAuer; début in Oslo, 1900, where she lete edition. founded a music school; rg19 taught Baltzell, Winton J., Shireman stown, in Auer’s Academy in New York; Penn., Dec. 18, 1864—New York, has toured and lectured extensively Jan. 10, 1928; graduated Lebanon and is author of methods for violin. Valley College: at 24 ‘took up music, Ban’ister, (1) J., London, 1630—1676 studied with Emery and Thayer; (79?); court-violinist and composer. later in London with Bridge and (2) J. (Jr.), d. 1735, son of above; Parker, later with H. A. Clarke, court-violinist. (3) Chas. Wm., 1768 Philadelphia, as editor; taught mus i—1831; composer. (4) Hy. Joshua, cal history and theory at Ohio London, 1803—1847. (5) Hy. Chas., Wesley an University one year, then London, 1831—1897, son of (3); returned to Philadelphia; edited a pianist, teacher, and writer, pub. “Dictionary of Musicians” (1911). “‘Lectures on Musical Analysis,’ etc. Bamp’ton, Rose, b. Cleveland, O., Banti-Giorgi (bin’-té-jor’-jé), Brigida, Ig10; soprano; studied at Curtis Crema, Lombardy, 1759—Bologna, Inst. of Music, Philadelphia, with Feb. 18, 1806; dram. soprano; first a Horatio Connell and Queena Mario; chanteuse in a Paris café, later ensang with Chautauqua, N. Y., Op. gaged at the Grand Opera; toured A ’n., 1929; Europe with great succe ; her voice Grand Op. Co. for three seasons; with was remarkable in compa and even Philadelphia Orch., in Schénberg’s ne , but she was musically illiterate; “Gurrelieder”; and after 1933 with m. the dancer Zaccaria Banti. Met. Op. Co.; toured Europe with Ban’tock, Sir Granville, b. London, SUCC., 1937. Aug. 7, 1868; studied R. A. M., took Banchieri (bin-ki-a’-ré), Adr., Bologna, ist. Mac farren Prize for comp.; his 1565 (?)—1634; theorist and organist. first work, dram. cantata ‘‘The FireBanck (bank), K., Magdeburg, 1809— Worshippers,” prod., 1889; succe ful 1-act romantic opera Dresden, 1889; critic and vocal teacher. “‘Caedmar’’ (London, 1892), conductor of Gaiety Theatre Troupe; 1898 (ban-da-ri’-lé),. Davidde, he founded the New Brighton Choral Lodi, 1780—Paris, 18409, buffo tenor, then teacher at Paris Cons. Society; 1900 Principal Birmingham and Midland Inst. School of Music Band in i (bin-dé’-né) (1) Primo, Parma, and cond. various societies; 1908 Nov. 29, 1857—Piacenza, May 3, succeeded Elgar in Peyton Chair of 1928, where he was dir. of Cons. Music at Birmingham Univ.; 1898 after 1886; pupil R. School of Music he married Helena von Schweitzer. there; composed succe ful operas He c. ‘Omar Khayyam” for voices “Eufemio di Me ina” (Parma, 1878), and orch. Part I (Birmingham Fest., “Rausta’”’? (Milan, 1886), “Janko” 1906), Part II (Cardiff Fest., 1907), (Turin, 1897). (2) Uberto Rieti, UmPart III (Birmingham Fest., 1909); bria, March 28, 1860—near Naples, comedy overture, ‘‘The Pierrot of the Noy. 20, 1919; pupil of Giust in i an i, Minute,’ overture to ‘‘Oedipos at Boldoni, Ro i Tergiani, and SgamKolonos’: (Worcester Fest., 1011); bat i; composed prize overture ‘‘ leoma for male voices; chamber music; nor a,” symphony, etc.: choral symphs., ‘‘ A talant a in CalyBandrowski (bain-dr6f’-shkY), Alex. Ritdon” and “‘Vanity of Vanities’; festiter von, Lubackzow, Galicia, April 22, val symph., ‘“‘Christ us’’; choral suite, 1860—Cracow, May 28, 1913; oper“Pageant of Human Life’; toneatic tenor, studied Cracow University, poems, ‘‘Thalabra,” ‘‘Dante,” *‘ Huthen with Sangiovanni, Milan, and dibras,”. ‘“‘Witch of Atlas,” “Lalla Salvi, Vienna; début Berlin, for some Rookh,”. ‘“‘Great God Pan,” ‘‘ Dante years leading tenor Cologne opera, and Be at rice,” ‘‘Fifine at the Fair,” also in Ru ia, and oratorio in Eng‘“‘He bride an” Symph.; land; sang Paderewski’s ““Manrw”’ at “Saul,” “Cain,” “Belshazzar,” ‘‘EuWarsaw and in New York, 1902. gene Aram,” “To a Greek Tragedy”;