Bouichére

(bwé-shir), Emile, 1860 (?)—Paris, Sept. 4, 1895; pupil of G. Lefévre’s Acad.; est. a vocal acad. 1892; composed valuable sacred and chamber music. Prix de Rome, 1913; composed various orch., chamber music, and vocal works of considerable promise and left incomplete at her early death the opera ‘‘La Prince e Maleine.” Boult (bolt), Sir Adrian, b. Chester, Engl., April 8, 1889; ed. Westminster School, Church, Oxford; studied Leipzig Cons.; Mus. D., Oxford; début as conductor, Covent Garden Op., 1914; led Birmingham Orch., 1923-36; London Bach Choir, after 1928; guest cond., Royal Philharmonic Soc., London Symphony and Queens Hall Orch.; prof. conducting at Royal College of Music since 1919; cond., Patron’s Fund Concerts and of British Broadcasting Corp. Orch.; visited America as guest cond. of Boston Symph. Orch., 1935. Knighted, 1937. (boo’-man), G.,, Herzogenbusch, Holland, Dec. 29, 1858—Gouda, May 11, 1901; pupil of Brée and Holl; city director at Gouda; c. operas, ma es, etc. (boor-go-diikoo-dré), Louis-Albert, Nantes, Feb. 2, 1840—Vernouillet, July 4, 1910; pupil of Thomas at Paris Cons., taking Grand Prix de Rome, 1862; prof. of mus. hist. at the Cons. 1878; wounded as volunteer at siege of Paris; later visited Greece and wrote on Oriental music. (bour’-zhwd), (1) Loys {Louis}, Paris, ca. 1510—(?); disciple of Calvin; 1545-57, Geneva; one of the first to harmonise the French melodies; wrote ‘‘Le droict chem in de musique,” proposing the naming the tones after solmisation-syllables, a system since prevalent in France. (2) Louis Thomas, Fontaine l’Evéque, 1676—Paris, 1750; tenor and composer; d. in poverty.