Gleitz

(glits), K., Hetzerode, near Ca el, Sept. 13, 1862—Torgau, June, 1920; studied Leipzig Cons. and Munich Music School, and in Berlin; c. symph.-poem ‘‘Fata Morgan a” (played by Nikisch at the Berlin Philh. concerts, 1898); “‘Ahasuerus,”” “Venus and Bell on a,” etc., for orch.; ‘‘ Hafbur and Signild,” for chorus; ‘‘In lichter,” a pf.-fantasy with orch.; vln.-sonata, etc. Gliére (glé-ar), Reinhold Moritzovich, composer; b. Kiev, Dec. 36, 1874 (QoS), or Jan Y2r; 92075, -Negs:)s pupil of Moscow Cons., winning gold medal; in 1913, prof. Kiev Cons.; 1914, dir. of same; after 1920, prof. of comp., Moscow Cons. He has enjoyed honours under the Soviet regime, and has striven to embody revolutionary and proletarian ideals in his later productions. His ballet, “The Red Poppy,” became for a time most popular on the stages of the U.S. S. R., and a lively “‘Sazlor’s Dance” from this work has been perf. widely in other countries, incl. U. S.. His principal works include 2 symphonies, ‘‘Les Sirénes,” ‘Ilya Mourometz”’; and ‘‘Triana” for orch.; 3 string quartets, 3 string sextets, octet for strings; the ballet ‘‘Chrysis,” etc. Glinka (glink’-4), Michail Ivanovitch, Novospaskéi, near Smolensk, Ru ia, June zt (new style), 1804—Berlin, Feb. 15, 1857; piano-virtuoso and composer, father of the new nationalistic School; noble birth; pupil of Bokm (vin.), Mayer (theory and pf.), John Field (pf.). Of very weak health, he studied vocal composition in Italy; 1834 with Dehn in Berlin; prod. at St. Petersburg, 1836, the first Ru ian national opera ‘“‘A Life for the Czar” (Zarskaja Skisu or Ivan Su an in a), with succ. still lasting; the next opera ‘‘Ru lan and Ludmilla’”’ (St. P., 1842) was also succ. (book by Pushkin); 1844 in Paris he gave orch. concerts strongly praised by Berlioz; 1845-47, Madrid and Seville, where he c. ‘‘Jota Aragonese,”’ a ‘Capriccio brillante’’ for orch., and “Souvenir d’une nuit @été d Madrid,” for orch.; 1851, Paris; 1854-55, near St. Petersburg writing his autobiography, planning a never-attempted opera; he visited Dehn at Berlin in 1856, and died there suddenly; Glinka’s other comp. incl. 2 unfinished symphonies; 2 polonaises for orch.; a fantasia, ‘‘La Kamarinskaja”’; a septet; 2 string-quartets; trio for pf., clar. and oboe; dramatic scenes; vocal-quartets, songs and pf.-pcs.