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... Italian soprano, especially in verismo opera. Gemma Bellincioni made her operatic debut in Naples in 1879. In 1890, she premiered the role of Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. He referred to her performance of the role again in a short ...
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... Singer at the Vienna Court Opera, also Lieder and oratorio singer (bass); professor of drama at the Vienna Conservatory/Academy for Music and Performing Arts 1902–15. ...
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... Cuban pianist who included 18th-century harpsichord music in his programs, but in one of the 20th century's earliest performance practice debates, he challenged Landowska's advocacy of the harpsichord. ...
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... Mezzo-soprano, sang at the Vienna Court Opera 1881–91, Lieder singer from 1892; professor of singing at the Vienna Conservatory/Academy for Music and Performing Art 1892–1930. ...
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... Bohemian violinist, teacher of many famous violinists including Szymon Goldberg and Efrem Zimbalist; professor of the violin master school at the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Art 1909–18. Ševčik and Schenker Ševčik is briefly mentioned in ...
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... of Kleiber's performance of the "Blue Danube" Waltz in his diary and lessonbook (Feb 4: "Kleiber's performance was extraordinary beyond words: to the point in every emphasis, in every shading, even if it departed completely from the usual picture ...
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... , was involved in the preparations for the first performance of Die Meistersinger in 1868, and himself conducted Die Meistersinger and Rienzi in 1869. In 1872, he accepted the position of Ludwig II's Hofkapellmeister at Munich. He was deeply committed to ...
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... German choral conductor, composer, and editor. In 1882, Ochs founded the Philharmonischer Chor in Berlin, which became one of the leading choruses in Germany, and merged with the Berlin Hochschule der Musik in 1920. He specialized in performances of ...
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... American soprano. Geraldine Farrar performed widely in opera houses in Europe as well as the USA between 1901 and 1922, continuing as a concert artist until 1931. Her most famous roles were the title roles in Madam Butterfly and Carmen. She also ...
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... Polish-American pianist, teacher, and composer. Career Summary Steuermann studied with Busoni in Berlin and with Arnold Schoenberg. In 1912 he played in the first performance of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, and after that in every one of his first ...