Abbey, Henry Eugene
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Theatre; Music Business, Institutions, and Organizations. 1225 words.
Abbey, Henry Eugene (27 June 1846–17 October 1896), theatrical and operatic manager and impresario, was born in Akron, Ohio, the son of Henry Stephen Abbey, a clockmaker and partner in a...
Abbott, Emma
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Voice; Music Business, Institutions, and Organizations. 1175 words.
Abbott, Emma (09 December 1850–05 January 1891), soprano and opera impresario, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Seth Abbott, an itinerant musician and music teacher, and...
Abel, Karl Friedrich (1723–1787), composer and concert impresario
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Composition; Music Business, Institutions, and Organizations. 1034 words.
Abel, Karl Friedrich (1723–1787), composer and concert impresario, was born on 22 December 1723 in Cöthen, Saxony, one of six children. His father, Christian Ferdinand Abel (c.1683–1737),...
Abell, John (b. 1653, d. in or after 1716), singer and composer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Voice; Composition. 711 words.
Abell, John (b. 1653, d. in or after 1716), singer and composer, was born in Aberdeenshire and was admitted as a 'gentleman of his majesty's chapel extraordinary' on 1 May 1679, about which...
Abrahams, Doris Caroline [pseud. Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982), writer and songwriter
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Composition; Literature. 901 words.
Abrahams, Doris Caroline [pseud. Caryl Brahms] (1901–1982), writer and songwriter, was born at 28 Morland Road, Croydon, Surrey, on 8 December 1901, the only child of Henry Clarence...
Abrams, Harriett (c. 1758–1821), singer and composer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Voice; Composition. 1820 words.
Abrams, Harriett (c. 1758–1821), singer and composer, was, according to her niece's husband, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, the daughter of a man who came to England 'in the suite of some...
Abrams, Theodosia (c. 1769–1849), singer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Voice. 3 words.
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Abshire, Nathan
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Country and Western Music; Keyboard. 1205 words.
Abshire, Nathan (27 June 1913–13 May 1981), Cajun musician, was born near Gueydan, Louisiana, the son of Lennis Abshire. His mother’s name is unknown. From a family of accordion players,...
Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction
June 2010; p ublished online May 2012 .
Book. Subjects: Applied Music. 336 pages.
Recordings are now the primary way we hear classical music, especially the more abstract styles of “absolute” instrumental music. This book argues that recording technology has transformed...
Accents and Other Expression Marks
in Discoveries from the Fortepiano
December 2015; p ublished online December 2015 .
Chapter. Subjects: Applied Music. 3000 words.
The chapter explores how the matchless sound qualities of the fortepiano determine execution of essential Classical Era signs and symbols. Eighteenth-century music notational language is...
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