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Claude Hobday
Claude Hobday (12 May 1872, Faversham, Kent – 10 March 1954, Surbiton, England) was an England, English double-bass player, a member of a well-known musical family, who took part in various early chamber-music recordings. Biography Early life Claude Hobday was the younger brother of the violist Alfred Charles Hobday (1870–1942) and the brother-in-law of the pianist Ethel Hobday (née Sharpe). He studied with A.C. White at the Royal College of Music in London from 1888-1892. Career He played in leading orchestras, including the Royal English Opera under Sir Arthur Sullivan, the Glasgow Choral Union under Augustus Manns, the Scottish Orchestra under George Henschel, in the Hans Richter (conductor), Richter Concerts in London, in the London Symphony Orchestra as a founding member from 1904–10, in the Beecham Symphony Orchestra from 1910–16 and in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, before becoming a founder member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1930. He retired from playing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faversham
Faversham () is a market town in Kent, England, from Sittingbourne, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2 road (Great Britain), A2, which follows an ancient British trackway now known as Watling Street, which was used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons. There has been a settlement at Faversham since pre-Roman times, next to the ancient sea port on Faversham Creek. The Roman name was Durolevum. The modern name is of Old English origin, probably meaning "the metal-worker's village". It was inhabited by the Saxons and mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Favreshant''. The town was favoured by Stephen of England, King Stephen who established Faversham Abbey, which survived until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538. Subsequently, the town became an important seaport and established itself as a centre for brewing, and the Shepherd Neame Brewery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henschel
Sir Isidor George Henschel (18 February 185010 September 1934) was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher. First trained as a pianist, he was a concert singer who sometimes sang to his own accompaniment. He was a close friend of Johannes Brahms. His first wife Lillian was also a singer. He was the first conductor of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He taught at the Institute of Musical Art in New York City. Biography Georg Isidor Henschel was born at Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862. He subsequently took up singing, initially and briefly as a ''bass'' but developing a fine baritone voice. In 1868, he sang the role of Hans Sachs in a concert performance of Wagner's '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' at Munich. With one minor and unplanned exception, he never sang on stage, confining himself to concert appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Withers
Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket, a character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Great Expectations'' * Herbert West, title char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Mangeot
André Louis Mangeot (25 August 1883 – 11 September 1970) was a French-born violinist and impresario who later became naturalised in England. André's father was the piano-maker Edouard Mangeot. Life Born in Paris, Mangeot studied at the Conservatoire de Paris before settling in London, where he played initially in the Queen’s Hall Orchestra and at Covent Garden. In 1910 he married Olive Fowke, from whom he was divorced in 1931. He founded the International String Quartet in 1919, to which he invited the young John Barbirolli to become its cellist. This specialised in modern works, especially by French and British composers. They performed the British première of Fauré’s Quartet op.121 in October 1925, made the first recording of Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in 1927, and collaborated in the first (broadcast) performance of Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Quartet
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Internationalism (politics) * Political international, any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Panormo
Panormo is the name of an important Italian family of violin makers, resident originally in Palermo, later in Naples, Paris, Dublin and, for years, in London. They are celebrated for introducing the Stradivari style of violin-making to England. The family name was originally Trusiano, but the additional appellation “Panormo”, meaning “of Palermo”, was adopted in the 18th and 19th centuries. The earliest recorded member of the Panormo family was Gaspare Trusiano Panormo, whose label is found in an early 18th-century double bass. Vincenzo Trusiano Panormo (1734–1813) was born in Monreale, near Palermo. The family moved to Naples in 1759, and Vincenzo is thought to have studied violin making in Naples with the celebrated Gagliano family of luthiers resident there. From around 1770 to 1789, Panormo worked in Paris as a violin maker. At the start of the French Revolution, he moved for several years to Dublin, where he worked with Thomas Perry,Irish Times, William Galland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gagliano Family
Gagliano is the name of a famous family of Italian luthiers from Naples, dating back to the early 18th century. The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen ''Gagliano'' violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Alessandro Gagliano ( 1700 – 1735) Naples, Italy. As a youth, Alessandro worked in the shops of famed luthiers Nicolo Amati and Antonio Stradivari. After returning to Naples from Cremona, he became the founder of the Neapolitan school. Authentic examples of his instruments in good condition are scarce. A few violas, cellos, one double bass, and several violins have survived. *Typical label: Alexandri r AlessandroGagliano Alumnus Antonio Stradivarius fecit Anno 1722 Nicolò Gagliano I (active 1730 – 1780) Naples, Italy. Nicolò Gagliano (also known as ''Nicolo'', ''Nicola'' or the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasparo Da Salò
Gasparo da Salò (20 May 154214 April 1609) is the name given to Gasparo Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers and an expert double bass player. Around 80 of his instruments are known to have survived to the present day: violins (small and large), alto and tenor violas, viols, violones and double basses, violas designed with only a pair of corners, and ceteras. Career Gasparo da Salò was born in 1542 in Salò on Lake Garda, Brescia, Italy, in a family with legal, artistic, musical and craft interests. His grandfather Santino, a land and flock owner who it is believed likely produced musical gut strings, moved from Polpenazze to Salò, capital of the Riviera del Garda, possibly in search of the greater opportunities then available in Salò, whose music scene was very rich and vibrant. Gasparo da Salò was the son and nephew of two accomplished musicians, Francesco and Agostino, who were violin players and composers of the highest professional level, distinguished e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testore
Testore is an Italian surname. Among the most famous Testore was a family of violin makers, active from the late seventeenth to the end of the eighteenth century in Milan. Their reputation at the time was not high, as their instruments were known for being made quickly and using average materials, but they are more highly esteemed today. Their works often feature the emblem of an eagle (''Al segno dell'Aquila''). *Carlo Giuseppe Testore (1665–1716), Milanese luthier and father of Carlo Antonio and Paolo Antonio *Carlo Antonio Testore Carlo Antonio Testore (1687–1765) was a Milanese luthier. Life and career Carlo Antonio Testore was born in Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area a ... (1693–1765), Milanese luthier and son of Carlo Giuseppe * Paolo Antonio Testore (c.1690–c.1760), Milanese luthier and son of Carlo Giuseppe * Pietro Testore (1732–c. 1800), Milanese luthier, son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Baines (musician)
Francis Athelstan Baines (11 April 1917 – 4 April 1999) was a British player of the treble viol, double bass and other instruments, composer and teacher. He co-founded and led the Jaye Consort of Viols. Biography Baines was born on 11 April 1917 in Oxford. His younger brother was the musicologist, conductor and bassoonist Anthony Baines. Francis Baines attended the Royal College of Music, where he was taught by the composer Herbert Howells. Early in his career, he played the double bass in the Boyd Neel Orchestra (where he was principal) and the Philomusica. He later embraced the period instrument movement, playing the treble viol. His playing, and that of his wife, June, is described in his ''Grove Music Online'' entry as "sweet and lyrical". He founded the Jaye Consort of Viols with June Baines in 1959, which he also led. The Jaye Consort was the most important and consistent consort of viols in Britain since the Second World War, and made several significant recordings. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Beers
Adrian Simon Beers MBE (6 January 1916 – 8 April 2004) was a British double bass player and teacher at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. He was a principal player in the Philharmonia Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra, and a chamber musician, notably in the Melos Ensemble that he helped found. Career Beers was born in Glasgow on 6 January 1916, the son of double bass player Aloysius "Wishy" Beers. He attended Bellahouston Academy and studied the cello, piano and double bass with his father. Deputising for him as a player in music halls, then the dominant form of popular entertainment in Britain, he gained early experience and repertoire. He won a ''Caird Scholarship'' to study at the Royal College of Music in London with Claude Hobday, where he also studied composition with Herbert Howells. He made a living by playing in the Gaiety Theatre and later the London Casino. After the war he was a member of the newly formed Philha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city's five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. The BBC SO is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The orchestra was originally conceived in 1928 as a joint enterprise by the BBC and the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, but the latter withdrew the next year and the task of assembling and training the orchestra fell to the BBC's director of music, Adrian Boult. Among its guest conductors in its first years was Arturo Toscanini, who judged it the finest orchestra he had ever conducted. During and after the Second World War, Boult strove to maintain standards, but the senior management of the post-war BBC did not allocate the orchestra the resources to meet competition from new and well-funded rivals. After Boult's retirement from the BBC in 1950, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
