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		<title>Charles Edward Stephens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Edward Stephens was born in London on March 28th 1821 and died there July 13th 1892. He was a pianist and teacher, and also first organist at several London churches until 1875. His chief instructors were 0. Potter (piano), Wagner Grove (violin), and Hamilton (theory). In 1850 he was appointed Associate, and in 1857 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=45&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christian August Pohlenz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian August Pohlenz was born at Saalgast, Niederlausitz, July 3rd 1790, and died at Leipzig, March 9th 1843. He was organist of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, and conductor of the Gewandhaus Concerts 1827-35, when he was replaced by Mendelssohn. His best known works include choruses for male voices, and are in the &#8220;Olpheus&#8221; collection. During [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=44&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Christian Muller</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Christian Muller was born in Saxe-Meiningen, July 3rd 1831.  F. W. and Heinrich Pfeifer were his teachers for pianoforte and organ, Andreas Zollner for composition. Muller went to New York in 1854 where he was at first employed in a pianoforte factory, then was leader of the Barnum&#8217;s Museum orchestra. From 1879 onward he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=43&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>William T Giffe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[William T Giffe was a musician, composer, born June 28, 1848, in Portland, Indiana, of Irish parents, and served with the Union forces in the Civil War. Married to Nannie J Booth on October 9th, 1889, he was the author of Giffe&#8217;s Practical Course in Harmony and Musical Composition, and a number of popular and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=42&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charles-Vilfride de Beriot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles-Vilfride de Beriot, son of the famous violinist Charles, was born in Paris, France, on February 12th 1835. An accomplished pianist, he was a pupil of Thalberg (1855). Later he became professor of pianoforte at the Paris Conservatory. Some of his works include the Symphonic poem &#8220;Fernand Cortez&#8221;; several overtures; three pianoforte concertos; &#8220;Operas sans [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=41&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edward Collett May</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Collett May was a celebrated organist and singing-teacher, born in Greenwich, England, October 29th 1806; he died at London, January 2nd 1887. A pupil of Thomas Adams, C. Potter, and Crivelli, he was organist of Greenwich Hospital, 1837-69; and professor of vocal music at Queen&#8217;s College, London. A disciple of Hullah, he taught in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=40&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Hyatt Brewer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hyatt Brewer was an organist and composer; born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 18th 1856. For 7 years he was boy-soprano in various churches; and he was a vocal pupil of Walter, Cutler, and Wilder. He learned pianoforte and harmony from R. Navarro, and organ-playing under Diller, Caulfield, Whitely, and Dudley Buck (he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=39&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Stanley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Stanley, (actually Charles John Stanley), was born in London, England on January 17th 1713, and died there May 19th 1780. Blind from early youth, he studied under J. Reading and M. Greene, became organist in several churches, and in 1779 succeeded Boyce as Master of the Royal Hand. He enjoyed the esteem of Handel, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=38&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ilma di Murska</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ilma di Murska was a famous dramatic soprano; born in Croatia in 1836, she died at Munich, Germany on January 16th 1889. A pupil of the Marchesis in Vienna; she made her debut at the Pergola Theater in Florence in 1862. After singing at Pest in Hungary, and Berlin, and Hamburg, in Germany, she was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=37&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salvatore Marchesi de Castrone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salvatore Marchesi de Castrone (more accurately Cavaliere Salvatore de Castrone, Marchese della Rajata) was a baritone stage-singer and famous teacher. He was born at Palermo, Italy on January 15th 1822. He studied law and music together at Palermo and Milan, music under Raimondi, Lamperti, and Fontana; exiled after participation in the Revolution of 1848, he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicbio.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2180333&amp;post=36&amp;subd=musicbio&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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