STANDARD BOOK OF CELEBRATED MUSICIANS PAST AND PRESENT HUBERT WHELBOURN De Luxe Edition GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., INC Garden City New York WIDE WORLD STUDIO ARTURO TOSCANINI DEDICATED TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF MY LATE BROTHERS, RHODE AND FRED, BUT FOR WHOSE HELP MY MUSICAL STUDY WOULD HAVE BEEN LONG DELAYED. PUBLISHERS NOTE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION THE ORIGINAL EDITION of this book was published in England In 1930. The present edition was revised and enlarged by Hubert Whelbourn in 1937, and is the only edition of STANDARD BOOK OF CELEBRATED MUSICIANS PAST AND PRESENT to be published in America. Such distinguished musicians as Elgar, Delius, Ger man, Hoist, Pitt, Mackenzie, Warlock, Glazounov, Pachmann, Ysaye and our own Sousa and George Gershwin have died since Mr. Whelbourns book first appeared in this edition he has completed the list of their outstanding achievements and recorded the dates of their deaths. Many musicians have won international reputations during the past seven years. All those who keep in touch with modern trends m music and have enjoyed the performances of the younger generation of composers, singers and instrumentalists, either in the concert hall or over the radio, will be grateful for the up-to-date information which the author has compiled and included in this new edition. CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Albani I Bennett 32 Albert i Berg 32 Alcock ..... 2 Berlioz 33 Allen 3 Bernard .... 35 Andreva .... 3 Berners 35 Animuccia .... 4 Best 36 Arditi 5 Bizet 36 Arensky 5 Bliss 38 Ariosti ..... 6 Bloch 39 Arne. ..... 6 Boccherini .... 39 Atkins 7 Boieldieu .... 40 Atterberg .... 8 Borodin ..... 40 Attwood .... 9 Borovsky .... 41 Auber 9 Boughton .... 42 Austral 10 Boult 42 BachC. P. E. . . it Bowen 43 Bach J. C. . . . ii Bower 44 Bach J. S. ... 12 Boyce 44 Backhaus .... 14 Brahms 45 Bainton 15 Brewer 46 Balfe ..... 16 Bridge Frank . . . 48 Balfour-Gardiner . . 17 Bridge Sir Frederick . 48 Bantpck .... 17 Britten 50 Barbirolli .... 18 Bruch 50 Barnby 18 Bruckner .... 51 Bartok ..... 19 Billow 52 Bauer 20 Bull 53 Bax 21 Busch 53 Beecham .... 21 Bush 54 Beethoven .... 23 Busoni 55 Bellini 29 Bustabo 55 Benda 30 Butt 56 Benedict .... 30 Byrd ..... 58 Benjamin .... 31 Caccini 59 vii I vm CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Hadow 131 Lamond 167 Halevy 132 Lehmann .... 168 Halle Sir Charles . 133 Leider 169 Halle Lady . . . 133 Lind 169 Hambourg . . . . 134 Ljnley 170 Handel 134 Liszt 171 Harriss 137 Long 173 Harty . . . . . 138 Lully 173 Hasse 139 Lunn 175 Haydn 140 Macdowell .... 175 Heifetz 143 Macfarran .... 177 Hempel 143 Mackenzie .... 178 Henschel .... 145 Malipiero .... 179 Hess MO .... 146 Manns 180 Hess W. .... 147 Mascagni . . . . 181 Hiller 148 Massenet . . . . 181 Hindemith . . . 148 McCormack . . . 182 Hislop 149 McEwen .... 183 Hofmann .... 150 Medtner .... 184 Holbrooke . . . . 151 Melba 185 Holmes . ... 152 Melchior . . . . 186 Hoist 152 Mendelberg . . . 187 Honegger .... 153 Mendelssohn . . 188 Hopkins 154 Menuhin .... 191 Horowitz .... 154 Messager . ... 192 Howells .... 155 Meyerbeer .... 193 Huberman .... 156 Moiseivitch. . . . 194 Hummel .... 156 Monteverde . . . 194 Humperdinck . .158 Morini 195 Ireland 159 Morley 195 acob 159 Moscheles .... 196 ensen 160 Moszkowski . . . 197 oachim 160 Mozart 197 osquin 161 Nicholson .... 204 Cetelbey .... 162 Offenbach .... 205 Kjerulf 163 ONeill 206 Koussevitzky ., . 163 Pachmann .... 207 Kreisler . 164 Paderewski . . . 208Kreutzer . ., . 165 Paganini .... 209 Kubelik 165 Palestrina .... 210 Lalo ..... 166 Parratt 211 Lambert .... 167 Parry 211 ix CONTENTS PAGE Patti 213 Pergolesi . . . . 214 Petri 215 Piatigorsky. . . . 216 Piatti 217 Pitt 217 Pons 218 Ponselle 219 Puccini 219 Purcell 220 Quilter 222 Kachmaninov . . . 223 Raff 223 Rameau 224 Ravel 224 Reinecke, 225 Respighi .... 226 Retnberg .... 226 Rheinberger . . . 227 Richter 228 Rimsky-Korsakov, . 229 Ronald 229 Rosenthal . . . .231 Rossini . . . . .231 Roussel 233 Rubinstein Anton . 234 Rubinstein Artur ...