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BIRMINGHAM

Music in Birmingham has an inner an d an outer history. The outer is concerned with the Triennial Festivals, which for long h ad a n ational rep u ta t io n-the inner with various efforts towards ma...

BAILLOT, PIERRE MARIE FRANCOISDE SALES

(b. Pas sy, near Paris, Oct. 1, 1771 ; d. Paris, Sept. 15, 1842), takes a prominent place among the great French violin-players. His fa the r k ep t a school a t Passy. He showed very early...

BADIALI, CESARE

(b. Imola, early 19th cent. ; d. there, Nov. 17, 1865), a very d is tin guished basso c an tan te who made his first appearance a t Trieste, 1827. After achieving a br illiant success a t every one...

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in stringed instruments, the lower or posterior p a r t of the resonant box across the u p p e r p a r t , B e l l y (q.v.) or ' tab le ,' of which 1 E i tn e r gives the d a te 1692. ....

BACCHIUSTHE ELDER

(c. a . d . 130),1 a Greek author, who wrote a musical catechism in form of a dialogue: Isagoge musical artist; first published by Mersenne in 1623, with a French translation in...