See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• ROBERT FRANZ (1815-1892)

FRANZ (1815-1892)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle on the 28th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1815 . One of the most gifted of German See also:

• SONG

song writers, he suffered in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life, as many musicians have suffered, from the hostility of his parents to a musical career . He was twenty years did when, his See also:

• FATHER

father's animosity conquered, he was allowed to live in See also:

• DESSAU

Dessau to study See also:

• ORGAN

organ-playing under See also:

• SCHNEIDER, JOHANN GOTTLOB (1750-1822)
• SCHNEIDER, LOUIS (1805-1878)

Schneider . The two years of dry study under that famous teacher were advantageous chiefly in making him uncommonly intimate with the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685–1750)
• BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-1788)

Bach and See also:

• HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685–1759)

Handel, his knowledge of which he showed in his See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the Matthaus See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion, Magnificat, ten cantatas, and of the See also:

• MESSIAH (Dan. x. 25, 26)

Messiah and L' See also:

• ALLEGRO (an Italian word, meaning " cheerful," as in Milton's poem)

Allegro, though some of these editions have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been a subject of controversy among musicians . In 1843 he published his first See also:

• BOOK

book of songs, which ultimately was followed by some fifty more books, containing in all about 250 songs . At Halle, See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz filled various public offices, including those of organist to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, conductor of the Sing-akademie and of the See also:

• SYMPHONY

Symphony concerts, and he was also a royal See also:

• MUSIC

music-director and See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the music at the university . The first book of songs was warmly praised by See also:

• SCHUMANN, ROBERT ALEXANDER (1810-1856)

Schumann and See also:

• LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)

Liszt, the latter of whom wrote a lengthy See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review of it in Schumann's See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die neue Zeitschrift, which later was published separately . Deafness had begun to make itself apparent as early as 1841, and Franz suffered also from a See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous disorder, which in 1868 compelled him to resign his offices . His future was then provided for by Liszt, Dr See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim, Frau See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

Magnus and others, who gave him the receipts of a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert tour, amounting to some ,00,000 marks . Franz died on the 24th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1892 . On his seventieth birthday he published his first and only See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte piece . It is easy to find here and there among his songs gems that are hardly less brilliant than the best of Schumann's .

Certainly no musician was ever more thoughtful and more painstaking . In addition to songs he wrote a setting for See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of the 117th See also:

• PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

Psalm, and a four-See also:

• PART

part See also:

• KYRIE (in full kyrie eleison, or eleeson, Gr. Kvpte MEssvov; cf. Ps. cxxii. 3, Matt. xv. 22, &c., meaning " Lord, have mercy ")

Kyrie; he also edited See also:

• ASTORGA
• ASTORGA, EMANUELE

Astorga's Saaba± Mater and See also:

• DURANTE, FRANCESCO (1684-1755)

Durante's Magnificat .