DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

262 GUNN - GUKLITT
merit, made her first appearance at Berlin in
1871.
His nephew Johann, also well known as a
composer of dance music, was also born at
Zsiiiubek, March 5, 1S28, and, like his uncle,
made professional tours to every capital in
Europe. He retired in 1862, and lived at
Fiinfkirchen in Hungary, where he died Nov. 27,
1883. F. G.
GUNN, Barn.\bak, noted for his extempore
playing, wasorganistofSt. Philip's, Birmingham,
which he quitted in 1730 to succeed Hine as organist
of Gloucester Cathedral. A Te Deum and
Jubilate inD of his composition are extant in MS.
He {lublished 'Sonatas for tlie Harpsichord,' and
in 1736, at Gloucester, a thin 4to volume containing
'Two Cantatas and Six Songs,' the nnisic
printed on one side of the leaf only, and prefaced
by a poetical address 'To all Lovers of Slusick,'
and areniarkable list of 4 6 4 subscribers (including
Handel and most of the principal musicians of
the day), subscribing for 617 copies. [Two sets
of solos, one for the violoncello, the other for
violin or violoncello, were published in London
and at Birmingham respectively. Quelhn-Lexi-
kon.'\ He was succeeded by Martin Smith in
1740, and died in 1743. [He is said to have been
born about 1680, but neither the date of birth
nor of death is suHiciently authenticated. He
was the subject of a bitter pamphlet-attack by
Willianr Hayes (afterwards the Oxford pro-
fessor), who, himself a native of Gloucester,
and an articled pupil of Hine, was no doubt
galled that Gunn succeeded to the organ at the
Cathedral. The pamiihlet satirically accused
Gunn of merely spurting ink-dots over musicpaper
and adding tails ! Gunn good-naturedly
replied with a folio music book, published by
Johnson of Cheapside, 'for the author,' with
the title Twelve English Songs serious and
humorous by th^ newly invented victhod of
composition with the Spruzzarino (Taphouse
Library), r. K.]
Barnaey Gun'x, probably a relation of the
above, was organist of Chelsea Hospital from
April 16, 1730, until early in 1753. w. H. H.
GUNN, John, born in Edinburgh about
1765, taught the violoncello at Cambridge, and
in 1 7 9 established himself in London as prol'essor
of the violoncello and flute, and whilst there
published ' Forty Scotch Airs arranged as trios
for flute, violin, and violoncello ' ; The Theory
and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello, 1793,
with a dissertation on stringed instruments ; and
The Art of Playing the German Flute on new
Principles. In 1795 he returned to Edinburgh.
In 1801 he published an Essay Theoretical
and Practical, on the Application of Harmony,
Thorough-ltass, ccnd Modulation to the Violoncello.
In 1807 he brought out his most important
work, viz. An Historical Piiqniry respecting the
Performance on the Harp in the Highlands of
Scotland from the earliest Times until it was
discontinued about the Year 1734, wTitten at the
request of the National Society of Scotland. He
died about 1824. His wife, Anne, before her
marriage Anne Young, was an eminent pianist.
She wrote a work entitled An Jntroduction to
Music . . . illustrated by Musical Games and
Apparatus ami fully amd familiarly e.qdained
(Edinburgh, about 1803). The games and apparatus
were of her invention. A second edition
appeared in 1820, and a third (posthumous) in
1827. w. H. H.
GUNTRAM. Opera in three acts, by Richard
Strauss produced at Weimar, May 10, 1894.
;
GURA,EuGEN, born Nov. 8, 1842,atPressern,
near Saatz, Bohemia, was the son of a small
schoolmaster. He received a good technical
education at the Polytechnicum, Vienna, and
afterwards studied art at the \'ienna Academy,
and at a School of Painting under Professor
Anschiitz (a jiupil of Cornelius) at Munich. He
was finally advised to adopt a musical career,
and for that purpose studied singing at the
Munich Conservatorium under Professor Joseph
Herger, and finally, in April 1865, made his
debut there at the Opera as Count Liebenau in
the ' Waffensohmied
' (Lortzing), with such suc-
cess that he obtained a two years' engagement.
In 1867-70 he was engaged at Breslau, and in
1870-76 at Leipzig, where he made his reputation,
both in opera and concerts, as one of the
best German baritone singers of the day. He
played both Donner and Gunther in the first
complete performance of ' Der Ring des Nibelun-
gen ' in 1876 at Bayreuth. From 1876 to 1883
he was engaged at Hamburg. In 1882, as a
member of that company, he sang in German at
Drury Lane in all the operas then performed,
viz. the Minister ('Fidelio'); Lysiart on revival
of ' Euryanthe,' June 13 ;
' The Flying Dutch-
man,' in which he made his debut, Jlay 20 ;
Wolfram ; as Hans Sachs and King Marke on
the respective productions of ''Meistersinger
' and Tristan und Isolde,' May 30 and June 20.
He made a great impression at the time, and
his Hans Sachs iiill not readily be forgotten
by those who saw it. From 1883 until his
retirement from the stage in 1895, he was engaged
at Munich, where on June 15, 1890, he
celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
first appearance on the stage, and played the title
part in Cornelius's 'Barber of Bagdad.' lie
now sings in concerts only, being a remarkable
' lieder ' singer, especially as an exponent of
Loewe's ballads. On June 13 and 19, 1899, lie
gave vocal recitals at St. James's Hall with great
effect. According to Baker, his son Hermann
is also a fine baritone. A. c.
GURLITT, Cornelius, born at Altona,
Feb. 10, 1820, was a pupil of the elder
Reinecke, became organist of the principal
church at Altona in 1864, and was made
Kgl. Musik- Director in 1874. His compositions
include two operettas and a four-act