DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

622 LAHOUSSAYE LALANDE
Jesu Christe qui cognoscis.' These competitions
began in 1576, and continued to 1589. Besides
the motet and chanson, tlie only other work
of La Hele's which ever appeared in print is a
volume of Masses (Octo Missae, quinque, sex et
septem vocum, etc. . . Antwerp, 1578). This
work was dedicated to Philip II. of Spain, and
it is in the title that La Hele is styled
Phonascus of Toiirnai Cathedral, while in the
dedication he styles himself an ' alumnus ' of
the King. The work is otherwise remarkable.
It is a large choir-book in folio, containing all
the parts together. It was issued from the
printing-press of Christop)he Plantin at Antwerp,
and is one of the most magnificent specimens of
musical typography. A facsimile and further
account of it may be seen in Goovaert's Histoire
et Bibliographic de la Tyj^ographie musicale dans
Us Pays-Bas, pp. 46 and 253. Goovaerts also
gives a copy of the agreement between composer
and printer. The work is remarkable for
another reason. It consists of eight masses
which are all ' Missae Parodiae, ' the motives of
which are borrowed from the most celebrated
motets of the great Netherland masters. Thus
there are two masses a 5, based on two motets
of Lassus, «. 5, ' Oculi omnium' and ' Gustate et
videte '
; two masses a 6, based on the motets
of Lassus, « 6,
' Quare tristis es,' and
' Fremuit Jesus ' ; two masses a 7, based on
Josquin's celebrated motets ' Praeter rerum
' seriem,' and Benedicta coelorum regina ; two
other masses a 5, based on Eore's ' In conver-
(Pohl's Mozart mid Un.ydn in London, vol. ii.
p. 370), and returned to Paris, where in 1779
he was given the direction of the Concert
Spirituel, in 1781 that of the Comedie Italien,
and in 1790 that of the Theatre de Monsieur,
afterwards the Theatre Feydeau. He was also
professor in the Conservatoire. He died in
Paris in the latter part of 1818. {Quellen-
Lexikon. )
LAIDLAW, RoBENA Anna,i a lady whom
Schumann distinguished by dedicating to her
his ' F^antasiestiicke ' (op. 12), was a Yorkshire
woman, born at Bretton, April 30, 1819,
educated in Edinburgh at the school of her
aunt, and in music by Robert Miiller, a pianoforte
teacher there. Her family went to Konigsberg
in 1830, and there her vocation was decided,
1 This is the original order of her names ; they were transposed to
'Anna Eobena' at the suggestion of Schumann, as being more
euphonious. (See Dr. Annie Patterson's Life nf Schumann.)
she improved in playing rapiidly, and in three
or four years appeared in public at Berlin with
great applause. In 1834 she was in London
studying under Herz, and played at Paganini's
farewell concert. In 1836 she returned to
Berlin, and played at a Gewandhaus concert in
Leipzig on July 2, 1837. Soon afterwards she
' received the dedication of the Fantasiestiicke,'
and made the acquaintance of the composer.
[See the Zeitsclvrift of the Int. Mxhs. Ges. vol.
iii. pp. 188 ff.] After a lengthened tour through
Prussia, Russia, and Austria, she returned in
1840 to London. [She was appointed in that
year pianist to the Queen of Hanover. In 1852
she manied a Mr. Thomson, and retired ; she
died in London, May 29, 1901.] G.
LAJARTE, TnioDORB Edoitaed Dufaurb
DE, French writer on music, born at Bordeaux,
July 10, 1826, was a jaipil of Leborne at the
Paris Conservatoire, and in early life wrote a
good many small operettas, etc., but is best
known for his works on musical history. Besides
contributing to various daily papers, he
fiublished La BiUiotlieqiie musicale da Thedtre
de I'Opira (2 vols. 1876, etc.), a very important
catalogue of the operas produced at the Opera
in Paris, with annotations based upon the
archives of the institution ; Instruments Sax
et fanfares civiles (1867) ; a Traite de composi-
tion musicale (in collaboration with Bisson,
1880); a collection of 'Airs a danser ' from
LuUy to Mehul, and a number of old operas
and ballets in vocal score, in nine series, comprising
in all sixty-two compositions, under
the title of Chcfs-d'eeuvre classiques dc Vopirca
tendo,' and Crecquillon's 'Nigra sum sed
formosa. ' The whole work is thus a homage
paid by La Hele to his greater predecessors. frani}ais. He was made librarian of the Opera in
Other works of La Hele are supposed to have
perished in a fire at Madrid in 1734. j. R. M.
LAHOUSSAYE, Pieeke, born in Paris,
April 12, 1735, became a distinguished violinist
much patronised by the nobility, and made a
tour in Italy, where he was given a post by the
Prince of Monaco. He spent the years 1770 to
1775 in London, as director of the Italian opera
1873, and died in Paris, June 20, 1890. G. F.
LAKME. Opera-comique in three acts, libretto
by MM. Goudinet and Gille, music by Leo
Delibes ; produced in Paris, April 14, 1883;
in London, Gaiety Theatre, June 6, 1885.
LALANDE, DfisiEii, a distinguished oboe
player, born in Paris in 1867, being the son of
a well-known bassoon player. After studying
for two and a half years at the Conservatoire
he obtained his first important engagement
under Lamoureux in that conductor's famous
band. He came to England in 1886, joining
the Halle orchestra, and playing in Manchester
for five years. He next joined the Scottish Or-
chestra when conducted by Henschel, and subsequently
became a member of the Queen's Hall
orchestra, with wdiich organisation he played
till his death in London from pneumonia, Nov.
8, 1904, It was during this latter part of his
career that he may be said to have completely
established his reputation as one of the most
gifted instrumental players of his time, possessing,
as he did, a beautiful tone, gi'eat powers
of refined expression, and a perfect technique.
He was also constantly in request for Cor Anglais
solos. S. G,
LALANDE, Henkiette - Clementinb