FRIKE—FROBERGER a thorough musician and fine concert-‘celist, hie exereised a highly beneficial influence. Frike. See Frick, P. J. Friml, Rudolf, b. Prague, Dec. 7, 1881. Pupil of Prague Cons.; came’to the U. S. in 1901 as accompanist to Kubelik, and again in 1906; at the conclusion of that tour he ap- peared with success as a concert-pianist tn recitals and w. orch.; played his pi.-concerto with the N.Y. Symph. Orch.; now (1916) living in New York as composer. His works show a fertile, spontaneous invention, excel. ent workmanship and careful avoidance of any modern extravagances; the themes, while frankly. melodious and appealing to the re- fined popular taste, possess a distinction that raises them far above the level of the ordina: another quality largely contributing to the iL success of F.'s works is a Mucnt, jected style. Works: The comic operas Firefly (Syracuse, Oct. 14, 1912; very ), High Jinks (ib., Nov. 3, 1913; very suce.), Katinka (Morristown, N: J., Det 4915; Succ.); mus. comedy You'rein Love (New Haven, 1916); hisnumerous pf.-comps. include op. 12, Concert-walts; op. 29, Bohemian Dance; op. 3%, Staccato Etude; op. 4, Elude in Fi op., 57, California Suite; op. 60, Bohemian Suite; op. 66, Legende; op. 67, Drifting: op. 7, Aquarellen; op. 19, 8 Mood-Pictures; op. 80, Pastoral Scenes. Kor pl. and vin.: Op. 35, ‘Suite “mignonnes op. 80, Berceuse; op. 6 Dumbo; op. 64, 0 Vermeland, paraphrase on swedinh Teite-songs; 0 88) Bogie Dayo, (paraphrase on’ Bohemian folle-songs): also pieces for vel. and piano, and songs Frim'mel, Theodor von, b. Amstetten, Lower Austria, Dee. 15, 1833. Student of medicine and M.D. (Vienna). | ‘Rustos-Ad~ junct’ (asst.-custodian). of the Imperial ‘Museum, Vienna, from 1884-93; now (1916) dir. of the art-gillery of Count Schinborn- Wiesentheid and Dozent of hist of art at the Atheniumn in Vienna; since 1908 editor of the "Beethoven: Jahrbuch,” which since 1911 appears as "Beethoven-Forschung.” He has ‘written several important books on the plasti arts. His writings about music are Beethoven lind Goethe (1883); Neue Beethoveniana (1887, with 9 authentic likenesses of B.; 2d enlarged eds, 1889); -Danhauser wu. Beethoven (1892) Beethovens” Wohnungen in Wien (1894) Ritratti ¢ caricature dt B. (Riv. M. 11, 1897); Beethoven, in.'Berahnte’ Musiker' (1901; 42h ed. 1912); Beethoven-Studien: 1, B.'s aussere Erscheinung (1905), Ul. Bausteine su einer Lebensgeschichte des’ Metsiers’ (1906) jubtischen, Jouet b- Garzwiler, Palatinate ja Se pil at the Cologne Cons, Lisks°ay oF F, Wallner'and G. Jensen munice masic-director in Lucerne, 1888-93; since 1892 cond. of the Musikakeademie and Phith. te.! Concerts in Hanover; also cond, of the Lehrer- Gesangverein in Brunswick; Re Musikdie— Choral works w. orch.: Athenischer Fridings= Vineta, Grenzen der’ Menschheit; tor orch. Rheinisches Scherzo (op. 14), Herbstnacht (op. 12); a string-quartec; male choruses. Friskin, James, b. Glasgow, March 3, ered RGM. in 1900 and st wid 1886. Sir C ably sya comp) tae Trio; astring- Quatet; a string-quintet; a vel-sonata, an orchl. suite; and motets. Frit’ze, Wilhelm, pianist; b. Bremen, Feb. 17, 1842; d. Stuttgart, Oct. 7, 1881 Pupil of Sobolewski, in Bremen; of Leipzig Cons.; and of Bulow’ and Weitzmann, Berlin. After pianistic tours in France and Ttaly, he lived in Glogau a year (1860), then in Licgnitz (4867-77) as cond. of the Singakademie; then studied ‘in Berlin’ under, Kiel, and. went. to Stuttgart in 1879.—Works: 2 oratorios, Fin= gal and David; a symphony, Die Jahressciten; music to Faust; a vin.-coneerto; a pf -concerto: a Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, for soli, mixed ch., and orch.; pf-sonatas’ and other pieces; songs, part-sogs, ete Fritzsch, Ernst Wilhelm, b. Litzen, Aug. 24, 1840; d. Leipzig, Aug. 14, 1902, Pupil (1857-62) ‘of Leipsig Cons? lived several years in Bern, and in 1866 took over the music-publg. firm’of Bromnitz in Leipzig, arried on under his own name until 190%, then acquired by C. F. W. Siegel. A warm advocate of progress in music, and of Wag- ner's tendencies in. particular, he publ. the latter's Gesammelte’ Schriften, edited the radical ‘Musikalisches Wochenblate’ from 1870, and in 1875 started the ‘Musikalische Hausblatter”” By publishing the works of ris- ing composers (Rheinberger, Thicriot, Svend- sch Greg Cormeen Rix mensclneider, ete.) he very practically pro- moted modern musical development. He was An excellent musician, and for many years a member of the Gewaadhaus Orch. Fro’berger, Johann Jakob, the most famous German organist of the’ 17th. cents b. Halle (?), 1605 (?); d. Héricourt, Haute- Sadne, France, May 7, 1667. It seems prob- able that the’ Swedish ambassador, passing through Halle (1620 ?), was struck by the beauty of I's voice, and induced the latter to Fe wih i fo Vienna, where he entered the fmpetial choir, It is uncertain who is teacher was; but from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 16 was court orgaiist at Vienna, then receiving the sum of 200 florins to enable him to study in‘ Rome. (1637-41) under Frescobaldi. He again held the same_post ae Vienna from T4148, and from 1653-7; after this he made long concert-tours (to Paris and London), he 280