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UBER, (Christian Benjamin) advocate, &c. at Breslau, was born there in 1746. He was a distinguished musical amateur and performer on the harpsichord, also composed much harpsichord music and several operettas and cantatas, which appeared between the years 1772 and 1787.

UCELLINI, (Dom. Marco) chapelmaster to the college of Parma, about the middle of the seventeenth century. He composed the operas “Le Nave d 'Enea,” 1673; “Eventi di Filandro ed Edessa,” 1675; and “Giove di elide fulminato,” 1677. Several sonatas, symphonies, &c. by him were also published.

UDALSCHALK, abbot of a convent at Augsburg, died in 1151. Many hymns composed by him are still sung in the churches of that town.

UFFENBACH (Johann Fiedrich) was born at Frankfort in 1687. In early life he studied the law, and afterwards devoted his talents entirely to music and poetry. Amongst his works was “The Imitation of Jesus Christ, by Thomas à Kempis,” adapted to music.

UFFENBACH, (Zach. Conard d') brother of the preceding and a lawyer, was born at Frankfort in 1683. In a work published by him in 1713, entitled “Merkwürdige reisen, &c.” are to be found several interesting anecdotes relating to music. He was himself a good amateur flutist and violinist. He died at Frankfort in 1735.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1824

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  • John Sainsbury
  • Book: A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
  • Online publication: 10 November 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511703232.011
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  • John Sainsbury
  • Book: A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
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  • John Sainsbury
  • Book: A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
  • Online publication: 10 November 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511703232.011
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