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 the true composers are known. One is the beautiful bass air 'Io ti lascio, cara, addio' (published in Suppl. to 'Allg. musik. Zeitung,' i.), which is by G. von Jacquin (Köchel, App. nos. 245–283). Among the doubtful pieces are reckoned three Divertimenti for wind instruments, a sonata in C minor, and a romance for pianoforte in A&#x266d; (ib. 226–228, 204, 205). [ R. M. ]

MÜLLER, Add date of birth of, July 2, 1766.

MÜLLER, A. E. Add day of death, Dec. 3.

MÜLLER,, of Amsterdam, between 1720 and 1770 built the finest organs in Holland, and especially the celebrated instrument at Haarlem in 1738. See also vol. ii. p. 602. [ V. de P. ]

MÜLLER,, a renowned clarinettist, born at Reval, Dec. 3, 1786, appeared first in Paris in 1809, where he brought out many of his structural improvements in the instrument, and where, after a residence of some years, and a successful concert tour through all the principal European cities, undertaken in 1820–1826, he was appointed professor in the Conservatoire. In later life he returned to Germany, and died at Bückeburg Feb. 4. 1854. His compositions have an educational value for players of his instrument, but beyond that they are of no importance. His best production is a 'Gamme pour la nouvelle Clarinette,' published at Berlin in 1825. (Mendel's Lexicon.) [ M. ]

MÜLLER,, born Sept. 26, 1767, at Türnau in Moravia, was for some time a pupil of Dittersdorf, and became conductor in the Brünn Theatre in 1783, and three years afterwards, when only nineteen, obtained a similar post at Marinelli's theatre in Vienna. The rest of his life was spent in the capital, with the exception of the years 1808–13, during which he was director of the opera at Prague, where his daughter Therese, afterwards known as Madame Grünbaum, was engaged as a singer. On his return to Vienna, he become conducter at the Leopoldstadt Theatre, and retained the post until within a short time of his death, which took place at Baden near Vienna, on Aug. 3, 1835. As a composer of light operas, he enjoyed enormous popularity for many years, and his productions in this kind are said to number over 200. His more ambitious works, as symphonies, masses, etc., were less successful. Among his dramatic works may be mentioned:—'Das Sonnenfest der Braminen' (1790); 'Das neue Sontagskind' (1793); 'Die Schwestern von Prag' (1794); 'Die Teufelsmühle auf dem Wienerberge' (1799). A peculiar interest attaches to his 'Zauberzither' or 'Kasper der Fagottist,' produced June 8, 1791, since Schikaneder took several suggestions from it for the plot of 'Die Zauberflöte.' In 1818 Müller produced his 'travestierte Zauberflöte.' (Mendel's Lexicon; Riemann's Opernhandbuch.) [ M. ]

MUFFAT,. For date of birth read April 17, 1683, and add date of death, Dec. 10, 1770.

MUSICA FICTA. P. 414a, l. 7, etc., for in some new mode to which the composer must be supposed to have modulated, read upon one of the Regular or Conceded Modulations of the Mode in question.

MUSICAL ASSOCIATION. The list of Vice-Presidents for the present season (1888–9), is as follows:—Prof. W. G. Adams; R. H. M. Bosanquet; J. F. Bridge, Mus.D.; W. Chappell; G. F. Cobb; F. E. Gladstone, Mus.D.; Otto Goldschmidt; Sir George Grove; J. Higgs; Mus.B.; W. H. Monk, Mus.D.; G. A. Osborne; W. Pole, Mus.D.; C. K. Salaman; J. Stainer, Mus.D. The ordinary members of council are as follows:—H. C. Banister; C. A. Barry; Major G. A. Crawford; W. H. Cummings; F. W. Davenport (Hon. Sec.); F. Praeger; A. H. D. Prendergast; E. Prout; W. de M. Sergison; T. L. Southgate; C. E. Stephens. The auditors are Messrs. D. J. Blaikley and W. S. Collard.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, COLLECTIONS OF. Modern collections of musical instruments are of the nature of museums, but those of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries were intended for use. The finest and most complete at the present time are those provided with important catalogues, viz.—

South Kensington Museum, catalogued by Carl Engel.

Conservatoire de Musique et de Declamation, catal. by Gustave Chouquet.

Conservatoire Royal, catal. by Victor Mahillon.

Kraus Collection, catal. by Alessandro Kraus figlio.

Boddington Collection, acquired and catalogued by J. Kendrick Pyne, Esq., organist of Manchester Cathedral.

Arrigoni Collection, catal. by L. Arrigoni.

After these may be named more or less important collections to be found at

The Italian instruments of Mr. Wilmotte; Museum of Mr. Steen. The Plantin Museum contains a curious harpsichord.

Museum of Antiquities.

Hochschule für Musik (a collection recently acquired from Herr Paul de Wit, Leipzig); Hohenzollern Museum (so far as various instruments are preserved that have belonged to members of that family); Kunst und Gewerbe Museum.

Museo Civico.

Le Musée archeologique.

National Hungarian Museum.

Sig. F. Amici (Egyptian instruments).

Buckinghamshire. Sir Harry Verney, Bart., M.P. (Javanese instruments formerly belonging to Sir Stamford Raffles).

Museum of Antiquities.

Mr. T. C. Boers.

Trinity College (under care of Professor Sir Robert Stewart, Mus. Doc.)

Music Class Room of the University (under care of Professor Sir Herbert Oakeley). 