Hol’brooke

Josef, b. Croyden, July 6, 1878; English composer; pupil of the R. A. M., till 1898; c. symph. poems “The Raven” (Crystal Palace, 1900); “Ode to Victory,” ‘‘The Skeleton tin Armour,” ‘Ulalume’’ (London Symph., 1904), ‘‘Queen Mab” (Leeds Fest., 1904), ‘‘The Masque of the Red Death,’ overture, “The New Renai ance,” etc. His opera ‘‘The Children of Don’ (libretto by Lord Howard de Walden) was prod. at the London Op., June 15, r912, with Nikisch conducting. Other works include: (operas) ‘‘Pierrot Pierrette,’ ‘‘Dylan,” ‘Bronwen, Daughter of Llyr,” ‘‘The Wizard,” “The Stranger’; chamber music, ballets, suites for orch., vin. concerto. Author, ‘‘Contemporary British Composers” (1931).