Ostréil

(éstr’-chil), Otakar, Smichov, Feb. 25, 1879—Prague, 1935; composer and conductor; pupil in comp. of Fibich; also of Prague Univ.; 1901, prof. at Prague Acad.; 1909-22, cond. notable orch. of amateur players in that city; 1914, chief.cond. at Weinberge Stadttheater, Prague; after cond. at Prague Theater; a notable propagandist for the younger generation of Czech composers; c. operas, ‘‘Vlastas Ende,” “Kunalas Augen,” ‘“‘Poupé,’ “Legende von Erin,” also orch., chamber music and choral works, songs, etc. O’Sul’/livan, Denis, San Francisco, April 25, 1868—Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1908; barytone of Irish descent; pupil of Talbo and Formes; later of Vannucini, Santley and Shakespeare; début 1895 in concert; also in opera with Carl Rosa Co.; 1896 created the title réle in Stanford’s “Shamus O’ Brien’”’ and sang it in England and America. (6/-té-gri-vén), von, b. Cologne, June 2, 1864; pupil of the Cons. and from. 1889 teacher there; c. fairy play “The Sleeping Beauty’? (Cologne, 1907), songs, etc. Othmayr (6t’-mi-ér), Kaspar, Amberg, 1515—Niirnberg, 1553; composer.