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John Alden, b. Park Ridge, Ill., Feb. 28, 1876; composer; grad., Harvard Univ.; studied with Bernard Ziehn and Seeboeck; a prominent busine executive in Chicago, he has made much more than an avocation of music, taking his place among the most accomplished American comps.; his musical’ idiom is modern and his output fairly large. C. (ballets) ‘‘The Birthday of the Infanta’’ (Chicago Op., 1919-20); “ Krasy Kat’; “Skyscrapers” (Met. Op., 1926); the orch. works, ‘‘ Adventures in a Perambulator”’; symphony (Norfolk Fest., 1917); concertino and South America; later in U. S., where she has been res. for some years and has given master cla es.