Speaight

(spat), Joseph, b. London, Oct. 24, 1868; violinist, composer; pupil of his father and of the Guildhall School of Music, where he taught after 1894; c. 2 symphonies, various other orch. works, chamber music incl. string quartet, piano pieces, choruses, songs, etc. Speaks, Oley, b. Canal Winchester, O., c. of many popular ballads, incl. “Sylvia” and “The Road to Mandalay”; res. in N. Y.; mem., board of directors, Amer. Soc. of Composers, Authors and Publishers. (sp&ékht), Richard, Vienna, Dec. 7, 1870—March 18, 1932; well known critic and writer on music; author, “Gustav Mahler,” “Richard Strau und Sein Werk,” “Julius Bittner,” “Reznicek,” “Brahms,” “Puccint,” etc. Speer, (1) Charlton T., Cheltenham, Nov. 21, 1859—London, 1921; pupil R. A. M. London, winning a scholarship; from 1885 prof. of piano there, also organist at various churches; c. 2 operas, “‘The Battle of Lake Regillus,” for chorus and orch.; symph. poem, ‘King Arthur,” etc. His cousin (2) William Henry, b. London, 1863; organist; pupil of Lloyd and the R. C..M.; 1906 Mus. Doc. Cambridge; c. symph., overture, orch., rhapsody, ballad, “The Jackdaw of Rheims,” etc. Speidel (shpi’-dél), Wm., Ulm, 1826— Stuttgart, 1899; pianist, conductor, composer.