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(1) Walter, d. London, 1659; tenor and composer. (2) Quincy, b. New Haven, Conn., 1897; composer; grad. Yale Univ. Sch. of Mus., 1921; studied with Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith, winning two prizes; also with d’Indy, in Paris, and Ernest Bloch; taught mus. theory, Cleveland Inst. of Mus., 1922-8; then studied three years in Paris on Guggenheim Fellowship; prof. of mus., Va ar College, 1932-8; dean of faculty, New England Cons., from 1938; c. symphony (N. Y. Philh., 1938), 4 string quartets, and other orch., chamber and vocal music; mem. bd. of dirs., League of Comps. and Intern at’! Soc. for Contemp. Mus. Portugal (Portogallo) (pér-tt-gal’ or pér-td-gil’-lo), i.e, ‘The guese”, Marcos A. (acc. to Vas con cellos, rightly ‘‘Portugal da Fonseca,’”? not M. A. Simfo as in Fétis), Lisbon, March 24, 1762—of apoplexy, Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 7, 1830; the most eminent of Portuguese ~ composers; studied Italy and prod. 3 operas there; 1790 ct.-cond. Lisbon, also theatre cond. and produced 20 operas; 1810 followed the court to Rio and prod. operas; 1813 dir. of a Cons. at Vera Cruz.