Bur meister

(bur-ml-ster), Richard, com- pr pst b. Hamburg, Dec. 7, 1800 Studied with Liszt in Weimar, Budapest or Rome 1880-1883: teacher in Hamburg Cons; director of pf. at Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, 1885-1897; then in New York, now in Europe; a brilliant pianist and compr. of skill; has written symph. poem, etc., re-scored 56 BURMESTER Chopin’s F minor concerto, added orch. part to Liszt’s Concerto Pathetique, etc.