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Herbert, Buffalo, N. Y., July 21, 1873—New York, May 10, 1935; notable ba o cantante; gradu~ ated Yale Univ.; pupil of J. W. Hall, N. Y., and Dubulle, Paris; sang in opera, Castle Square Co., N. Y., and with Boston Symph. and other orchs. throughout U. S.; v. succ. début in recital, N. Y., 1902; coached with Lamperti in Berlin; in 1908 he joined the Met. Op., N. Y., and sang there until 1916 with increasing succe , making especially deep impre ion in the réles of ‘‘Gurnemanz,” “King Mark,” etc. Gave recitals in London with great succe , rt910, and continued his concert and oratorio appearances; he was active in later years as a voice teacher and choral cond. in N. Y. and Chicago; 1925-29, pres. of Chicago Musical Coll.; vicepres. and artistic dir. of Chicago Civic Op. Co., 1931; dir. Cincinnati Cons., 1932-33; general manager of Met. Op. Co., N. Y., to succeed Giulio GattiCasazza, work on the repertoire for the follow-ing season. when he was stricken fatally with a heart attack in his offices at the opera house; he m. tr} Greta Hughes, singer; divorced; 2) Florence Hinkle, soprano (d. 1933); (3) Mrs. Blanche Skeath. (vit-kéf’-ski), Martin (rightly Martin), b. Mostagneux, Algiers, Jan. 6, 1867; composer; son of a Polish woman and a French military officer; himself trained in the officers’ school - at St. Cyr; but early showed talent for composition; after producing a y-act opera and various symph. works, he entered the Paris Schola Can to rum, where he studied under D’Indy; in 1902, when he left the army, he founded in Lyons a mixed chorus and in 1905 the Soc. des Grands Concerts; his earlier style was based on the cla ical, but in later works he has shown modern tendencies; c. 2 symphs., piano quintet, string quartet, sonata for vln. and piano; choral work, “‘Poéme de la maison”; and ‘Mon Lac’ for piano and orch., prod. in Paris, roar.