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20, 1892. Father a schoolmaster; learned to play by ear; admitted to Imp. Mus. Sch. at Ode a, pupil of Fidelmann; 1903 went to St. Petersburg to study with Leopold Auer; played in public for the first time in Oct., 1904, in St. Petersburg, followed in the same ELMAN Nicholas, compr., tenor b. Philadelphia, April 14, 1870 Mother a good smger and pst.; boy chorister in Phikiddnb’ii churches; educated in the public -'dioo^ of Philadelphia; studied organ with Mmton Pyne (St. Mark's Church), harmony and composition with other local teachers; discovered a tenor voice, and studied with William Castle, Mme. Osgood-Dexter, Rand egger, and Sbnglia; succe ful concert and oratorio smger; compositions include songs, part-songs, pieces for the piano ana organ. William Edmundstoune, compr., author, b. Sale, Eng Apr. 22, 1866. Father interested m folksong, mother a good amateur pst.: educated at a local school, studied music with a pupil of Halid, and later, 1879-82, organ and counterpoint with Dr. Coy; won a scholarship in 1883 at the Roy. Coll. Mus., London, studied composition with Parry, 1883-86, also organ with Sir George Martin, piano with Ernst Pauer, and violin and viola with Gibson and Gompertz, thus earning a place in the college orchestra: after leaving the college he remained in London as orgt teacher, and music critic for London papers; 1893 returned to Sale, and organized Oldham Coll. Mus.; now critic for Manchester News and Leader; compositions in many forms, an opera, works for orchestra, a naval ode, for chorus and orchestra, sonata for piano, songs, organ pieces, and church music; author of History of Music, Life of Schubert, Ston/ of Minstrelsy, Story of the Carol, and Melodies and How to Harmonize Them. month by a performance in Berlin; this began his career as a virtuoso; March, 1905, made his first appearance in London; in the U. S New York, Dec., 1908; since that time has played in the various music centres of Europe and the U. S.; transcribed for the violin pieces from the older cla ical repertoire. 283 ENESCO