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Wm. T., Car lisle, Engl., Aug. 13, 1826—Liverpool, May 10, 1897; org.-virtuoso; pupil of Young; organist at various ch., and the Philh. Society; 1880, hood, but accepted Civil-List pension of £100 per annum; 1894, retired; 1890 went to Sydney, Australia, to inaugurate the organ in the new Town Hall; composed overtures, sonatas, preludes, etc., for organ, also 2 overtures and march for orch.; and pf.-pcs.; wrote ‘‘The Art of Organ-playing,”’ etc. Best an dig (bé-stén’-dikh), Otto, Striegau, Silesia, Feb. 21, 1835—-Wandsbeck, Feb., 1917; cond. and comp.; pupil of Mettner, etc., in Breslau; founded a conservatory in Hamburg; c. oratorio ‘Der Tod Baldurs’” and “Victoria Cructs,’’ etc. Bet’ti, Adolfo, b. Bagni di Lucca, Italy, March 21, 1875; violinist; studied with César Thomson, Liége Cons., Ist prize, harmony and chamber music, 1895; gold medal in violin, 1896; début Vienna, 1897; toured in solo recitals in various European countries; a ist. prof., Cons., 1900-03; first violinist, of Flonzaley Quartet, 1903-29, touring widely in Europe and U. S.; now makes home in America, where he is active as violin teacher; has edited and arranged early Italian music for orchestra, including works of Gemini an i.