Cow’en

Sir Frederic Hymen, Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 29, 1852—London, Oct. 6, 1935; at 4 brought to London to study, pupil of Benedict and Go , then of Hauptmann, Moscheles, Reinecke, Richter, and Plaidy, Leipzig; and Kiel, Berlin; 1882, dir. Edinburgh Acad. of Music; 1887, cond. London Philh.; 1888-89, mus.-dir. Melbourne Centennial Exhibition; 1896-1914, cond. Liverpool Phil., and the Manchester Concerts; 1900, of Scottish Orch.; knighted 1911; prod. four operas; two or a to trios, ‘‘The Deluge’ (1878), and “Ruth” (1887); 7 cantatas; 6 symphonies (No. 3. ‘“‘Scand in avian” (1880), 4 “Welsh,” 6 ‘‘Idyllic’”’); four orchestral suites, ‘The Language of Flowers,” “In the Olden Time,” “In Fairyland,” ‘Suite de Ballet,’ Sinfonietta in A for orch.; 2 overtures; pf.-concerto; pf.-trio; pf.-quartet; pf.-pcs.; over 250 songs.