Bree

(bra) (Jn. Bernard us), J. Bernard van, Amsterdam, 1801—1857; violinist; 1840, founded the ‘‘Cecilia.”” Breil (bril), Jos. Carl, Pittsburgh, 187¢ —Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 23, 1926; composer and tenor; studied in Leipzig and Milan; sang in Juch Op. Co., later at Pittsburgh; after 1897 the at. cond.; c. comic operas, also a one-act grand opera, ‘‘The Legend,” given by Met. Op. Co., 1919., Breithaupt (brit-howpt), Rudolf Maria, b. Braunschweig, Aug. 11, 1873; critic and teacher; pupil Leipzig Cons., 1897; after 1918 taught at Stern Cons., Berlin; author of influential works on piano technique, espousing a system of ‘“‘weight’’; c. songs.