De Ko’ven

(Henry Louis) Reginald, Middle town. Conn., April 3, 1859— Chicago, Jan. 16, 1920; composer; educated in Europe, took degree at Oxford, Engl., 1879; pupil of W. Speidel (pf.) at Stuttgart, Lebert (pf.), and Pruckner (harm.), Dr. Hauff (comp.), Vanuccini (singing), Genée (operatic comp.); after 1889, critic in Chicago and 1891, New York, incl. period on the “‘World’’; 1902-05, organised and cond. Philharmonic Orch. at Washington, D. C.: c. about a score of succ. comic » operas, incl. ‘Robin Hood” (Chicago, 1890); ‘The Fencing Master’? (Boston, 1892)3 “The Highwayman” (New Haven, 1897); ‘Maid Marian” (1901); and two grand operas, ‘‘The Pilgrims’? (Met. Op., 1917) and ‘Rip Winkle” (Chicago Op., 1920), neither a succ.; also many songs; an orch. suite, a pf.-sonata, etc.: