Tinel

(té-nél’), Edgar, Sinay, Belgium, March 27, 1854—Bru els, Oct. 28, pupil of a poor school-teacher and organist; pupil also of Bru els Cons.; tst pf.-prize, 1873, and pub. op. 1, 4 nocturnes for solo-voice with pf.; 1877, won Grand prix de Rome w. cantata “ Klokke Roeland’ (op. 17); 1881, dir. Inst. for Sacred Mus. at Malines; 1888, prod. very succ. oratorio, ‘““Franciscus’’ (op. 36); 1889, inspector State mus. schs.; 1896, prof. of cpt. and fugue, Bru els Cons.; pub. a treatise on Greg or i an chant, and prod. a “Grand Ma of the Holy Virgin of Lourdes,” for 5 parts (op. 41), Te Deum, Alleluia, motets and sacred songs, incid. mus., pf.-pcs., e tc.