Sormann

(z6r’-min), Alfred (Richard Gotthilf), Danzig, May 16, 186:1— Berlin, Sept. 17, 1913; pianist; pupil R. Hochschule, Berlin, Liszt; début 1886; 1880, ct.-pianist to Grand Duke of Meck len burg Strelitz; taught Stern Cons., Berlin; c. concerto, etc. (soo-bi-és), Albert, Paric, May 10, 1846—March 19, 1918; mus.-historiographer and critic; a lawyer, then pupil of Savard and Bazin (harm. and comp.) at the Cons.; 1874 he revived the famous “‘Almanach spectacles, Alm. Duchesne’; for this the Académie, 1893, awarded him the Prix Voirac; 1876, critic for Le Soir, under name “B. de Lomagne’’; officer of public instruction, and Legion of Honour, also of the Ru ian order Stan is las; writer of valuable historical works, etc. Soubre (soobr), Etienne 1813—1871; comp. Jos., Liége, dram. ( (soo-ét-té’), J. Jac., Francis can monk at Paris, the first to use figures for popular notation, 1665-78.