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Chadwick, Mrs. and others. Florent, compr b. Blamont Sept. 28, 1870. Father a musician, greatly interested in music and hostile to Wagner; studies in music at Nancy, He , orgt. at Cathedral, and harmony with Sandrg, director local Cons 1889 entered Paris studied harmony with Du- Lavignac, Ma enet, and Faurd; won Prix de Rome; following stay in Italy he traveled in North Africa, and Turkey, impre ions for his later now makes his home in his compositions show the of Chabrier and Debu y; works are La Tragedie de (1911) for orchestra, Psalm VI, r quintet for piano and () \mqo pieces (Mus in times. Nuits Romaines, Luct- Rhapsodies songs with orches- ), accpt and for four voices, Op. 39. Arnold, compr. b. Vienna, 13, 1874. Studied music with brother-in-law, Alexander von 300 SCHUECKER Zemlinsky; continued his studies alone, sedulously devoting himself to the works of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven; later was deeply influenced by Brahms, and m a le degree, by Mahler; 1902 went to Berlin as prof, of composition at the Stem Cons.; 1903-11 he was again in Vienna working at composition and bringing his compositions before the pubhc; in 1911 he returned to Berlin where he now lives; his first quartet, Verklarte Nacht was not well received at first but has gained in appreciation since then; his later works have aroused extreme opposition in all cities where they have been performed, yet he has a small circle of enthusiastic followers; published a harmony text-book, Harmomelehre.