DALBERG

name of Ger. noble family taken from their property of D. They received (1494) right of precedence in obtaining knighthood at coronation of emperor, Prominent — Py ¥ won members were Johann (1445-1503),| noted patron of letters, Karl! The odor} Anton Maria (1744-1817), important statesman of Empire. D’ ALBERT, EUGENE}(1864), pianist and composer, b. at Glasgow. Studied music with his father and at the National Training School, London, under Arthur Sullivan, and with Richter, Vienna and Liszt, Weimar. Appointed Court Pianist, Weimar, he played in America in 1892-93 and in 1904-05. He excelled with works of Bach and Beethoven. Composed the operas Ghismonda, 1895; Gerard, 1897; Kain, 1900; Der Improvisatore, 1900; Tiefland (produced at the Metropolitan, N.Y.) Tregaldabas, 1907; Jzell, and In be sket tan, 1913.