Desvignes

(da-vén’-yii), Fran., Trier, 1805—Metz, 1853; violinist; founded at Metz; dram. oser. Deawert (da-var), (1) J. Caspar Isidore, Louvain, 1830—Schaerbeck, near Bru els, 1896; ’cellist; prof. Bru els Cons. (2) Jules, Louvain, 1843—Ostend, 1891, above; conductor and dram. composer. Dé’thier (da’-té-4), (1) Gaston Marie, b. Liége, April 19, 1875; >rganist and teacher; pupil of Liége Cons., grad. at 17 with gold medals in piano, organ and rst prize for fugue; org.; 1894 at St. Xavier’s Ch., N. Y.; beginning 1907 excl. in concert work and as teacher at Inst. of Mus. Art. (2) Edouard, b. Liége, 1885; violinist; pupil of Liége and Bru els Cons.; taught at latter; début in concert, 1903; after 1906 taught at Inst. of Mus. Art, N. Y., and toured as soloist; with his bro. Gaston gave series of sonata recitals in N. Y. Dett, Robert Nathaniel, b. Drummondsville, Quebec, Oct. rz, 1882; Negro composer; studied at Oberlin, Ohio and Columbia Univs.; taught at Lane Coll., Lincoln Inst., and after 1913 at the Hampton (Va.) Inst., where he led a choral group; won Bowdoin prize, Harvard Univ., for e ay on ‘‘The Emancipation of Negro Music”; c. choral works, motets, music, songs, of them based on Negro folk themes.