Isling ton, London

Nov. 4, 1872. Pupil at Roy. Coll. Mus. of Hubert Parry; first gained notice by performance of own concerto, London, 1894; has comp. orch. suite, festival march, pieces for clarinet and pf and music to Browning's Pied Piper of Hamelin. Wanhal (van-hal), Tohann Baptist, compr. b. Neu-Nechanitz, Bohemia, May 12, 1739; d. Vienna, Aug. 26, 1813. Son of peasant; at first self taught, later studied in Italy; mentally deranged for several years; compr. of numerous symph., sonatas (some with titles, Battle of Trafalgar etc.), and chamber music; very popular at time of Haydn despite superficiality of his music.