Washington, Ont

Aug. 14, 1861; father an organ builder; showed early aptitude for music; organist at twelve; educated m public schools and abroad; early musical education begun under local teachers, continued at New England Conservatory, 1881-82 under Dunham, Emery, and Bucking ham, and at Leipzig under Jaaa onn, Klengel, Renberg, Ruthardt and Reinecke; returned to Toronto in 1888; orgt and choirmaster at Jarvis St. Baptist church, choir gaining splendid reputation during his incumbency up to 1906; teacher in Toronto College of Music 1888-92, Toronto Cons. 1892- 1913; director 1913; conductor Mendel ohn Choir, of Toronto, one of the best m America, author of Modern Pianoforte Technique (1900); composer of part-songs; for several years music critic of Toronto Saturday Night. Vogt, Jean, pst compr. b Gro -tinz, Jan. 17, 1823, near Leignitz; d. Eberswalde, July 31, 1888. Pupil of Bach and Grell in Berlin, and He e and Seidel in Breslau; made many concert tours; in 1861 he located in Dresden, in 1865 went to Berlin as teacher in the Stern Cons., and in 1871 to New York; returned to Berlin in 1873; most important work an oratorio, Lazarus Voigt. Henriette [nie Kuntze], pst. b. Leipzig, Nov. 24, 1808; d. there, Oct. 15, 1839. Pupil of Berger, ana friend of Rochlitz, Mendel ohn, and Schumann.