Aus’tin

(1) Frederic, b. London, Mar. 30, 1872; barytone; organist at Liverpool for some years; then teacher at the College of Music, there till 1906; then studied voice with Lunn; début, 1902, favourite in oratorio and in Wagner operas; c. overture ‘‘ Richard If” (Liverpool, 1900); rhapsody “Spring” (Queens Hall, 1907), symph. poem ‘‘Jsabella,” also arr. music of ‘‘Beggar’s Opera” by Gay and Pepusch, which had 1463 consecutive perfs. in London, 1920-3. © His brother (2) Ernest, b. London, Dec. 31, 1874; on the Board of Trade till 33 years old, then studied comp. with J. Davenport; c. symph., idyll, march; ‘‘Love Songs from Don Quixote,” for voices and orch.; piano sonata, etc. Aus’tral, (rightly Wilson); b. Richmond near Melbourne, Australia, April 26, 1894; studied Melbourne Cons. and London; début in opera as Briinnhilde, London, 1922; toured with British Nat’l. Op. Co., and heard as soloist with orchestras and in oratorio, London; début, Covent Garden Op., 1929; concert tours, England, Australia, Zealand, South Africa, and America. M. John Amadio, flutist. (4-o0-ta’-rf mintsék’-ké), Salv., Palermo, Dec. 25, 1845—Parma, Feb. 21, 1924; pupil of Platan i a at Palermo, and Mabellini at Florence; composed succe ful operas, “Graziella” (Milan, 1894).