Bairstow, SirEdward Cuthbert. Mus.B. (Dunelm, 1894), Mus.D. (Dunelm, 1901), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon & Leeds), F.R.C.O.; knighted, 1932. Studied in Huddesfield with Henry L. Parratt; at Hottingham High School, 1887-89; the Grocers’ Company School, Hackney Downs, London, 1889-; in London with John Farmer; at Durham University; pupil of Sir Frederick Bridge and Sir Walter G. Alcock; studied at Balliol College, Oxford under Henry Farmer. Organist of All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1894-99; assistant organist of Westminster Abbey, London, 1895-99; organist of Wigan Parish Church, 1899-1906; Leeds Parish Church, 1906-13; York Minster, 1913-46. Conducted the Wigan Philharmonic Society, 1901-06; the St. Cecilia Society, Blackburn, 1903-13; the Preston Choral Society (Lancashire); the York Musical Society; the York Symphony Orchestra, 1913; the Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1917; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1928-29; professor of music at Durham University, 1929-46. Composed church and organ music, and part-song. b. Huddersfield, England, Aug. 22nd, 1874; d. York, May 1st, 1946.
Bellerby, DrEdward Johnson. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1879), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1895), L.R.A.M. Studied at York Minster under Dr Edwin George Monk; New College, Oxford. Assistant organist of York Minster, c1876-80; organist to the 5th Baron Hotham, 1877-78; of Selby Abbey Church, 1879-81; Margate Parish Church, 1881-84; Holy Trinity, Margate, 1884-1914. Music teacher. b. Pickering, England, Mar. 28th, 1858; d. Southborough, Apr. 2nd, 1940.
Buck, Dudley. Pupil of J. C. Babcock (piano); studied at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut; the Leipzig Conservatory, 1858-59, with Moritz Hauptmann (composition), Ernst Friedrich Richter, Plaidy (piano) and Moscheles (piano); in Dresden, 1860, with J. Schneider (organ) and J. Rietz (instrumentation); in Paris. Assistant organist of St. John’s, Hartford, Connecticut, -1858; organist of the North Congregational Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1862; the Park Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1862; St. James’, Chicago, Illinois, 1867-71; Boston Music Hall, Massachusetts, 1872-74; St. Paul’s, Boston, Massachusetts, 1872-74; St. Ann’s, Brooklyn, New York, 1875-77; Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, New York, 1877-1902; the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1902-03. Taught at the New England Conservatory, 1872-74; assistant conductor to Theodor Thomas, 1875; taught at the Metropolitan College of Music, New York City, 1885; 1888-99; founded the Brooklyn Apollo Club; a founder of the American Guild of Organists; president of the American Guild of Organists, 1896-99. Composed oratorios, operas, anthems, orchestral music, &c. b. Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A., Mar. 10th, 1839; d. Orange, New Jersey, Oct. 6th, 1909.
Buck, SirPercy Carter. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1892), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1893), M.A. (Oxon, 1897), F.R.C.O., A.R.A.M.; knighted (1936). Chorister in West Ham Parish Church; studied at the Merchant Taylors’ School, London, 1881-88; the Guildhall School of Music, London, under Dr C. J. Frost ans F. Davenport; organ scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Hubert H. Parry, C. H. Lloyd and Sir Walter Parrett.. Organist in Surbiton; Kingston-upon-Thames; organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, 1891-95; organist of Wells Cathedral, 1895-99; Bristol Cathedral, 1899-1901; Harrow School, 1901-27. Music master at Rugby School; director of music at Harrow School, 1901-27; professor of music at Trinity College, Dublin, 1910-20; University of London, 1925; Royal College of Music, London; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1919. Composed church music, organ works, vocal trios, songs, &c. b. Plaistow, London, England, Mar. 25th, 1871; d. Hindhead, Oct. 3rd, 1947.
Capocci, Filippo. Pupil of his father; studied at the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome. Assistant organist of St. John-Lateran’s, Rome, 1873-98; organist there, 1898-. Taught at the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome. Composed organ music. Son of Gaëtano Capocci. b. Rome, Italy, May 11th, 1840; d. there, July 25th, 1911.
Driffield, Edward Townshend. Organist of Christ Church, Claughton, Birkenhead. Solicitor in Tranmere. b. Prescot, near Liverpool, England, Dec. 10th, 1851; d. Ormskirk, Nov. 15th, 1925.
Elgar, SirEdward William. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1900); knighted in 1904; order of merit, 1911. Studied violin with Pollitzer, 1877. Organist of St. George’s (R.C.), Worcester, 1885-89. Bandmaster at the County Lunatic Asylum, Worcester, 1879-84; conducted the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society, 1882; professor of music at Birmingham University, 1905-06; master of the Kings Music, 1924; violinist. Composed symphonies, cantatas, military marches, overtures, concertos, orchestral, instrumental and choral music, songs, &c. Son of W. H. Elgarb. Broadheath, near Worcester, England, June 2nd, 1857; d. Worcester, Feb. 23rd, 1934.
Fumagalli, Polibio. Music at the Milan Conservatory. Organist of St. Celso’s, Milan. Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Milan; concert pianist. Brother of Adolphe Fumagalli. b. Inzago, Italy, Oct. 26th, 1830; d. Milan, June 21st, 1900.
Guilmant, Félix Alexandre. Legion of Honour, 1896. Pupil of his father; and Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens. Assistant organist at St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1849; organist of St. Joseph’s, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1853; St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1857; St. Sulpice’s, Paris, 1863; Notre-Dame, Paris, 1868; La Trinité, Paris, 1871-1901. Toured the U.S.A., 1893 and 1897; Europe, 1897-98, 1904-05. Professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory, 1896. Son of Jean Baptiste Guilmant. b. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Mar. 12th, 1837; d. Meudon, Mar. 30th, 1911.
Halsey, Ernest. Organist of Anerley Congregational Church, London, 1903-. Stockbroker. b. Battersea, London, England, 1876; d. Marylebone, London, June 20th, 1939.
Harwood, DrBasil. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1880), B.A. (Oxon, 1881), M.A., (Oxon, 1884), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1896), F.R.C.O. Studied at Charterhouse School, 1874-76; Trinity College, Oxford; pupil of J. L. Roeckel (piano), George Riseley (organ) and Dr Charles Corfe (theory); studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Dr Karl Reinecke (composition) and Salomon Jadassohn (composition). Organist of Trinity College, Oxford, 1878-81; St. Barnabas’, Pimlico, London, 1883-87; Ely Cathedral, 1887-92; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1892-1909. Conducted the Oxford Orchestral Association, 1892-98; Oxford Bach Choir, 1896; president of the Oxford University Musical Club, 1881, 1895; precentor of Keble College, Oxford, 1892-1903; choragus of Oxford University, 1900-1909. Composed church music, organ and piano pieces, songs, hymn tunes, &c. b. Woodhouse, Olveston, England, Apr. 11th, 1859; d. Kensington, London, Apr. 3rd, 1949.
Lemare, Edwin Henry. A.R.A.M., F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (1886). Pupil of his father; won a Goss Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1876; studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Dr Charles Steggall and Dr Edmund H. Turpin. Organist of St. Mary’s, Brookfield, Highgate, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park, London, 1882; St. Andrew’s, Cardiff, Wales, 1886; the Park Hall, Cardiff, 1886; the Albert Hall, Sheffield, 1886; Sheffield Parish Church, England, 1886-92; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London, 1892-95; St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, 1896-1902; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1902-05; at the Pan-America Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915; San Francisco City Hall, California, 1917-20; Portland City Hall, Maine, 1921-23; Chattanooga City Hall, Tennessee, 1924-29. Toured the U.S.A., 1900-01; Australia; New Zealand; Europe. Designed the organ for Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand; Melbourne Town Hall, Australia. The finest and most highly paid organ recitalist of his day; popularized Wagnerian operas in England, though his transcriptions of them. Composed organ pieces, church music, an orchestral symphony, &c. Son of Edwin Lemare; nephew of Dr William Lemare. b. Ventnor, England, Sep. 9th, 1865; d. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Sep. 24th, 1934.
Lloyd, DrCharles Harford. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1871), B.A. (Oxon, 1872), M.A. (Oxon, 1875), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1892), F.R.C.O. Pupil of John Barrett; studied at Thornbury Grammar School; Rossall School under C. H. Tovey (organ), 1865-68; Magdellen Hall (Hertford College), Oxford. Organist of Rangeworthy Church, 1859; in Falfield; of Gloucester Cathedral, 1876-82; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1882-92; Eton College, 1892-1914; Chapel Royal, St. James’ Palace, London, 1917-19. Conducted the Gloucester Festivals, 1877-80; founder and first president of the Oxford University Musical Club; taught organ and composition at the Royal College of Music, London, 1887-92; precentor of Eton College, 1892-1914; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1911-13. Composed church music, cantatas, organ pieces, madrigals, part-songs, songs, &c. b. Thornbury (Gloucestershire), England, Oct. 16th, 1849; d. Slough, Oct. 16th, 1919.
Lyon, DrJames. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1904). Pupil of Dr T. W. Dodds (organ) and Dr Herbert Botting; studied at Queen’s College, Oxford. Assistant organist of Bangor Cathedral, Wales, 1892-94; organist of St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, England, 1894-96; St. Mark’s, Surbiton, 1896; Warwick School, 1897; Wallasey Parish Church, Liverpool, c1908. Taught at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute, until 1933. Composed operas, orchestral, church, and organ music, songs, piano pieces, violin pieces, &c. b. Manchester, England, Oct. 25th, 1872; d. Australia, Aug. 25th, 1949.
Mailly, Alphonse Jean Ernest. Studied at the Brussels Conservatory under C. Girschner (organ) and Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens. Organist in Cannes. Professor of piano at the Brussels Conservatory, 1861; professor of organ there, 1868. Composed organ and piano pieces, &c. b. Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 27th, 1833; d. there, Jan. 15th, 1918.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix. Hon.Ph.D. (Leipzig, 1841). Pupil of Berger, Zelter and Hennings; Moscheles, 1824; studied at Berlin University. Organist. Visited England, 1829; toured Germany, Austria, Italy, and France, 1830-32. Conducted the Lower Rhine Festival, Düsseldorf, 1833; Cologne, 1835; Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, 1835; Philharmonic Concerts, London, 1844; a chief organizer of the Leipzig Conservatory, 1843. Composed oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, incidental music, chamber music, concertos, piano and organ pieces, &c. Brother of Fanny Hensel. b. Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 3rd, 1809; d. Leipzig, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Merkel, Gustav Adolf (Adolph). Studied in Dresden with Julius Otto (counterpoint) and Dr Johann Schneider (organ); pupil of Otto Reissiger (harmony) and Robert Schumann (composition). Organist of the Waisenhaus Church, Dresden, 1858; the Church-of-the-Holy-Cross, Dresden, 1860; the Catholic Court Church, Dresden, 1864-85. Professor of Dresden Conservatory, 1861. A friend of Robert Schumann. Composed organ pieces, piano pieces, songs, &c. Author of an Organ School. b. Oberoderwitz, near Zittau, Germany, Nov. 12th, 1827; d. Dresden, Oct. 30th, 1885.
Reger, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian (1873-1916)
Biography of Max Reger
Reger, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian. Studied in Weiden with Adalbert Lindner; in Sondershausen with Hugo Reimann, 1890; at the Wiesbaden Conservatory. Organist of Weiden Cathedral, 1886-89. Taught at the Wiesbaden Conservatory, 1895-96; music critic with the “Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung”; professor of harmony, counterpoint and organ at the Royal Academy of Music, Munich, 1905-06; conducted the Porges’ Singing Society; taught composition and instrumentation at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1907-16. Composed orchestral, piano, and organ pieces, songs, chamber music, cantatas, &c. b. Brand, Kemnath, Germany, Mar. 19th, 1873; d. Leipzig, May 11th, 1916.
Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel. Pupil of Sebastian Pohly; studied in Feldkirch; at the Royal School of Music, Munich, under Leonhard (piano), Dr J. G. Herzog (organ) and Maier (counterpoint), 1851-58. Organist of Vaduz Church, 1846-50; the Theatine Church, Munich, Germany; St. Michael’s, Munich, 1860-66. Professor of piano at the Royal School of Music, Munich, 1859; theory there, 1860-67; organ there, 1867-1901; conductor of the Royal Chapel Choir, 1877. Composed operas, an oratorio, masses, orchestral pieces, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, &c. b. Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Mar. 17th, 1839; d. Munich, Germany, Nov. 25th, 1901.
Ritter, August Gottfried. Studied at the Erfurt Teachers’ Seminary, 1828; in Erfurt with Andreas Ketschau (piano and violin) and Michael G. Fischer; in Weimar with Johann Nepomuk Hummel (piano and improvisation), 1832-33; in Berlin with Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen (conducting), August W. Bach (organ), Müller and Ludwig Berger (piano and composition). Organist of St. Andrew’s, Erfurt, 1835-39; the Kaufmannskirche, Erfurt, 1839-44; Merseburg Cathedral, 1844-47; Magdeburg Cathedral, 1847-85. Royal music director, Magdeburg. Composed organ and orchestral pieces, &c. b. Erfurt, Germany, Aug. 25th, 1811; d. Magdeburg, Aug. 26th, 1885.
Speer, Charlton Templeman. A.R.A.M., A.R.C.O., F.R.A.M. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under George Macfarren (composition), Walter Macfarren (piano) and Steggall (organ), 1873. Assistant organist of St. Michael’s, Paddington, London, 1876; organist of All Souls’, South Hampstead, London, 1876-80; St. Paul’s, Bow Common, London, 1880-99; St. Nicholas’ Parish Church, Sutton, 1899-. Professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1885-. Composed operas, &c. Cousin of Dr William H. Speer. b. Cheltenham, England, Nov. 21st, 1859; d. Sutton, Oct. 27th, 1921.
Stanford, SirCharles Villiers. B.A. (Cantab, 1874), D.C.L. (Durham), M.A. (Cantab, 1877), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon, 1883), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1888), F.R.C.O., knighted, 1903. Pupil of Arthur O’Leary (composition) and Sir Robert P. Stewart (composition); studied in London with Ernst Pauer (piano); in Leipzig with Dr Karl Reinecke, 1875-76; and Berlin with Friedrich Kiel. Organ scholar of Queens College, Cambridge, 1870; organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1873-92. Professor of composition at the Royal College of Music, London, 1883; professor of music at Cambridge University, 1887-1924; conducted the Cambridge Amateur Vocal Guild; the Cambridge University Musical Society, 1873-93; Bach Choir, 1885-1903; the Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1897-; the Leeds Festival, 1903. Elected Corresponding Member of the Société des Compositeurs de Musique, Paris, 1892. Composed symphonies, oratorios, operas, cantatas, odes, incidental music, church music, orchestral music, chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano pieces, &c. b. Dublin, Ireland, Sep. 30th, 1852; d. Marylebone, London, England, Mar. 29th, 1924.
Stewart (né Stark), DrHumphrey John. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1875), F.R.C.O., Mus.D. (Pacific, 1893). Studied in London with Julius Benedict and John Goss; at Oxford University. Organist of the Gray Friar’s Church, Reading, 1871-74; Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill, London, 1875-; the Church-of-the-Advent, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1886-; Trinity Episcoapl Church, San Francisco, California; the First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, California; Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901-03; St. Dominic’s (R.C.), San Francisco, California, 1903-15; St. Joseph’s (R.C.) Cathedral, San Diego, California; at Balboa Park, San Diego, California, 1915-32. A founder of Trinity College, London; the American Guild of Organists. Moved to the U.S.A., 1886. b. Reading, England, May 22nd, 1854; d. San Diego, California, California, U.S.A., Dec. 28th, 1932.
Tombelle, BaronFernand Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand de la. Studied at the Paris Conservatory under Alexandre Guilmant (organ), Ambroise Thomas, Camille Saint-Saëns and Théodore Dubois (composition). Assistant organist at La Madeleine, Paris, 1885-98; organist of St. Louis-d’Antin’s, Paris. Professor of theory at the Schola Cantorum, Paris, 1896-1904. Composed orchestral suites, chamber music, songs, organ pieces, &c. b. Paris, France, Aug. 3rd, 1854; d. Château-de-Fayrac, Aug. 13th, 1928.
Wolfrum, DrPhilipp. HeidelbergPh.D. (Leipzig, 1890). Studied at the Royal School of Music, Munich, under Bärmann, Josef Rheinberger and Wüllner, 1879-84; Leipzig University. Organist of Heidelberg University. Taught music at the Bamberg Teachers’ Seminary, 1878-84; Heidelberg University, 1884; music director there, 1894; professor there, 1898. Composed choral music, piano pieces, songs, &c. Brother of Karl Wolfrum. b. Schwarzenbach-am-Wald, Germany, Dec. 17th, 1854; d. Samaden, Switzerland, May 8th, 1919.
Wolstenholme, William. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1887). Studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen, Worcester; pupil of Dr William Done and Sir Edward Elgar (violin); studied at Oxford University, was the only blind musician to have taken a degree in music since John Stanley. Organist of St. Paul’s, Blackburn, 1888-1901; Kings Weigh House Church, Grosvenor Square, London, 1902-04; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1904-; All Saints’, St. John’s Wood, London, (where Rev. Noel Bonavia-Hunt was the precentor), 1926; toured the U.S.A., 1908. A great exponent of extemporization. President of the London Society of Organists, 1925. Composed chamber music, songs, part songs, orchestral pieces, organ music, &c. b. Blackburn, England, Feb. 24th, 1865; d. Hampstead, London, July 23rd, 1931.
Yon, Pietro Alessandro. Studied in Ivrea with Burbatti; at the Royal Conservatory, Milan, under Polibio Fumagalli; the Turin Conservatory under Venezia (piano), Roberto Remondi (organ) and Bolzoni (composition), 1901-04; the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome, under Remigio Renzi (organ), Sqambati (piano), Bustini (piano) and de Sanctis (theory and composition), 1904. Assistant organist of St. Peter’s, Rome, 1905-07; organist of St. Francis-Xavier’s, New York City, U.S.A., 1907-19, 1921-26; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, 1926-43. Moved to New York, U.S.A.,1907. Composed a mass, motets, songs, organ pieces, &c. Brother of S. Constantino Yon. b. Settimo-Vittone, Italy, Aug. 8th, 1886; d. Huntington, New York, U.S.A., Nov. 22nd, 1943.
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