P. 81. A name that should be inserted here is that of Emilio Serrano, born in the Basque city of Vitoria. He went early to Madrid, where he studied the piano under Zabalza and composition, at the Conservatory, with both Eslava and Arrieta. While very young he began to write zarzuelas, the best of which belonging to this period is probably _El Juicio de Friné_. His opera, _Mithradates_, in the Italian manner, was produced in 1882 at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Later he produced at the same house _Doña Juana la Loca_ and _Irene de Otranto_, for which José Echegaray supplied the libretto. He wrote his own book for _Gonzalo de Córdoba_, an opera in a prologue and three acts (1898). His latest opera, _La Maja de Rumbo_, designed for the Lírico (now the Gran) has been performed only in Buenos Ayres. He has written a quartet, a symphony, a piano concerto and at least two symphonic poems, _La Primera Salida de Don Quijote_ and _Los Molinos de Viento_. Emilio Serrano succeeded Arrieta as professor of composition at the Madrid Conservatory and there are few Spanish composers of the past two decades who have not been his pupils. P. 82. "Albéniz": G. Jean-Aubry writes of this composer: "One and all the young composers of Spain owe to him a debt. Albéniz is Spain, as Moussorgsky is Russia, Grieg Norway, and Chopin Poland.... _Iberia_ marks the summit of the art of Albéniz. Albéniz alone could venture to place this title, both simple and proud, at the head of the twelve divisions of this poem. One finds here all that emotion and culture can desire. The composer here reached a sureness of touch and grasped an originality of technique which demand much attention and which have no ulterior object. He even at times sacrificed perfection of form. There are no doubt fastidious critics who will find blemishes, but such blemishes as exist are not detrimental to expression, and this alone is important. In music there are many excellent scholars but few poets. Albéniz has all the power of the poet--ease and richness of style, beauty and originality of imagery, and a rare sense of suggestion.... The _Preludes_ and _Studies_ of Chopin, the _Carneval_ and _Kreisleriana_ of Schumann, the _Years of Pilgrimage_ of Liszt, the _Prelude_, _Choral and Fugue_, and the _Prelude_, _Aria and Finale_ of Franck, the _Islamey_ of Balakirew, the _Estampes_ and _Images_ of Debussy, and the twelve poems of _Iberia_ will mark the supreme heights of music for the pianoforte since 1830." P. 82. "_Catalonia_": Henry J. Wood conducted a performance in London, March 4, 1900.