1862. =A.S. Arensky= (Novgorod), 1862. Russian pianist
and composer. Some of his chamber music (Piano Trio in D
minor) has been performed recently in London.
1863. =Miss Fanny Davies= (Guernsey). Eminent pianist,
who has taken part in most of the important chamber music
concerts in England. Miss Davies was a pupil of Madame
Schumann.
1863. =Arnold J. Rosé= (Vienna), 1863. Solo violinist
and leader of the well-known Rosé Quartett.
1864. =Eugen D’Albert= (Glasgow), 1864. Composer and
pianist of high rank. He has especially distinguished
himself as a chamber music performer. His compositions in
this style, too, are noteworthy.
1864. =Richard Strauss= (Munich), 1864. Important
modern composer. His later works are chiefly orchestral,
but he wrote chamber music, in classical form, in his
earlier years.
1865. =A. Glazounoff= (St. Petersburg), 1865. Russian
composer of distinction, who has written some chamber music.
1865. =Robert Kahn= (Mannheim), 1865. Composer of
somewhat interesting chamber music.
1866. =F.B. Busoni= (Florence), 1866. Eminent solo
pianist and chamber music composer.
1866. =Prince Nicholas Galatzin= (Russian), died 1866.
Amateur musician and ’cellist, to whom Beethoven dedicated
some of his last string quartetts.
1868. =Leonard Borwick= (Walthamstow), 1868. Solo
and chamber music pianist of distinction. Mr. Borwick was
a pupil of Madame Schumann, and has played in the chief
concerts, both English and continental.
1873. =S.V. Rachmaninoff= (Novgorod), 1873. A Russian
pianist and composer. Among his chamber music is a Trio
Élégiaque, op. 9.
1874. =Josef Suk= (Křečovic), 1874. Bohemian violinist
and composer of some excellent chamber music. He is a
member of the Bohemian Quartett.
1875. =S. Coleridge-Taylor= (London), 1875. One of
the most promising of the young composers of to-day. He
is, on his father’s side, of West African descent. Among
much interesting music he has written some in chamber music
style.
1875. =Donald F. Tovey= (Eton College), 1875. Pianist
and composer of high aim. His works include a quintett
and a quartett for piano and strings; trios for piano,
clarinet, and horn; piano, violin, and cor Anglais; and
piano, violin, and ’cello. Sonatas for piano and violin,
piano and clarinet, and duets for oboe and piano.
Other contemporary composers and performers of chamber music are:—
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