Among the women composers of France =Elizabeth Claude Guerre=, born at Paris in 1669; =Edme Sophie Gail Garré=, born in 1775, and =Louise Bertin= were the pioneers. Elizabeth Guerre’s opera “Cephale et Pœris” was performed at the Royal Academie. She also composed a Te Deum, and a number of cantatas. The most successful composer of recent years was =Cécile Louise Stephanie Chaminade=, born at Paris in 1861. Her most ambitious compositions are “Les Amazones,” a lyric symphony with choruses; “La Sevillane”; “Callirhœ”; “Etude Symphonique,” and a large number of compositions for piano, many of which became very popular. Of =Augusta Mary Ann Holmes=, likewise a native of Paris, the opera “Hero et Leandre” had great success. Of the women composers of England =M. Virginia Gabriel= was very popular. She wrote the cantatas “Evangeline” and “Dreamland,” and the operettas “Grass Widows,” “Widows Bewitched” and “Who’s the Heir?” =Leza Lehman= was the author of the song cycle “In a Persian Garden,” and of “Nonsense Songs.” =Clara Angela Macirone’s= anthem “By the Waters of Babylon” has been sung in all the cathedrals of Great Britain. =Lady Helen Dufferin= is known principally for her songs and ballads, which, both for comic humor and pathos, rank among the best in the English language. “The Irish Emigrant’s Lament” compares favorably with any English lyric. =Charlotte Sainton Dolby=, =Elizabeth Mounsey= and =Harriet Abrams= composed likewise numerous songs, and =Kate Fanny Loder= the operette “Fleur d’Epine.” There exist also many splendid compositions by American women. When in 1893 the Woman’s Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago was dedicated, =Mrs. H. A. Beach’s= “Jubilate” was received with greatest enthusiasm. Also her “Gaelic Symphony” was played by many famous orchestras. The “Dramatic Overture” (Op. 12) of =Miss Margaret Ruthven Lang= has been frequently performed by the famous Boston Symphony Orchestra. * * * * * Of the innumerable virtuosos, who interpreted works of the above-named composers and others, the American violinists =Arma Senkrah= and =Maud Powell=, the Italian =Teresina Tua=, the German =Maria Soldat=, and the South-American pianists =Terese Careno= and =Giomar Novaez=, not to forget the Hungarian =Sophie Menter= and the Russian =Annette Essipoff= have been the most eminent. * * * * * “Dem Mimen flicht die Nachwelt keine Kränze,” the great German poet Schiller has said in one of his poems, pointing out that, while the painter, sculptor, composer and writer transmit their works to remote generations, the glory won by the actor and singer exhales with their disappearance from the stage as quickly as does the fragrance of a delicate flower. The record of the performer’s and singer’s gift remains only as a tradition, as a legend.