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.