- Adams, Thomas Julian
[E] Adams, Thomas Julian, composer and
conductor, was born at London, January 28,
1824. He studied under Moscheles and at
Paris, and settled in England as a teacher and
conductor. In 1851 he formed an orchestra
and visited Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Greenock,
giving a series of weekly concerts. In 1853
he performed at Paris, and in 1855 organised
another orchestra, with which he travelled in
England, giving concerts of high-class music.
He afterwards resided at Scarborough, Tyne-
mouth, and Buxton as concert-conductor. In
1877 he settled at Eastbourne as conductor
of the Devonshire Park concerts. He died
at Eastbourne, May 7, 1887.[+] He introduced Debain's harmonium into
England, and wrote for it a work entitled
Method for the patent harmonium (1855).
He also composed fantasias, studies, marches,
and concert-pieces for the orchestra.entry id: 2-R-36
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