The British Musical Biography

[E] Moore, Graham Ponsonby, composer
and pianist, born at Ballarat, Australia, April
14, 1859. Studied at Berlin Conservatorium
under Theodor Kullak, and later witli Schar-
wenka and Moszkowski. Making his home
in London, he was appointed a professor of
pf. at the R.C.M., and is an examiner under
the Associated Board of the R.A.M. , and
R.C.M. His compositions are chiefly for the
pf., and many of them have been played by
the leading pianists in this country and in
Germany. The principal are : Concertstiicke
(after Longfellow's poem, "Seaweed");
Hochzeit im Dorfe, six pieces ; Fiinf Klavier-
stiicke, op. 22 ; Chromatische Etiiden ; Ly-
rische Tonbilder, op. 25 (10 pieces) ; Ten
short and melodious studies, op. 30 ; Twelve
poetical studies, op. 31 ; Three nocturnes,
op. 32 ; Three archaic dances, op. 33, etc.
Author of The Candidates' Practical Scale
and Arpeggio Handbooks, London, R. Cocks.

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