The British Musical Biography

[E] Strachan, James Kelt, organist, born
at Errol, Perthshire, October 1. 1S60. Choir-
boy at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dundee,
and pupil of W. H. Richmond and John
Kinross. At sixteen he was appointed organ-
ist at St. Enoch's, Dundee; and two years
later at Kelvingrove United Presbyterian
Church, Glasgow. At this time he studied
under Dr. Amies, and went to Paris for some
months, studying under Alexandre Guilmant,
the two henceforth becoming fast friends.
Returning to Glasgow, he was appointed
organist of Claremont United Presbyterian
Church ; and in 1892, of the Free College
Church, where he still officiates. It is as a
concert organist that he is most widely known ;
and his recitals at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow ;
the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington ; the Bow
and Bromley Institute, etc., have established
his reputation as one of the finest executants
of the day.

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