The British Musical Biography

[E] Breakspeare, Eustace John, composer,
writer and pianist, born in Birmingham, April
22, 1854. Studied under S. S. Stratton. Has
appeared at concerts in Birmingham, as solo
pianist and accompanist, but is better known
as a writer on music. He has read papers on
"Musical Aesthetics," and other subjects, at
meetings of the Musical Association (1880-2-3) ;
the College of Organists (1888), and at various
institutions in Birmingham. His contributions
to the Mtisical Standard, Musical Record, Mzisi-
cal Times, Musical Opinion, and other papers,
are very numerous, and embrace a wide range
of subject matter. He has written a Suite, and
many pieces for pf., and a number of songs,
but hitherto very little has been published.

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