The British Musical Biography

[E] Breden, Owen, music master at St.
Mark's College, Chelsea, was born at Norwood
in 1841. He was for five years a pupil teacher
at King's Somborne School, Hants. ; and in
1860, gained a Queen's Scholarship at St.
Mark's College, as a student. He had pre-
viously learned pianoforte and organ playing ;
and as the organ at the College Chapel was
put up while he was a student, he has played
it from the first, and continues to act as
organist and choirmaster. He became suc-
cessively master of the upper school, tutor,
and vice-principal ; and in 1883, gave up the
last to undertake the musical work. For this,
he had qualified himself by studying piano-
forte under Dr. Wylde, organ under Dr. E. J.
Hopkins, and singing under John Elwin.

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