The British Musical Biography

[E] Ames, John Carlowitz, composer and
pianist, born at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bris-
tol, January 8, 1860. His father, Geo. A. Ames
(born May 10, 1827; died in Loudon, January
3, 1893), was a talented amateur violinist, pti-
pil of Molique, and, under an assumed name,
played in the orchestra of the Birmingham
Festival of 1846, when Mendelsson's ' ' Elijah "
was produced. He was the composer of a
string quartet, and other works. J. C. Ames
first studied under Sir Herbert Oakeley, who
persuaded his father to let him take up music
as a profession. He then went to Stuttgart,
1878, remaining there until 1881, studying
the pf. under Lebert and Pruckner, and com-
position under Goetschius and Faisst. After-
wards he became a pupil of Franz Wiillner at
Dresden. One of the early advocates of the
Janko Keyboard, he exhibited its powers at a
concert at the Burlington Hall, London, in
December, 1888, and has given recitals at the
Conferences of the Incorporated Society of
Musicians in London, 1893, and Scarborough,
1894, and since in several towns in the pro-
vinces.

[W] Works. — Psalm 130, for soli, chorus, and
orchestra, Dresden, 1877. Consertstiick, Dres-
den, 1888 ; Concerto in C minor. Op. 8, Crystal
Palace (Oscar Beringer), 1889, both for pf. and
orchestra. Concerto in D minor, violin and
orchestra, London, 1892 ; Quartet in E minor,
strings (Dresden); Trio in E, pf. and strings;
Sonata, pf. and violin ; pianoforte pieces, etc.

[+] Marie Mildred Ames, sister of the preced-
ing, was born June 20, 1867. Studied under
her brother for three years, and then at the
R.A.M., instrumentation with F. Corder ; later
at Berlin. Won the Charles Mortimer Prize
for composition at R.A.M., 1894. Has written
an Andante and Rondo for clarionet and pf. ;
Andante in G, Barcarolle, and other pieces
for violin and pf., etc.

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