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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1892
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1PREFACE.
3Students of music and others desirous of ascertaining at what period any particular musician lived, have frequently to make a somewhat lengthened search before they can obtain the required information. In the following pages the dates and places of birth and death, together with details of the special branch of music cultivated by each individual, are given in a condensed form, so that important facts may be read at a glance. As a primer of rudimentary musical biography it is believed that the present publication will prove of great service; and it is proposed to supplement what is detailed here with a larger work, giving fuller narrations of the stories of the lives of those whose names are included in the roll of musicians. The work now published is the result of much laborious time and trouble, and has been accomplished by reference, in many cases, to documents and registers, not readily accessible, in cathedrals, churches, and private libraries. Every endeavour has been made to secure accuracy; but of course it would be vain to hope that no mistake has crept in; it is human to err. I shall, however, be obliged by any notice of apparent inaccuracy and glad to receive well authenticated corrections.
5In order to economise space several abbreviations have been introduced; these are explained on the next page.
7WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS.
9January, 1892.
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