s, six Folk Songs, and such favourites as "The Rose and the
Lily," "Clover Blossoms," "Confession," "At Break of Day," and many
others.

In the front rank of American pianists is Julia Rive-King. A native of
Cincinnati, she began her musical education under William Mason and S.
B. Mills, finishing abroad with Reinecke and Liszt. At her debut, in
Leipsic, she scored a great success, and since then has been steadily
before the public. Her compositions are mostly for piano, including some
excellent Liszt and Scarlatti transcriptions. Among her own works are a
Polonaise Heroique, Polka Caprice, Gems of Scotland, and many other
popular numbers.

Another pianist well known to American audiences is Mme. Helen Hopekirk
Wilson. Although her birthplace and home are in England, she has spent
so much time in this country that she may well be regarded as belonging
to it. She, too, was a pupil of the Leipsic Conservatory, finishing with
Leschetizky, and making a successful debut with the Leipsic Gewandhaus
orchestra in 1878. She has shown ability in the larger forms, her own
concerto being produced in a Henschel concert at Edinburgh. She has
several orchestral works still in manuscript, as well as a violin
sonata. Her many songs and piano works make a list as long as it is
honourable.

Several of the younger American women are beginning to make efforts in
orchestral work. Clara Korn, a pupil of Bruno Klein, is responsible for
two suites for orchestra, as well as one for violin, and various piano
pieces and songs. Grace Marckwald has also tried her hand in the larger
forms. Edna Rosalind Park, a native of Boston, now residing in New York,
has shown decided talent in the songs she has published, and has several
important works in manuscript. Margaret Williams, a Baltimore student
who was born in Tennessee, produced a concert overture at one of the
Peabody Symphony Concerts, and has also composed the words and music for
a five-act opera, entitled "Columbus." Eliza Woods, another student at
the same place, has written a full manuscript score for an overture, as
well as a double fugue, a sonata, and a number of songs. Edith Noyes
Porter, of Boston, is also at work on some extensive compositions, her
published works to date being chiefly songs.

[Illustration: JULIA RIVE-KING]

In the operatic field, Emma Steiner stands at the head. Born at
Baltimore, she showed a taste for music at an early age, and was able to
read and write notes