2-981-943 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Alfred Holmes, 1876. British composer and violinist. 'In his youth he was a distinguished violinist; he and his brother, Mr. Henry Holmes, having been favourite pupils of Spohr...Alfred, however, soon relinquished this career for that of composition, in which he met with wide recognition abroad by the production of many works in the most ambitious forms of the art...Paris had long been his adopted residence, and it was there that he died on March 4'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.