Show english papers announce conr the death after a long illness of berthold tours the well known musician and composer mr tons was a dutchman by birth having been born in rotterdam in 1828 he studied at leipcig Leip cio and brussels went to england in 1861 and for a good many years served as a violinist in costas orchestra por the last 19 years however ho had occupied the responsible post of reader and editor to tho great firm of novello co in which capacity ho did an immense amount of useful work in the reduction of orchestral to their pianoforte form ho was also a voluminous composer of graceful violin pieces songs hymn tunes anthems and church services |