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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.
FREDERIC H. COWEN.
Born 1852.
 Age 3. From a Photograph. |
 Age 16. From a Photograph. |
 Age 24. From a Photograph. | |
 Age 11. From a Photograph. |
 Present Day. From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry. |
R. F. H. COWEN, whose new opera will appear about the same time as these portraits, was born at Kingston, in Jamaica, and showed at a very early age so much musical talent that it was decided he should follow music as a career, with what excellent results is known to all musicians. His more important works comprise five cantatas, "The Rose Maiden," "The Corsair," "Saint Ursula," "The Sleeping Beauty," and "St. John's Eve," several symphonies, the opera "Thorgrim," considered his finest work, and over two hundred songs and ballads, many of which have attained great popularity.
