BACHE, FRANCIS EDWARD English musical composer, was born in Birmingham on Sept. 14, The pupil of Alfred Mellon for violin and Sterndale Bennett for composition, he afterwards went to Leipzig in 1853 and studied with Hauptmann and Plaidy. Considering the early age at which he died, his compositions are fairly numerous, the best being a trio for piano and strings, which in its day was highly esteemed. He died of consumption at Birmingham on Aug. 24, 1858. His younger brother, WALTER BACHE (1842-1888), was born in Bir mingham on June 10, 1842, and followed him to the Leipzig Con servatorium, where he became an excellent pianist. From 1862 to 1865 he studied with Liszt in Rome, and for many years devoted himself to the task of winning popularity for his master's works in England. At his annual concerts in London nearly all Liszt's larger works were heard for the first time in England. He was professor of the pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music for some years and was instrumental in founding the Liszts scholarship. He died in London on March 26, 1888.
See Constance Bache, Brother Musicians (1901) .