ARBOS

arbos, fernandez (1863- ), spanish violinist and composer, was born in madrid, and trained at the conservatoire there, and later at brussels and at berlin under joachim. he became a professor at hamburg and then at madrid, becoming famous meanwhile as one of the finest violinists of the day; and after visiting england in 1890 and establishing his reputation there, he became professor at the royal college of music in london. as a composer he is best known by his violin pieces, and by a comic opera, _el centro de la tierra_ (1895).