We regret to announce the death of one of the oldest residents of Shanghai in the person of Emile Bernard, of the Maritime Customs, He came out to China in the early seventies and was even then known as a rising musician and composer. After various works in the musical line, he joined the late A. Bigel, Bandmaster to the late Li Hung-chang, and together they were responsible for the romanization of Chinese music and its rendition on foreign instruments. M. Bernard was always willing to assist in the orchestration, etc., of the various concerts. is renderings of Chinese music were very popular and were set for the old-fashioned mu: boxes, which are now being super-neded by gramophones. M. Bernard's death will be greatly felt by large circle of friends in China and abroad.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.