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Thayer (ALEXANDER WHEEL- OCK)

ALEXANDER WHEEL- OCK, an American writer on music and THAYER musicians; born in 1817. He contributed musicians, to the "Dictionary of Music"; was musical critic of the New York "Tribune"; afterward was consul at Trieste, 1859- 1897. He published: "Signor Masoni," etc. (1862); "The Hebrews and the Red Sea" (1893); and three volumes of "Life of Beethoven" (1866-1887). He died in Trieste, July 15, 1897.