FEININGER, Karl William Frederick, musician, born in Durlach, Baden, Germany, 31 July 1844. He came to this country in 1853, was educated at St. Mary's College, Columbia, South Carolina, and afterward studied music in the conservatory at Leipsic, Germany. He led an orchestra in 1863, and in 1864'5 served in the National army. He afterward taught music for seventeen years, and in 1874 traveled through Brazil. where he met with success as a violinist. Mr. Feininger has developed a new mode of teaching the piano, "based upon absolute knowledge of human character," and is the author of numerous orchestral compositions, including overtures, symphonies, and choruses with orchestral accompaniment, besides many English and German songs. He has also composed an unfinished opera, "Die Bruder." He produced his orchestral compositions with success in Berlin in 1886, those performed at his first concert, 7 October including his " Academische " overture (1866); his " Narciss" overture (1868); a symphony (op. 12), which was highly praised by Franz Liszt (1870); and "Emotive Pictures" (1885).