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A commemoration of Lanier was held in the John Hopkins University in February 1888, at which the poet's flute and a roll of his MS. music were hung on a bronze bust of the poet. A little memorial volume was published to commemorate this event.

Another poet-flautist, Richard Yates Sturges, born in Birmingham in 1843, and known as "The Flute of of Flutes," attained very considerable tone and technique. He died in Bristol in June 1910 Sturges was an enthusiastic Dante student. His poems are of very decided merit. Terschak set some of them to music, and dedicated his flute piece "Die Flammen von Surachani"