lets ▁& ▁books ▁on ▁occ ult ▁topics ▁and ▁natural ▁health . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Scott ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁O xt on , ▁Ch esh ire ▁to ▁a ▁sh i pper ▁and ▁scholar ▁of ▁Greek ▁and ▁Heb rew , ▁and ▁Mary ▁Scott ▁( née ▁Griff ith s ), ▁an ▁amateur ▁pian ist . ▁He ▁showed ▁a ▁talent ▁for ▁music ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁and ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Hoch ▁Conserv atory ▁in ▁Frankfurt , ▁Germany ▁to ▁study ▁piano ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 2 . ▁ ▁He ▁studied ▁with ▁I wan ▁Kn orr ▁and ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Frankfurt ▁Group , ▁a ▁circle ▁of ▁compos ers ▁who ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Hoch ▁Conserv atory ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁His ▁first ▁sym phony ▁was ▁performed ▁( through ▁the ▁good ▁offices ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁Stefan ▁George , ▁the ▁great ▁German ▁poet ) ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁twenty ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁played ▁his ▁P iano ▁Quart et ▁with ▁Fritz ▁Kreis ler , ▁Emil ▁Kreuz , ▁and ▁Ludwig ▁Leb ell ▁in ▁St . ▁James ' ▁Hall ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁he ▁met ▁the ▁pian ist ▁Ev ely n ▁Su art , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁art istic ▁association . ▁She ▁champion ed ▁his ▁music , ▁premier ing ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁works , ▁and ▁introdu cing ▁him ▁to ▁his ▁publish er , ▁El kin , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁remained ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁Ev ely