Cadman, DrCharles Wakefield. Mus.D. (Southern California, 1924). Studied in Pittsburgh, 1899-1909, with Leo Oehmler (harmony), W. K Skinner (organ), Luigi von Kunitz (orchestration) and Emil Paur (orchestration). Organist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; in Denver, Colorado. Conducted the Pittsburgh Male Chorus; musical director of the University of Southern California; music critic with the “Dispatch”, Pittsburgh, 1908-10; pianist. Composed operas, songs, piano pieces, chamber music, &c. b. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Dec. 24th, 1881; d. Los Angeles, California, Dec. 30th, 1946.
Calkin, George. Organist of St. Mark’s, Regent’s Park, London. Professor at the London Academy of Music; cellist and conductor. Brother of J. Baptiste Calkin. b. St. Pancras, London, England, Aug. 10th, 1829; d. Hampstead, London, July 13th, 1911.
Callaerts, Joseph Jacques. Chorister at Antwerp Cathedral; studied at the Brussels Conservatory under Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens, receiving first prize, 1856. Organist of the Jesuit College, 1851-56; Antwerp Cathedral, 1855-. Professor at the Royal Conservatory, Brussels. Composed a symphony, a comic opera, organ music, cantatas, church music, &c. b. Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 22nd, 1830; d. there, Mar. 3rd, 1901.
Campbell, Henry (Harry) Alexander John (1856-1921)
Biography of Harry Campbell
Campbell, Henry (Harry) Alexander John. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Organist of Barnet Parish Church; St. Andrew’s, Caversham. b. Birmingham, England, Nov. 15th, 1856; d. Reading, 1921.
Capocci, Filippo. Pupil of his father; studied at the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome. Assistant organist of St. John-Lateran’s, Rome, 1873-98; organist there, 1898-. Taught at the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome. Composed organ music. Son of Gaëtano Capocci. b. Rome, Italy, May 11th, 1840; d. there, July 25th, 1911.
Capodaglio, Leonello. Studied at the B. Marcello Conservatory, Venice under Gian Francesco Malipiero, Ugo Amendola (composition), Gino Gorini (piano), Egida Giordani Sartori (harpsichord) and Franco Ferrara (conducting). Director of the State Conservatory, Adria. b. Saguedo di Lendinara, Rovigio, Italy, Oct. 6th, 1945.
Carnall, Arthur. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1872). Chorister at Peterborough Cathedral; studied at Ely Cathedral under Dr E. T. Chipp; at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Organist of St. Mary’s, Peterborough; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Penge, 1873-1904. Son of John Carnall; brother of George Carnall. b. Peterborough, England, May 7th, 1852; d. Penge, June 30th, 1904.
Chauvet, Charles Alexis. Studied at the Paris Conservatory, 1850-60, under François Benoist (organ) and Ambrose Thomas (composition). Organist of St. Thomas-d’Aquin’s, Paris; St. Bernard’s-de-la-Chapelle, Paris, 1863; St. Merry’s, 1866; St. Trìnité’s, Paris, 1869-1871. Renowned for his organ improvisations. Composed organ and piano pieces. b. Marnes, near Paris, France, June 7th, 1837; d. Argentan, Jan. 28th, 1871.
Chipp, DrEdmund Thomas. Mus.B. (Cantab, Mar. 17th, 1859), Mus.D. (Cantab, June 21st, 1860). Chorister at the Chapel Royal, London, under William Hawes; pupil of W. Thomas (violin) and J. B. Nadaud (violin). Organist of the Percy Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, London; the Albany Chapel, Regent’s Park, London, 1843-46; St. John’s Chapel, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, 1846-47; St. Olave’s, Southwark, London, 1847-52; St. Mary’s-at-Hill, Eastcheap, London, 1852-56; the Royal Panopticon, Leicester Square, London, 1855-56; Holy Trinity, Paddington, London, 1856-62; St. George’s, Belfast, Ireland, 1862-66; Ulster Hall, Belfast, 1862-66; Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, 1866; St. Paul’s (Episcopal), Edinburgh, 1866; Ely Cathedral, England, 1866-86. Violinist in Her Majestys Private Band, London, 1843-55; with the Royal Italian Opera, London. Composed church, organ music, oratorios, &c. b. London, England, Dec. 25th, 1823; d. Nice, France, Dec. 17th, 1886.
Twenty-four Sketches (1. Andante Religioso; 2. In Memoriam M.F.G.C; 3. Con moto; 4. Adagio ma non troppo; 5. Con moto molto tranquillo; 6. Andante tranquillo; 7. Andante e molto Sostenuto; 8. Con moto ma non troppo presto; 9. Con moto molto tranquillo; 10. Canzonet; 11. Lento; 12. Pastorale; 13. In Memoriam F.M.B.; 14. Larghetto; 15. Moderato e Tranquillo; 16. Andante con Moto; 17. Moderato e Sostenuto; 18. Andante ma non troppo; 19. In Memoriam M.F.G.C.; 20. Grazioso; 21. Andante Maestoso e con energetico; 22. Moderato e legato; 23. Andante e Sostenuto; 24. Ave Maria)
Chopin, Frédérick François (Fryderyk Franciszek). Pupil of Adalbert Zywny; studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Joseph Elsner. Composed piano music. b. Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Poland, Mar. 1st, 1810; d. Paris, France, Oct. 17th, 1849.
Clark, Rev. Frederick Scotson. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1867.) Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Bennett, Goss, Lucas, Engel, Pinsuti and Pettit; Exeter College, Oxford; in Paris with Eugène Sergent (piano and harmony) and Louis Lefébure-Wély (harmony); in Leipzig with Richter and Reinecke; in Stuttgart with Lebert, Pruckner and Krugen; pupil of Dr E. J. Hopkins (organ). Organist of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London; the Regent Square Church, London, 1855; organ scholar at Exeter College, Oxford, 1865-66; organist of Llandilo Parish Church, Wales, 1866; assistant organist of the English Church, Leipzig, Germany; organist of St. Clement-Danes’, London, England. Head master of St. Michael’s Grammar School, Brighton, 1867; founded the London Organ School, 1873; represented English organists at the Paris Exposition, 1878. Composed organ and piano pieces, church music, songs, &c. b. London, England, Nov. 16th, 1840; d. Marylebone, London, July 5th, 1883.
Clarke, James Hamilton Siree. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1867). Organist of St. Matthew’s, Duddeston, 1852; Parsonstown Parish Church, Ireland, 1862; the Zion Church, Rathgar, Dublin, 1863; the Carnmoney Church, Belfast, 1865; Llandaff Cathedral, Wales, 1865-66; Queens College, Oxford, England, 1866-71; Kensington Parish Church, London, 1871; St. Peter’s, South Kensington, London, 1872-. Conducted the Victoria National Orchestra, Australia, 1889-91; director of music at several London Theatres. Composed church music, cantatas, operettas, incidental music, symphonies, chamber music, organ and piano pieces, part-songs, songs, &c. b. Birmingham, England, Jan. 25th, 1840; d. Banstead, July 9th, 1912.
Colborn, Arthur George. Pupil of James Greenwood and Arthur Gordon Ward; studied in Cheltenham. Organist of Stapleton Parish Church, Bristol. Composed cantatas, church and organ music, &c. b. Bristol, England, 1869; d. there, Feb. 20th, 1951.
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. Studied in Croydon with J. Beckwith (violin); chorister at St. George’s, Croydon; studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Sir Charles V. Stanford (composition). Chorister at St. George’s, Croydon. Professor of the violin at Croydon Conservatory; professor of composition at the Crystal Palace. Composed cantatas, operettas, a symphony, incidental music, services, &c. Father of Avril Coleridge-Taylor. b. Holborn, London, England, Aug. 15th, 1875; d. Croydon, Sep. 1st, 1912.
Cominetti, Ennio. Studied at the Piacenza Music school. Organist of St. Giovanni-Battista’s, Morbegno. Editor with the publishers “Edizioni Musicali Bèrben”. b. Lecco, Italy, 1957.
Raccolta di Danze in stile antico (1. Allemande; 2. Variation de la Pavane; 3. Gaillarde; 4. Branle de Bourgogne; 5. Branle de Champagne; 6. Branle Gai)
Cooman, Carson. B.A. (Harvard, 2004), M.Mus. (Carnegie, 2006). Studied at Harvard University; Carnegie Mellon Univerity. Organ scholar at St. Peter’s (Episcopal), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Composer in residence at Harvard University; editor with the publishers “Lorenz Publishing Co.” b. Rochester, New York, U.S.A., June 12th, 1982.
Cooper, Alexander Samuel. F.R.C.O. Pupil of Dr E. J. Hopkins and Sir Charles Hallé. Organist of St. Columba’s College, Rathfarnham, Ireland, 1857-59; St. John’s, Putney, London, England, 1859-66; St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, 1866-. Composed church music, part-songs, songs, &c. b. London, England, Apr. 30th, 1835; d. there, May 19th, 1900.
Corbett, Felix. Hon.R.C.M. Studied in Birmingham with James Stimpson (organ) and Franklin Taylor. Organist of St. Hilda’s Parish Church, Middlesbrough, 1882-; Middlesbrough Town Hall, 1898-. Composed songs, piano pieces, &c. b. Cinderford, England, July 3rd, 1861; d. Reigate, Jan. 18th, 1940.
Costa, SirMichael Andrew Agnus (Michele Andres Agniello). Knighted, 1869. Studied at the Naples Conservatory under Girolamo Crescenti and Nicolò Antonio Zingarelli; pupil of Muzio Clementi. Musical director of the King’s Theatre, London, England, 1832; conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1846; the Italian Opera at Covent Garden, London, 1846; the Sacred Harmonic Society, 1848; the festivals at Birmingham, Bradford, and Leeds; the Handel Festival, 1857. Composed oratorios, operas, symphonies, &c. b. Naples, Italy, Feb. 4th, 1808; d. Hove, England, Apr. 29th, 1884.
Councell, Cecil Wesley. Organist of St. Andrew’s, Lambeth, London. Music publisher. b. Thornbury (Gloucestershire), England, 1877; d. Epsom, June 20th, 1946.
Cover, Claude Ernest. Organist of Rotherham Parish Church; in Galashields, Scotland. School teacher. b. Sherburn (Yorkshire), England, Mar. 13th, 1870; d. Galashields, Scotland, Feb. 17th, 1944.
Cui (Кюи), César Antonovich (Цезарь Антонович). Studied engineering in Vilnius and St. Petersburg; pupil of Moniuszko (theory). Military engineer; music critic with the “St. Petersburger Zeitung”, 1864-68; the “Revue et Gazette Musicale”, Paris, 1878-79. Composed operas, songs, chamber music. Wrote criticism. b. Vilnius, Lithuania, Jan. 30th, 1835; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, Mar. 24th, 1918.
Culwick, DrJames Cooksey. Mus.D., (T.C.D., 1893), F.R.C.O. Articled pupil of Thomas Bedsmore. Assistant organist of Lichfield Cathedral, 1865-66; organist of St. Chad’s, Lichfield; in Parsonstown, Ireland, 1866; Bray, 1868; of St. Ann’s, Dublin, 1870-81; the Chapel Royal, Dublin, 1881-1907. Professor of piano and theory at Alexandra College, Dublin, Ireland. Composed choral music, anthems, services, orchestral, piano, and organ pieces, &c. Wrote about music. b. West Bromwich, England, Apr. 28th, 1845; d. Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 5th, 1907.
d’Antalffy (-Zsiros), Desier (Dezsö) von. Studied at Budapest Academy under H. Kossler; in Leipzig with Karl Straube and Max Reger; pupil of M. Enrico Bossi. Organist of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Budapest; at the Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S.A., 1938; to the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Professor of organ at the Landes-Musikakademie, Budapest; faculty member at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, U.S.A., 1922-23. Composed piano and organ music, songs, orchestral music, &c. b. Nagy-Beckerek, Hungary, July 24th, 1885; d. Denville, New York, U.S.A., Apr. 29th, 1945.
Davies, SirHenry Walford. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1892), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1898), LL.D. (Leeds), Hon.Mus.D. (Dublin), Hon.F.R.A.M., F.R.C.M., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., K.C.V.O. (1922), O.B.E. Chorister in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1882; pupil of Sir Walter Parratt; studied at the Royal College of Music, London, 1890-94, with Sir Charles V. Stanford, Sir Hubert H. Parry and Rockstro. Assistant organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1885-90; organist of Park Royal Chapel, Windsor, 1885-90; St. Anne’s, Soho, London, 1890-91; Christ Church, Hampstead, London, 1891-98; the Temple Church, London, 1898-1923; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1927-32. Taught counterpoint at the Royal College of Music, London, 1895-1903, associate and professor there; director of the Bach Choir, London, 1903-07; organizing director of music to the Royal Air Force, 1917-19; professor of music at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1919-23; director of music there, 1923-26; Master of the Kings Musick, 1934. Composed cantatas, church music, anthems, orchestral and chamber music, part-songs, songs, &c. Brother of Dr E. Harold Davies. b. Oswestry, England, Sep. 6th, 1869; d. Wrington, Mar. 11th, 1941.
Debat-Ponsan, Georges. Pupil of François Benoist and Ambroise Thomas. Professor at Toulouse Conservatory. Organist of Notre-Dame-de-Daurade, Toulouse, 1866-1933. b. Toulouse, France, 1855; d. there, 1933.
Debussy, Achille Claude. Studied at the Paris Conservatory, 1873, under Marmontel (piano), Albert Lavignac (harmony), Jules Massenet (counterpoint and harmony) and E. Guiraud (counterpoint and harmony); gained the Prix de Rome, 1882; the Grad Prix, 1884. Composed an opera, a cantata, orchestral and piano pieces, songs. b. St. Germain-en-Laye, France, Aug. 22nd, 1862; d. Paris, Mar. 25th, 1918.
Degenhardt, Heinrich F. Organist of St. Catherine’s, Hamburg. Professor of piano at the Hamburg Conservatory. b. Germany, 1828; d. Hamburg, Dec. 9th, 1896.
Demarest, Clifford. F.A.G.O. Studied in Brooklyn, New York, with Dr R. Huntington Woodman (organ). Organist of the Community Church, New York, 1900; the Church-of-the-Messiah (Unitarian), New York. President of the American Guild of Organists, 1917-20. Composed anthems, part-songs, organ music, &c. b. Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.A., Aug. 12th, 1874; d. there, May 13th, 1946.
d’Evry, Edouard (Edward). F.R.C.O., F.T.C.L. Assistant organist of the Brompton Oratory, London, 1893-99; organist there, 1899-1935. Director of examinations of Trinity College London, 1929-36; professor there. b. Brompton, London, England, June 6th, 1869; d. Hove, Dec. 25th, 1950.
Dienel, Otto. Studied at the Görlitz Gymnasium; the Bunzlau Seminary; the Royal Institute of Church Music, Berlin, 1863-67; the Royal Academy, Berlin; pupil of August W. Bach and Dr Johann Schneider. Organist of St. Bartholomew’s, Friedrichshain, Berlin, 1865; the Holy Cross Church, Kreutzberg, Berlin; St. Mary’s, Berlin, 1881-1905. Royal Music Director, Berlin, 1881. Son of Karl Wilhelm Dienel. b. Tiefenfurt, Silesia, Germany, Jan. 11th, 1839; d. Steglitz, Berlin, Mar. 7th, 1905.
d’Indy, Paul Marie Théodore Vincent. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Pupil of L. Diémer, Marmontel (piano) and A. Lavignac (harmony and composition); studied at the Paris Conservatory under César Franck (composition). Organist of St. Leu-la-Forêt, Paris, 1872-76. A founder of the Schola Cantorum, Paris, 1894; taught composition there. Composed symphonies, suites, chamber music, piano pieces, songs, &c. b. Paris, France, Mar. 27th, 1851; d. there, Dec. 2nd, 1931.
Driffield, Edward Townshend. Organist of Christ Church, Claughton, Birkenhead. Solicitor in Tranmere. b. Prescot, near Liverpool, England, Dec. 10th, 1851; d. Ormskirk, Nov. 15th, 1925.
Driffill, William Ralph. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Organist of Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown, New Barnet, 1896-; Monken Hadley Parish Church; St. Mark’s, Barnet Vale, 1901-. Music teacher. b. Dunstable, England, Dec. 8th, 1870; d. Barnet, Apr. 24th, 1922.
Dubois, François Clément Théodore. Legion of Honour, 1883. Studied in Rheims; at the Paris Conservatory under Marmontel (piano), Emanuel Joseph Bazin (harmony), François Benoist (organ) and Ambroise Thomas (fugue and composition), 1853; won the Grand Prix de Rome, 1861. Organist of the Invalides, Paris, 1855-58; assistant organist of St. Clotilde’s, Paris, 1863; La Madeleine, Paris, 1869-77; organist there, 1877-96. Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory, 1871; director there, 1896. Composed operas, a ballet, symphonic poem, orchestral pieces, oratorios, piano and organ pieces, &c. b. Rosnay, Marne, France, Aug. 24th, 1837; d. Paris, June 11th, 1924.
Duncan, William Edmondstoune. A.R.C.O. (1882). Studied at the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Hubert H. Parry, Sir Charles V. Stanford, Sir George Martin and E. Pauer; pupil of Sir G. A. Macfarren. Music critic in London; professor at the Oldham College of Music. Composed choral and orchestral music, a mass, an opera, songs, part-songs, &c. Wrote about music. b. Sale, England, Apr. 22nd, 1866; d. there, June 26th, 1920.
Six Pieces (1. Ave Maria in G major; 2. Pastorale in D major; 3. March in B flat major; 4. Prelude in E flat major; 5. Fugue in E flat major; 6. Postlude in G major)
Dunhill, Thomas Frederick. A.R.C.M. Studied at the Royal College of Music, London, under Franklin Taylor (piano) and Sir Charles V. Stanford (composition), won the composition scholarship, 1897. Music master at Eton College, 1901-10; professor at the Royal College of Music, London, 1905; founded the Dunhill concerts, 1907; dean of the music faculty, University of London. Composed a symphony, song cycles, songs, chamber and orchestral music, operas, organ pieces, &c. b. Hampstead, London, England, Feb. 1st, 1877; d. Scunthorpe, Mar. 13th, 1946.
Dvořák, Antonin Leopold. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1891) Studied organ, piano and theory under A. Liehmann of Zlonitz and Hancke at Kamnitz; at the Prague Organ School under Karl F. Pitzsch, 1857-60; pupil of František Blažek (theory), Josef Foerster (organ) and Josef L. Blažek (singing). Organist of St. Adalbert’s, Prague, 1873-77. Directed the National Conservatory, New York, 1892-95; head of Prague Conservatory. Composed symphonies, choruses, a requiem, operas, cantatas, chamber music, songs, orchestral pieces, &c. b. Mühlhausen, near Kralup, Bohemia, Sep. 8th, 1841; d. Prague, May 1st, 1904.
Eddy, Hiram Clarence. Studied in Greenfield, Massachusetts, with J. G. Wilson; in Hartford, Connecticut, with Dudley Buck (organ); in Berlin with A. Haupt (organ) and Albert Löschhorn (piano), 1871. Organist of the Bethany Congregational Church, Montpelier, Vermont, 1858-71; the First Congregational Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1874-76; the First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1879-96; recitalist at the Vienna Exposition, 1873; Philadelphia Centennial, 1876; concert organist; touring the U.S.A. and Europe. Director of the Hershey School of Musical Art, Chicago, Illinois, 1876; a founder of the American Guild of Organists. Moved to Chicago, Illinois, 1874. Composed organ music, church music, songs, &c. b. Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A., June 23rd, 1851; d. Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 10th, 1937.
Edwards, DrAlbert Henry. Mus.D. (Dublin), Mus.B., (Oxon), F.R.C.O. Studied at Rochester Cathedral; Trinity College London; pupil of John Hopkins. Organist of St. George’s, Barrow-in-Furness, 1891-93; St. Mary’s, Brecon, Wales, 1894-95; Christ Church, Doncaster, England, 1896-98; St. Mary Magdalene’s, Bradford, 1899-1911; St. Mary’s, West Kensington, London, 1911-; Holy Trinity, Richmond-upon-Thames, 1915-. b. Chelmsford, England, 1869; d. West Kensington, London, Nov. 13th, 1944.
Elgar, SirEdward William. Hon.Mus.D. (Cantab, 1900); knighted in 1904; order of merit, 1911. Studied violin with Pollitzer, 1877. Organist of St. George’s (R.C.), Worcester, 1885-89. Bandmaster at the County Lunatic Asylum, Worcester, 1879-84; conducted the Worcester Amateur Instrumental Society, 1882; professor of music at Birmingham University, 1905-06; master of the Kings Music, 1924; violinist. Composed symphonies, cantatas, military marches, overtures, concertos, orchestral, instrumental and choral music, songs, &c. Son of W. H. Elgarb. Broadheath, near Worcester, England, June 2nd, 1857; d. Worcester, Feb. 23rd, 1934.
Elliott, James William. Chorister at Leamington Parish Church, 1846-48; pupil of Sir G. A. Macfarren. Organist of Leamington Chapel, 1847-52; the Private Chapel, Heaton Hall, 1859-60; Banbury Parish Church, 1860-62; St. Mary-le-Bolton’s, London, 1862-1864; All Saints’, St. John’s Wood, London, 1864-74; St. Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, London, 1874-1909. Composed operettas, services, anthems, part-songs, songs, &c. b. Warwick, England, Feb. 13th, 1833; d. St. John’s Wood, London, Feb. 5th, 1915.
Eÿken (Eijken), Gerrit (Gerard) Isaac van. Organist in Dalston, London, England. Professor in Utrecht. Brother of Jan A. van Eÿken and H. van Eÿken. b. Amersfoort, Holland, May 5th, 1832; d. London, England, Mar. 12th, 1879.
icon to add it to your shopping basket.
