Six Pieces for Christmas (1. “Sit Laus plena” - Allegro con brio; 2. “Quem vidistis pastores” - Andante con moto in E; 3. “Psallite omnes Angeli” - Allegro vivace in C; 4. “Venite in Bethlehem” - Andantino in F; 5. Pastorale - Allegretto in B flat; 6. “O Magnum Mysterium” - Andante in E flat)
Blair, DrHugh. B.A. (Cantab, 1886), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1887), M.A. (Cantab, 1896), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1906). Studied at Worcester Cathedral School under Dr William Done; Christ College Cambridge under Sir G. A. Macfarren and Dr George M. Garrett. Organ scholar at Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1883; organist there, 1884-87; assistant organist of Worcester Cathedral, 1887-94; organist there, 1895-97; Holy Trinity, Marylebone, London, 1898-; Battersea Town Hall, London, 1900-04. Conducted the Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, 1889-97; London Church Orchestral Society, 1910-15. Composed cantatas, anthems, services, part-songs, violin pieces, &c. b. Worcester, England, May 26th, 1864; d. Worthing, July 22nd, 1932.
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.
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.
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.
Faulkes, George William Henry. Pupil of William Dawson and Henry Dillon-Newman. . Organist of St. John-the-Baptist’s, Tue Brook, Liverpool, 1882-86; St. Margaret’s, Anfield, Liverpool, 1886-1933. b. Liverpool, England, Nov. 4th, 1863; d. there, Jan. 25th, 1933.
Garrett, DrGeorge Mursell. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1857), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1867), M.A. (Cantab, 1878), F.R.C.O., M.P.S. Chorister in New College, Oxford, 1844-48; pupil of Dr S. S. Wesley and Dr Stephen Elvey. Organist of St. Thomas’, Winchester, 1848-52; assistant organist of Winchester Cathedral, 1851-54; organist of Holy Trinity, Winchester, 1852-54; Madras Cathedral, India, 1854-56; St. John’s College, Cambridge, England, 1857-97; to Cambridge University, 1873-97. Lecturer in harmony and counterpoint at Cambridge University, 1883; conducted the St. John’s College Musical Society. Composed cantatas, church music, organ and piano pieces, part-songs, songs, &c. b. Winchester, England, June 8th, 1834; d. Cambridge, Apr. 8th, 1897.
Gaul, Harvey Bartlett. Pupil of George F. Lejeune (organ); studied in New York with Dudley Buck; London with Dr Philip Armes and A. R. Gaul; at the Paris Conservatory under Alexandre Guilmant; the Schola Cantorum, Paris, under Charles Marie Widor and Vincent d’Indy. Assistant organist of St. John’s Chapel, New York City, 1898; organist of St. Luke’s Chapel, Paris, France; the Emmanuel Church, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., 1900-08; the Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1910-45. Taught at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Composed organ pieces, cantatas, songs, part-songs, anthems, &c. Wrote criticism for Pittsburgh newspapers. b. Astoria, New York, U.S.A., Apr. 11th, 1881; d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1st, 1945.
Grace, DrHarvey. F.R.C.O. (1905), Mus.D. (Lambeth, 1932). Chorister in Romsey Abbey under William Cary Bliss; studied at Southwark Cathedral, London, under Dr A. Madeley Richardson. Organist of St. Agnes’, Kennington Park, London, 1905-13; St. Mary-Magdalene’s, Munster Square, London, 1914-; Chichester Cathedral, 1931-37; East Grinstead Parish Church. Editor of the “Musical Times”, 1918-; commissioner of the School of English Church Music, 1937; taught at Trinity College of Music, London, 1939. Composed organ pieces, songs, part-songs, church music, &c. Brother of Dr George Grace and Rev. William F. Grace. b. Romsey, England, Jan. 25th, 1874; d. Bromley (Kent), Feb. 15th, 1944.
Gray, DrAlan. LL.B. (Cantab, 1877), LL.M. (Cantab, 1883), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1886), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1889), F.R.C.O. Studied at St. Peter’s School, York; law at Trinity College, Cambridge; music at York Minster under Dr Edwin George Monk; Trinity College, Cambridge. Organist of Wellington College, 1883-92; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1892-1930; the Guild Hall, Cambridge. Musical director of Wellington College, 1883-92; conducted the Cambridge University Musical Society, 1892; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1922-23. Composed cantatas, odes, church music, orchestral music, chamber music, organ pieces, songs, &c. b. York, England, Dec. 23rd, 1855; d. Cambridge, Sep. 27th, 1935.
Guilmant, Félix Alexandre. Legion of Honour, 1896. Pupil of his father; and Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens. Assistant organist at St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1849; organist of St. Joseph’s, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1853; St. Nicholas’, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1857; St. Sulpice’s, Paris, 1863; Notre-Dame, Paris, 1868; La Trinité, Paris, 1871-1901. Toured the U.S.A., 1893 and 1897; Europe, 1897-98, 1904-05. Professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory, 1896. Son of Jean Baptiste Guilmant. b. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Mar. 12th, 1837; d. Meudon, Mar. 30th, 1911.
Halsey, William (Bill) Dawson. Studied in Paris. Organist of St. John-Cantius’, New York; St. Peter-Claver’s, New York; the Church of the Assumption, New York; the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New York. b. Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., 1958.
Harwood, DrBasil. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1880), B.A. (Oxon, 1881), M.A., (Oxon, 1884), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1896), F.R.C.O. Studied at Charterhouse School, 1874-76; Trinity College, Oxford; pupil of J. L. Roeckel (piano), George Riseley (organ) and Dr Charles Corfe (theory); studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Dr Karl Reinecke (composition) and Salomon Jadassohn (composition). Organist of Trinity College, Oxford, 1878-81; St. Barnabas’, Pimlico, London, 1883-87; Ely Cathedral, 1887-92; Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1892-1909. Conducted the Oxford Orchestral Association, 1892-98; Oxford Bach Choir, 1896; president of the Oxford University Musical Club, 1881, 1895; precentor of Keble College, Oxford, 1892-1903; choragus of Oxford University, 1900-1909. Composed church music, organ and piano pieces, songs, hymn tunes, &c. b. Woodhouse, Olveston, England, Apr. 11th, 1859; d. Kensington, London, Apr. 3rd, 1949.
Hollins, Alfred. Hon.Mus.D. (Edinburgh, 1922); Hon.F.R.C.O. Blind organist. Studied at the Wilberforce Institution, York, under William Barnby, 1874-77; the Royal Normal College for the Blind, Upper Norwood, London, under F. J. Campbell, Fritz Hartvigson (piano), and Dr E. J. Hopkins (organ), 1878; in Berlin under Hans von Bülow who described him as one “of those rare and true musicians among pianoforte virtuosi”, 1885. Organist of St. John’s, Redhill, London, 1884-88; the People’s Palace, London, 1888-; St. Andrew’s (Presbyterian), Upper Norwood, London, 1888-97; St. George’s (United Free), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1897-1942. Professor of piano and organ at the Royal Normal College for the Blind, Upper Norwood, London, 1888. Was responsible for the specifications of the organ in Johannesburg Town Hall, built by Norman & Beard (giving opening recital, 1916), and Caird Hall, Dundee, built by Harrison & Harrison; also organs in Belfast and Edinburgh. Played the Beethoven Pianoforte Concerto in E-flat under Manns at the Crystal Palace; before Queen Victoria at Windsor, 1882; toured the United States, 1885, 1888; played a series of recitals at Sydney Town Hall in 1904; toured New Zealand, 1904; South Africa, 1907, 1909; U.S.A., 1926. Composed organ music, songs, anthems, piano music, &c. b. Hull, England, Sep. 11th, 1865; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 17th, 1942.
Hull, DrArthur Eaglefield. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1903), F.R.C.O. Pupil of J. H. Wood, Tobias Matthay and Dr Charles W. Pearce. Organist in Market Harborough; of St. Mary’s, Plaistow; Bishop-Stortford Parish Church, 1898-1903; Huddersfield Parish Church, 1904-; organ recitalist. Founder of the British Music Society; conductor. b. Little Bowden, Market Harborough, England, Mar. 10th, 1876; d. Huddersfield, Nov. 4th, 1928 (suicide).
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid Theodor. Studied at Leipzig Conservatory under Karl Wendling, Dr Karl Reinecke, Robert Teichmüller, Salomon Jadassohn and Homeyar, 1895.. Taught at the Magdeburg Conservatory, 1901-02; piano, theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1919-32; professor there, 1932-33. b. Oberndorf-am-Neckar, Swabia, Germany, Nov. 21st, 1877; d. Leipzig, Apr. 9th, 1933.
Lemare, Edwin Henry. A.R.A.M., F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. (1886). Pupil of his father; won a Goss Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1876; studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Dr Charles Steggall and Dr Edmund H. Turpin. Organist of St. Mary’s, Brookfield, Highgate, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Brownswood Park, London, 1882; St. Andrew’s, Cardiff, Wales, 1886; the Park Hall, Cardiff, 1886; the Albert Hall, Sheffield, 1886; Sheffield Parish Church, England, 1886-92; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square, London, 1892-95; St. Margaret’s, Westminster, London, 1896-1902; the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1902-05; at the Pan-America Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915; San Francisco City Hall, California, 1917-20; Portland City Hall, Maine, 1921-23; Chattanooga City Hall, Tennessee, 1924-29. Toured the U.S.A., 1900-01; Australia; New Zealand; Europe. Designed the organ for Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand; Melbourne Town Hall, Australia. The finest and most highly paid organ recitalist of his day; popularized Wagnerian operas in England, though his transcriptions of them. Composed organ pieces, church music, an orchestral symphony, &c. Son of Edwin Lemare; nephew of Dr William Lemare. b. Ventnor, England, Sep. 9th, 1865; d. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Sep. 24th, 1934.
Lux, Friedrich. Studied in Dessau with F. Schneider. Organist. Musical director of the Court Theatre, Dessau, 1841; conductor of the City Theatre, Mainz, 1851-77; the Oratorio Society, 1867-91. Composed operas, orchestral and chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano music, &c. b. Ruhla, Germany, Nov. 24th, 1820; d. Mainz, July 9th, 1895.
Macchia, Grimoaldo. Studied at the Arts Academy, Rome; Perugia Conservatory. Organist of St. Boniface’s Basilica, Rome; St. George’s, Arth, Switzerland. Professor of music at the Junior International Institute, Rome. b. Rome, Italy, May 6th, 1972.
Four Christmas Chorales (1. “Komm, du Heiland aller Welt”; 2. “Lobt Gott ihr Christen alle gleich”; 3. “Vom Himmel hoch”; 4. “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”)
Three Christmas Carols (1. Christmas Carol in Dance on “Tu scendi dalle stelle”; 2. Christmas Carol in Giga on “Adeste Fideles”; 3. Christmas Carol in Swing on “O Tannenbaum”)
Merkel, Gustav Adolf (Adolph). Studied in Dresden with Julius Otto (counterpoint) and Dr Johann Schneider (organ); pupil of Otto Reissiger (harmony) and Robert Schumann (composition). Organist of the Waisenhaus Church, Dresden, 1858; the Church-of-the-Holy-Cross, Dresden, 1860; the Catholic Court Church, Dresden, 1864-85. Professor of Dresden Conservatory, 1861. A friend of Robert Schumann. Composed organ pieces, piano pieces, songs, &c. Author of an Organ School. b. Oberoderwitz, near Zittau, Germany, Nov. 12th, 1827; d. Dresden, Oct. 30th, 1885.
Stanford, SirCharles Villiers. B.A. (Cantab, 1874), D.C.L. (Durham), M.A. (Cantab, 1877), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon, 1883), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1888), F.R.C.O., knighted, 1903. Pupil of Arthur O’Leary (composition) and Sir Robert P. Stewart (composition); studied in London with Ernst Pauer (piano); in Leipzig with Dr Karl Reinecke, 1875-76; and Berlin with Friedrich Kiel. Organ scholar of Queens College, Cambridge, 1870; organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1873-92. Professor of composition at the Royal College of Music, London, 1883; professor of music at Cambridge University, 1887-1924; conducted the Cambridge Amateur Vocal Guild; the Cambridge University Musical Society, 1873-93; Bach Choir, 1885-1903; the Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1897-; the Leeds Festival, 1903. Elected Corresponding Member of the Société des Compositeurs de Musique, Paris, 1892. Composed symphonies, oratorios, operas, cantatas, odes, incidental music, church music, orchestral music, chamber music, organ pieces, songs, piano pieces, &c. b. Dublin, Ireland, Sep. 30th, 1852; d. Marylebone, London, England, Mar. 29th, 1924.
Yon, Pietro Alessandro. Studied in Ivrea with Burbatti; at the Royal Conservatory, Milan, under Polibio Fumagalli; the Turin Conservatory under Venezia (piano), Roberto Remondi (organ) and Bolzoni (composition), 1901-04; the St. Cecilia Academy, Rome, under Remigio Renzi (organ), Sqambati (piano), Bustini (piano) and de Sanctis (theory and composition), 1904. Assistant organist of St. Peter’s, Rome, 1905-07; organist of St. Francis-Xavier’s, New York City, U.S.A., 1907-19, 1921-26; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, 1926-43. Moved to New York, U.S.A.,1907. Composed a mass, motets, songs, organ pieces, &c. Brother of S. Constantino Yon. b. Settimo-Vittone, Italy, Aug. 8th, 1886; d. Huntington, New York, U.S.A., Nov. 22nd, 1943.
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