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Short Pieces
Short Pieces Volume 2 (1. Frederick Archer - Prelude in G; 2. Frederick Archer - Motivo in B flat; 3. Herbert Botting - Cradle Song No 1; 4. A. Carnall - Siciliano; 5. Ignace Gibsone - Andante Espressivo; 6. Wesché - Meditation; 7. Fredkerick A. Keene - Invocation in F; 8. Frederick A. Keene - Andante grazioso; 9. H.A.J. Campbell - Allegretto pastorale)
Short Pieces Volume 3 (1. H. A. Jeboult - Postlude Impromptu; 2. W. C. Filby - Calm in Sorrow; 3. Hamilton Clarke - Introductory voluntary; 4. Kate Boundy - Even Song; 5. T. M. Mudie - Larghetto; 6. Allex S Cooper - Prelude in E minor; 7. William Spark - Prelude; 8. Myles B. Foster - O Salutaris Hostia)
Bairstow, SirEdward Cuthbert. Mus.B. (Dunelm, 1894), Mus.D. (Dunelm, 1901), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon & Leeds), F.R.C.O.; knighted, 1932. Studied in Huddesfield with Henry L. Parratt; at Hottingham High School, 1887-89; the Grocers’ Company School, Hackney Downs, London, 1889-; in London with John Farmer; at Durham University; pupil of Sir Frederick Bridge and Sir Walter G. Alcock; studied at Balliol College, Oxford under Henry Farmer. Organist of All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1894-99; assistant organist of Westminster Abbey, London, 1895-99; organist of Wigan Parish Church, 1899-1906; Leeds Parish Church, 1906-13; York Minster, 1913-46. Conducted the Wigan Philharmonic Society, 1901-06; the St. Cecilia Society, Blackburn, 1903-13; the Preston Choral Society (Lancashire); the York Musical Society; the York Symphony Orchestra, 1913; the Leeds Philharmonic Society, 1917; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1928-29; professor of music at Durham University, 1929-46. Composed church and organ music, and part-song. b. Huddersfield, England, Aug. 22nd, 1874; d. York, May 1st, 1946.
Bath, SirHubert Charles. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Oscar Beringer (piano), Frederick Corder (composition) and Reginald Steggall (composition). Composed operas, orchestral and choral music, songs, chamber music, &c. b. Barnstaple, England, Nov. 6th, 1883; d. Harefield, London, Apr. 24th, 1945.
Bennett, DrGeorge John. F.R.C.O. (1882), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1888), F.R.A.M. (1888), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1893). Chorister in Winchester Cathedral, 1872-78; studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1879-84, under Sir G. A. Macfarren and Dr Charles Steggall, won Balfe scholarship; studied in Berlin and Munich, with Friedrich Kiel and Josef Rheinberger. Organist of St. Peter’s, Vauxhall, London, 1883-86; Brompton Parish Church, London, 1887-; the Westminster Methodist Chapel, London; St. John-the-Evangelist’s, Wilton Road, 1890-95; Lincoln Cathedral, 1895-1930. Professor of harmony at the Royal Academy of Music, London; conducted the Lincoln Music Festivals; the orchestra of the London Organ School; Church Orchestral Society; founded the Lincoln Musical Society, and Lincoln Orchestral Society. Composed orchestral, church music, organ pieces, songs, chamber music, piano pieces, &c. b. Andover, England, May 5th, 1863; d. Lincoln, Aug. 20th, 1930.
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 3 (1. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “London” in E flat; 2. Fuga in C (allegro moderato); 3. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “Halifax” in A; 4. Andantino in E flat; 5. Chorale Prelude on the Tune “St. Bride” in A minor; 6. Andante in B flat (No 2))
Six Pieces for Church Use Vol. 5 (1. Wedding march; 2. Allegro giocoso in G; 3. Andante con moto in A; 4. Prelude on the Hynn “Stabat Mater” in D minor; 5. Funeral March in F sharp minor; 6. Adagio elegiaco in E minor)
Twelve Short Preludes on Old English Psalm-Tunes (1. “Lord, hear the voice of my complaint”; 2. “Through all the changing scenes of life”; 3. “All people that on earth do dwell”; 4. “Give ear, thou judge of all the earth”; 5. “My soul, praise the Lord”; 6. “Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust”; 7. “Hail! Sacred feast”; 8. “All praise to thee, my God, this night”; 9. “My soul for help on God relies”; 10. “Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song”; 11. “Bow down thy gracious ear”; 12. “O praise the Lord with one consent”)
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.
Boëllmann, Léon. Studied at the École Niedermeyer under Eugène Gigout. Assistant organist at St. Vincent-de-Paul’s, Paris, 1881-; organist there. Composed a symphony, chamber music, organ pieces, &c. b. Ensisheim, Alsace, France, Sep. 25th, 1862; d. Paris, Oct. 11th, 1897.
Burgess, Rev.Francis Henry. F.S.A. (Scot.) Studied at the London Organ School. Organist of St. Mary-the-Virgin’s, Primrose Hill, London, 1900; St. Mark’s, Marylebone Road, London, 1902-03; St. Columba’s, Lancaster Road, North Kensington, London, 1904-. Director of the Plainsong and Mediæval Music Societys Choir; editor of the “Organist & Choirmaster”. b. Marylebone, London, England, Feb. 22nd, 1879; d. Torquay, June 22nd, 1948.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Farrar, Ernest Bristow. Studied at Leeds Grammar School under Bernard Johnson; the Royal College of Music, London, under Sir Charles V. Stanford, Parratt and Sir Hubert H. Parry. Organist of the English Church, Dresden, Germany; St. Hilda’s, South Shields, England, 1910-11; Christ Church, Harrogate, 1912-. Composed orchestral, piano and organ pieces, &c. b. Blackheath, England, July 7th, 1885; d. Epéhy Roussoy, France, Sep. 18th, 1918 (killed in action).
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.
Ferrari, Gustave. Studied at the Geneva Conservatory; in Paris with Eugène Gigout. Conductor in London, 1901-; New York, U.S.A., 1916; pianist. Composed songs, &c. b. Geneva, Switzerland, Sep. 28th, 1872; d. there, there, July 29th, 1948.
Fletcher, Percy Eastman. Musical director to the Savoy Theatre, London; Dury Lane Theatre, London. Composed cantatas, orchestral music, songs, &c. Son of Alfred William Fletcher. b. Derby, England, Dec. 12th, 1879; d. Virginia Water, Sep. 10th, 1932.
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.
Goodhart, Arthur Murray. B.A. (Cantab, 1888), Mus.B. (Cantab, 1892), M.A. (Cantab, 1894). Pupil of Sir J. Barnby, Dr George M. Garrett, Dr Charles W. Pearce, C. Forsyth, Frank Bridge. Taught classics at Eton School. Composed orchestral, organ, and piano pieces, songs, carols, military band music, &c. b. Wimbledon, England, July 14th, 1866; d. Oxford, July 2nd, 1941.
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.
Händel (Handel, Haendel, Hendel), Georg Friedrich (George Frederick). Studied at Halle Cathedral, 1692, under Friedrich W. Zachau (counterpoint, organ, harpsichord and oboe). Assistant organist of Halle Cathedral, 1697-1702; organist there, 1702-03. Violinist at Hanover Opera, 1703; in Italy, 1706; conductor to the Elector of Hannover, 1709; to the Duke of Chandos, England, 1718; music master to the Prince of Wales; director of the Royal Academy, London. Composed operas, oratorios, serenatas, odes, anthems, songs, cantatas, concertos, suites, &c. b. Halle, Germany, Feb. 23rd, 1685; d. London, England, Apr. 14th, 1759.
Hesse, Adolf (Adolph) Friedrich. Pupil of Dr C. H. Rinck, Friedrich Wilhelm Berner (organ) and E. Köhler (organ). Assistant organist of St. Elizabeth’s, Breslau, 1827-31; organist of St. Bernard’s, Breslau, 1831-63. Director of the Breslau Symphony Concerts. Composed cantatas, symphonies, chamber music, organ pieces, &c. b. Breslau, Germany, Aug. 30th, 1809; d. there, Aug. 5th, 1863.
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).
Luard-Selby, Bertram. Studied at Tonbridge School; Magdalen College, Oxford; the Leipzig Conservatory under Dr Karl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn. Organist of St. Barnabas’, Marylebone, London, 1876-81; Highgate School, London, 1876-81; Salisbury Cathedral, 1881-83; St. John’s, Torquay, 1884-86; St. Barnabas’, Pimlico, London, 1887-; St. Andrew’s, Willesden Green, London; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London; Rochester Cathedral, 1900-16; organist and music master at Bradfield College (Berkshire), 1916-18. Composed operas, church music, orchestral music, organ and piano pieces, songs, chamber music, &c. b. Ightham, England, Feb. 12th, 1853; d. Winterton, Dec. 26th, 1918.
Lyon, DrJames. Mus.D. (Oxon, 1904). Pupil of Dr T. W. Dodds (organ) and Dr Herbert Botting; studied at Queen’s College, Oxford. Assistant organist of Bangor Cathedral, Wales, 1892-94; organist of St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, England, 1894-96; St. Mark’s, Surbiton, 1896; Warwick School, 1897; Wallasey Parish Church, Liverpool, c1908. Taught at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute, until 1933. Composed operas, orchestral, church, and organ music, songs, piano pieces, violin pieces, &c. b. Manchester, England, Oct. 25th, 1872; d. Australia, Aug. 25th, 1949.
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.
Macpherson, DrCharles. A.R.A.M. (1896), Mus.D. (Dunelm, 1919), F.R.A.M., F.R.C.O. Chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1879-87, under Sir George Martin; studied at St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School, London; the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1890-. Organist of St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, 1887; St. David’s, Weem, Scotland, 1887-89; Madame de Falba’s Private Chapel, Luton Hoo, England, 1889-95; assistant organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1895-1916; organist there, 1916-27. Taught harmony at the Royal Academy of Music, London; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1920-21. Composed chamber music, orchestral suites, &c. b. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 10th, 1870; d. Westminster, London, England, May 28th, 1927.
Mailly, Alphonse Jean Ernest. Studied at the Brussels Conservatory under C. Girschner (organ) and Nicolaus Jacques Lemmens. Organist in Cannes. Professor of piano at the Brussels Conservatory, 1861; professor of organ there, 1868. Composed organ and piano pieces, &c. b. Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 27th, 1833; d. there, Jan. 15th, 1918.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix. Hon.Ph.D. (Leipzig, 1841). Pupil of Berger, Zelter and Hennings; Moscheles, 1824; studied at Berlin University. Organist. Visited England, 1829; toured Germany, Austria, Italy, and France, 1830-32. Conducted the Lower Rhine Festival, Düsseldorf, 1833; Cologne, 1835; Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, 1835; Philharmonic Concerts, London, 1844; a chief organizer of the Leipzig Conservatory, 1843. Composed oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, incidental music, chamber music, concertos, piano and organ pieces, &c. Brother of Fanny Hensel. b. Hamburg, Germany, Feb. 3rd, 1809; d. Leipzig, Nov. 4th, 1847.
Mutti, Davide. Studied at the Castelfranco Conservatory; the Venezia Conservatory; the Brescia Conservatory. Organist of Torre Boldone Parish Church, 2005-; Villaggio degli Sposi Church, Bergamo, 2012-. b. Bergamo, Italy, 1990.
Quattro preludi e fuge “Per modus” (1. Protus; 2. Deuterus; 3. Tritus; 4. Tetrardus)
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Ouseley, Rev. SirFrederick Arthur Gorebart. (1825-1889)
Biography of Sir Frederick A. Gore Ouseley
Ouseley, SirFrederick Arthur Gore. B.A. (Oxon, 1846), M.A. (Oxon, 1849), Mus.B. (Oxon, 1850), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1854), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1862), Hon.LL.D. (Cantab, 1883), Hon.LL.D. (Edinburgh, 1885). Studied at Christ Church College, Oxford. Organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1846 (gratuitously). Ordained, 1849; curate of St. Paul’s Knightsbridge, London, 1849-50; founded St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, 1854; professor of music at Oxford University, 1855; precentor at Hereford Cathedral, 1855; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1886. Composed oratorios, services, organ pieces, chamber music, part-songs, songs, &c. Wrote about theory, musical form, &c. b. London, England, Aug. 12th, 1825; d. Hereford, Apr. 6th, 1889.
Parratt, SirWalter. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1873), Hon.Mus.D. (Oxon, 1894), F.R.C.O., M.V.O., K.C.V.O. (1921); knighted, 1892. Pupil of his father and George Cooper. Organist of the Armitage Bridge Church, 1852; St. Peter’s Episcopal Chapel, Charlotte Street, London, 1853; St. Paul’s, Huddersfield, 1854-61; Great Witley Church, 1861-68; private organist to the Earl of Dudley, Witley Court, 1861-68; organist of Wigan Parish Church, 1868-72; Magdalen College, Oxford, 1872-82; St. Giles’, Oxford; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, 1882-1924; Grand Organist to the Freemasons. Conducted the Windsor and Eaton Madrigal Society, 1882; the Windsor and Eaton Choral Society; founded and conducted the Windsor Orchestral Society; master of the music to Queen Victoria, 1893; King Edward VII; and King George V; professor of organ at the Royal College of Music, London, 1883; president of the Royal College of Organists, 1905-08; professor of music, Oxford University, 1908-18. Composed incidental music, church music, anthems, organ pieces, songs, piano pieces, &c. Son of Thomas Parratt; brother of Henry L. Parratt. b. Huddersfield, England, Feb. 10th, 1841; d. Windsor, Mar. 27th, 1924.
Pearce, DrCharles William. Mus.B. (Cantab, 1881), Mus.D. (Cantab, 1884), M.A., F.R.C.O. Studied in Salisbury with Theodore Aylward (organ); in London with Dr Charles Garland Verrinder, Dr W. S. Hoyte (organ), C. J. Read (harmony), E. Prout (q.v.) (harmony) and Dr E. J. Hopkins (organ). Organist of St. Martin’s, Salisbury, 1871-73; St. Luke’s, Old Street, London, 1874-85; St. Clement’s, Eastcheap, London, 1885-. Professor of organ and composition at Trinity College of Music, London, 1882; dean there, 1891-; honorary treasurer to the Union of Musical Graduates, 1894; professor of harmony at the Guildhall School of Music, London, 1898; director of examinations at Trinity College London, 1908; music editor. Composed church cantatas, services, anthems, organ pieces, &c. b. Salisbury, England, Dec. 5th, 1856; d. Poole, Dec. 2nd, 1928.
Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich. Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1882-85; the Moscow Conservatory under Zvierev (piano), Siloti (piano), Taneiev (theory) and Arensky (composition), 1885-. Professor of piano at the Maryinsky Institute for Girls, Moscow, 1893; pianist. Composed orchestral, piano and chamber &c. b. Novgorod, Russia, Apr. 1st, 1873; d. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., Mar. 28th, 1943.
Reger, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian (1873-1916)
Biography of Max Reger
Reger, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian. Studied in Weiden with Adalbert Lindner; in Sondershausen with Hugo Reimann, 1890; at the Wiesbaden Conservatory. Organist of Weiden Cathedral, 1886-89. Taught at the Wiesbaden Conservatory, 1895-96; music critic with the “Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung”; professor of harmony, counterpoint and organ at the Royal Academy of Music, Munich, 1905-06; conducted the Porges’ Singing Society; taught composition and instrumentation at the Leipzig Conservatory, 1907-16. Composed orchestral, piano, and organ pieces, songs, chamber music, cantatas, &c. b. Brand, Kemnath, Germany, Mar. 19th, 1873; d. Leipzig, May 11th, 1916.
Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel. Pupil of Sebastian Pohly; studied in Feldkirch; at the Royal School of Music, Munich, under Leonhard (piano), Dr J. G. Herzog (organ) and Maier (counterpoint), 1851-58. Organist of Vaduz Church, 1846-50; the Theatine Church, Munich, Germany; St. Michael’s, Munich, 1860-66. Professor of piano at the Royal School of Music, Munich, 1859; theory there, 1860-67; organ there, 1867-1901; conductor of the Royal Chapel Choir, 1877. Composed operas, an oratorio, masses, orchestral pieces, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, &c. b. Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Mar. 17th, 1839; d. Munich, Germany, Nov. 25th, 1901.
Sangster, DrWalter Hay. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1870), Mus.D. (Oxon, 1877), F.R.C.O. Studied at the City of London School; chorister in the Temple Church, London; pupil of E. J. Hopkins and W. Rea; studied at New College, Oxford; in Berlin, 1855. Organist of Christ Church, Ealing, London; the English Ambassadors Chapel, Berlin, Germany, 1855; St. Michael’s, Chester Square, London, England; All Saints’, Finchley Road, St. John’s Wood, London; St. James’, Weybridge, c1868; St. Michael-and-All-Angels’, Star Street, Paddington, London, 1872-; St. Saviour’s, Eastbourne. Conducted the Eastbourne Musical Society. Composed anthems, songs, organ and piano music, &c. b. London, England, Sep. 17th, 1835; d. Eastbourne, Mar. 2nd, 1899.
Silas, Édouard (Eduard, Edward) Eli. Studied in Mannheim with Neher; in Frankfurt with Louis Lacombe (piano); at the Paris Conservatory under Friedrich W. M. Kalkbrenner, François Benoist (organ) and Jacques Fromenthal Halévy (composition), 1842-49. Organist of Kingston-upon-Thames Catholic Chapel, England, 1850-. Professor at the Guildhall School of Music, London, England. Moved to England, 1850. Composed cantatas, church music, organ pieces, orchestral and chamber music, piano pieces, songs, &c. b. Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 22nd, 1827; d. West Kensington, London, England, Feb. 8th, 1909.
Silver, DrAlfred Jethro. Mus.D. (Dunelm)., F.R.C.O. Studied at St. George’s School, Windsor, with Sir Walter Parratt. Assistant organist of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist of Clewer Parish Church, 1888-89; Ealing Parish Church, London, 1890-91; St. David’s, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, 1892-96; Carmarthen Parish Church, 1897-1900; Handsworth Parish Church, Birmingham, England, 1901-. Composed church, piano, and organ music. Music master at Handsworth Grammar School. b. Spital Clewer, Windsor, England, Dec. 20th, 1870; d. Birmingham, Apr. 13th, 1935.
Smart, Henry Thomas. Studied for Law but threw over legal studies to become an organist; pupil of W. H. Kearns. Organist of Blackburn Parish Church, 1831-38; St. Philip’s, Regent Street, London, 1836-44; St. Luke’s, Old Street, London, 1844-64; St. Pancras’, Euston Road, London, 1865-79. Became blind in 1864. Composed an opera, cantatas, services, anthems, part-songs, songs, organ pieces, &c. Designed the organs at Leeds Town Hall and St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow. Nephew of Sir George T. Smart. b. Marylebone, London, England, Oct. 26th, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, July 6th, 1879.
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.
Wolstenholme, William. Mus.B. (Oxon, 1887). Studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen, Worcester; pupil of Dr William Done and Sir Edward Elgar (violin); studied at Oxford University, was the only blind musician to have taken a degree in music since John Stanley. Organist of St. Paul’s, Blackburn, 1888-1901; Kings Weigh House Church, Grosvenor Square, London, 1902-04; All Saints’, Norfolk Square, London, 1904-; All Saints’, St. John’s Wood, London, (where Rev. Noel Bonavia-Hunt was the precentor), 1926; toured the U.S.A., 1908. A great exponent of extemporization. President of the London Society of Organists, 1925. Composed chamber music, songs, part songs, orchestral pieces, organ music, &c. b. Blackburn, England, Feb. 24th, 1865; d. Hampstead, London, July 23rd, 1931.