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KETTLE.
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Kettle, Charles Edward 230-L-1
Kettle, Charles Edward, organist and
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composer, born at Bury St. Edmunds, INIarcli
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28, 1833. Organist successively at St. Mar-
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garet's, Plumstead; St. Nicholas, Plumstead;
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Holy Trinity, Woolwich ; Hove Parish Church ;
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Queen's Square Congregational Church,
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Brighton. He died, March 2, 1895.
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Works. — Sunday School Hymns, London,
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Weekes ; Songs of the Church ; Northern
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Psalter ; Chants, ancient and modern ; Kettle's
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Tune Book : containing 700 original tunes
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and chants ; Hymn Tunes in various collec-
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tions ; Service of song. Three operas : Amelie ;
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Herniina ; The water cure (IMS.). In the
Herniina ; The water cure (MS.). In the
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dawning ; The voice of music, and other
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songs. Postlude in C ; ]Marche Solennelle ;
songs. Postlude in C ; Marche Solennelle ;
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Offertoire, etc., for organ. Pf. pieces, various.
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His daughter, Lizzie Kettle, was educated
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at the London Academy of ]\Iusic ; and is now
at the London Academy of Music ; and is now
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a teacher of pf., violin, etc., at Brighton.
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Key, Joseph 230-L-21
Key, Joseph, of Nuneaton, church com-
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poser, who flourished in the first half of the
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present century. He wrote a number of
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inarches for organ, etc., and Eleven Anthems
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on general and particular occasions, for four
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voices, n.d. Five anthems, four collects,
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twenty psalm tunes, etc., London [1790].
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Collected anthems, in 4 books, etc.
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Kiallmark, George 230-L-29
Kiallmark, George, composer and violin-
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ist, born at King's Lynn, February, 1781;
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baptized in March. He studied under Bar-
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thelemon, Spagnoletti, and Logier. Violinist
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in various orchestras, and teacher. Leader
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at Sadler's Wells, London. Died, Islington,
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March, 1835.
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Works. — Soiigs : All alone ; Autumn noons ;
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Banks of the Rhine ; Bound where thou wilt ;
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Cupid and Hymen ; Fair Haidee ; Fare thee
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well ; Farewell, bright star ; Helen's Fare-
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well ; Him I love ; Maid of Athens ; Now
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each tie ; come, my love; etc., etc. Part-
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songs : An immense number of divertimentos,
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fantasias, marches, fanfares, etc., for pf.
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His eldest son, George Frederick, was
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born in Islington, London, November 7, 1804.
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He studied at home under his father, Logier,
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and Moscheles, and at Paris, under Kalk-
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brenner, and others. He resided in London
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as a teacher and concert-giver, and died
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December 13, 1887. Celebrated as a piano-
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forte player.
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Kidd, William James Pasley 230-L-52
Kidd, William James Pasley, musician
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and editor of first half of the present century.
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He compiled " The Chorister's Text-book,
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containing nearly 200 psalm and hymn-tunes,
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preceded by a comprehensive Grammar of
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Music," 1856. One of the contributors to
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the "British IMi-nstrel."
the "British Mi-nstrel."
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Kidson, Frank 230-L-59
Kidson, Frank, musician, of Leeds, com-
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piler of •' Old English Country Dances . . .
piler of ' Old English Country Dances . . .
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with notes, and a bibliography of English
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country dance music," London, 1890. " Tra-
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ditional Tunes, a collection of ballad airs,

KING.
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chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the South
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of Scotland . . . ," Oxford, 1891.
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Kilburn, Nicholas 230-R-3
Kilburn, Nicholas, composer and con-
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ductor, born at Bishop Auckland, February
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7, 1843. Was privately educated in music.
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Graduated Mus. Bac, Cambridge, 1880. Since
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1875 he has been conductor of the Auckland
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Musical Society; from 1882 of the Middles-
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borough Musical Union ; and of the Sunder-
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land Philharmonic, from 1885. He has
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conducted concerts at Newcastle-on-Tyne ;
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lectured on music ; and as a zealous amateur,
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done much to promote musical culture in the
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north. His compositions include a sacred
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cantata, " Grant us Thy peace " ; an oratorio,
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" St. Thomas," both for soli, chorus, and
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orchestra, the latter produced at Bishop
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Auckland, December, 1886. Psalms 23, and
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137, for chorus and orchestra; Anthems, and
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Church services. The Golden River ; The
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Silver Star, cantatas for female voices. Suite
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for orchestra (1894) ; Songs and part-songs.
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Duologue for pf . and violin. Author of pamph-
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lets : How to manage a Choral Society ;
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Notes and notions on Music ; Wagner, a
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sketch of his life and works ; and Parsifal,
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a pilgrimage to Bayreuth.
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Killen, Rev. William D 230-R-28
Killen, Rev. William D,, clergyman
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and writer. President of the Presbyterian
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College, Belfast, and profess-or of ecclesiastical
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history. Author of " The Wes minster Divines
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and the use of instrumental music in the wor-
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ship of God," Belfast. 1882. " A Catechism
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of the scriptural authority for the use of in-
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strumental music in the Christian Church,"
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Belfast, 1885. "Ecclesiastical history of Ire-
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land," London, 1876, 2 vols.
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Killick, Thomas 230-R-38
Killick, Thomas, musician of early part
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of present century, who resided at Gravesend
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as an organist and teacher. Among other
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works he issued " Original set of Quadrilles
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and a waltz for the pf.," London [1829].
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Also Handel's Overtures, arranged for the
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organ and pf., Clementi [1823].
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Kilner, Thomas 230-R-45
Kilner, Thomas, organist and author,
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who died at London, September 30, 1876.
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Author of "Manual of Psalmody and Chant-
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ing," 1850; "Pocket Chant Book," 1850;
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Jottings about choral and congregational ser-
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vices, organs and organists, Gregorians,
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benches, and chairs, etc.," London, 8vo,
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1872 ; second ed., 1873. Numerous pieces of
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organ music, etc.
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King, Alfred 230-R-54
King, Alfred, organist and composer,
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born at Shelley, Essex, April 24, 1837. He
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studied for the Church, but was a pupil for
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organ of Dr. Steggall. Became F.C.O., 1868 ;
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graduated Mus. Bac, 1872; Mus. Doc, 1890,
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Oxford. Held organ appointments at Cud-
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deston Theological College, 1856 ; Eastnor
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Castle (Earl Somers), 1857-64 ; St. Michael
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and All Angels, Brighton, 1865-77 ; Brighton
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Parish Church, 1877 87. Appointed organist


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