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KING.
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various towns, and visited New York. He
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has also given concerts on the continent of
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Europe. Sometime musical director of St.
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Marj'lebone Parish Church ; he is now a pro-
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fessor of pf. at R.A.M. His compositions are
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very numerous, the principal being named
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below.
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WoEKS. — Psalm 137, for soli, chorus, and
Works. - Psalm 137, for soli, chorus, and
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orchestra, produced, Chester Festival, 1888.
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Cantatas : The Romance of the Roses, op. 80;
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Proserpina, op. 93, female voices, both with
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orchestra ; The Naiades, female voices ;
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Morning and Evening Service in D ; Te Deum
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and Jubilate in D, with free organ accompani-
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ment. Album of duets ; songs, and part-
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songs, Soldier, rest; The Curfew (6 voices),
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etc. Orchestral: Sjni])honj, 'Night ; Concert
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overtui'c, Among the Pines (Prize, Philhar-
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monic Society, 1883) ; Concert overture in D
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minor, produced at Novello Concerts, 1888 ;
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Concerto, pf. (1885, Brinsmead Prize) ; Con-
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certo in G minor, violin, Henschel Concerts
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(Emil Mahr), January 20, 1887. Sonata in
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t) minor ; Twelve pieces, violin and pf.
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Legende ; Miniatures, 8 books, and other
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pieces, i)f. Twelve original voluntaries ; Suite,
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op. 6 ; Sonata, op. 71, and other compositions
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for organ, etc.
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King, Robert 232-L-29
King, Robert, composer, was born about
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the middle of the 17th century. Musician in
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band of William and Marv, and Queen Anne.
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Mus. Bac, Cambridge, 1696. He died after
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1711.
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Works. — IMusic in The Banquet of Musick,
Works. — Music in The Banquet of Musick,
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1688 ; Choice Ayres, Songs, and Dialogues,
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1684; Comes Amoris, 1687-93. Music to
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Shadwell's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 1690.
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"Once more 'tis born," Ode on Earl of Exeter,
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1693. Songs for 1, 2, and 3 voices, composed
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to a Thoroiigh Basse, for ye organ or harpsi-
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chord," London, nd.
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King, William 232-L-42
King, William, organist and composer,
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born in 1624. Chorister in Magdalen College,
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Oxford, 1648. B.A., 1649. Chaplain of Mag-
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dalen College, 1650-4. Probationer-fellow of
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All Soul's College, 1654. Organist of New
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College, Oxford, 1664. He died at Oxford,
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November 17, 1680. He wrote a Service in B
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flat, Anthems, etc., and " Poems of Mr. Cowley,
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and others, composed into Songs and Ayres,"
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Oxford, 1668.
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His father, George King, was organist of
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Winchester Cathedral.
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Kingsbury, Frederick 232-L-54
Kingsbury, Frederick, pianist, conduc-
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tor, and teacher, born at Taunton, 1815 (?).
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Gave his first concerts in his native place, in
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January, 1841, ];)laying pf. pieces by Hiinten
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and Thalberg, and also appearing as a vocalist.
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In 1844 he became a student at the R.A.M.
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He conducted oratorio concerts at Holborn
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Theatre ; was director of the London Vocal
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Academy ; and about 1863, formed the West
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London Choral L^nion, giving concerts in St.

KINROSS.
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James's Hall, and assisting, with his choir, at
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the Crystal Palace concerts. In 1868 he con-
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ducted the Promenade Concerts at the Agri-
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cultural Hall ; and up to 1882 was engaged in
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concert work. In that year he was appointed
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a professor of singing at the Blackheath Con-
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servatoire, and was also a professor of pf. at
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the Guildhall School. He died in London,
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February 26, 1892, at the age of seventy-
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seven.
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Author of "The Voice and the structure
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and management of the vocal organ "...
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London, 1858.
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Kingston, William Beatty= 232-R-14
Kingston, William Beatty=, journalist
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and writer on music, born at London in 1837.
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He was in the Public Record Office in 1852,
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and in 1856, became attached to the Austrian
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Consular service. Has acted as special corre-
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spondent to various newspapers, and travelled
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much in various parts of Europe. Author of
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"Music and Manners," London, 1887, Chapman
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and Hall, 2 vols. ; " Monarchs I have met,"
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1887, 2 vols.; "Wanderer's Notes," 1888, 2
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vols.; the English libretto of "The Beggar
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Student," produced by Carl Rosa, 1884; and
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contributions to The Lute, and other musical
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journals. In 1884, he received the Order of
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the Crown of Roumania, being the first English-
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man so decorated ; and in 1885, the Order of
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the Redeemer, from the King of Greece. He
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has also composed some pieces for pf.
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His daughter, M.\rie Antoinette Kings-
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ton (now Baroness von Zedlitz), has composed
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a number of songs : Tell her ; Sweetheart,
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say ? ; For lack of thee ; When leaves are
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green, and others. Also some compositions
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for pf. Editor of Luigi Ai'diti's " My Remin-
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iscences," London, SkcffiTigton, 1896.
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Kinloch, George R 232-R-39
Kinloch, George R., Scottish ballad
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collector, published " Ancient Scottish Ballads
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recovered from tradition, and never before
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published, with notes and an appendix con-
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taining the airs," Edinburgh, 1827. The
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dance tune " Kinloch of Kinloch," usually
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adapted to ConoUy's song, " Mary IMacneil,"
adapted to ConoUy's song, " Mary Macneil,"
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and also to Andrew Park's " Hurrah for the
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Highlands," was conr loosed by George Kinloch
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of Kinloch. It first appeared in Watlen's
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" Circus Tunes," afterwards in collections of
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Gow.
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Kinlock, Eliza 232-R-51
Kinlock, Eliza, bom Traubner, soprano
Kinlock, Eliza, born Traubner, soprano
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singer, born at London, March 7, 1796. She
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appeared very early as a ballad singer, and
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married IMr. Lane, an actor, who died soon
married Mr. Lane, an actor, who died soon
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after. In 1827 she appeared in the United
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States, and in the same year married Mr.
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Kinlock, an actor. She died at Long Branch,
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New Jersey, August 11, 1887.
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Kinross, John 232-R-59
Kinross, John, pianist and composer,
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born in Edinburgh, October 16, 1848. Ap-
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prenticed to a music seller, and in early yoi^th
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mostly self-taught. Was in a telegraph ofHce
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in Ireland for a short time, and about 1865


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