| 36700: | ]\Ianchester Jubilee Exhibition of 1887. Mr. Manchester Jubilee Exhibition of 1887. Mr. |
| 36701: | Lane has been very successful as a voice- |
| 36702: | trainer, many of the leading local singers |
| 36703: | having been under his tuition. |
| 36704: | |
| 36705: | Lane, Gerald M., is the composer of a |
| 36706: | number of songs : Only dreaming ; Dawn at |
| 36707: | last ; Lovers ; Sleeping and waking ; Love's |
| 36708: | vigil; Tatters, etc., some of which have |
| 36709: | become popular. |
| 36710: | |
| 36711: | Lang, John, musician, born at Paisley, |
| 36712: | October 17, 1829 ; died at Glasgow, April, |
| 36713: | 1892. Inventor of the " Union Notation." |
| 36714: | In this system the notes are indicated to Sol- |
| 36715: | fa musicians by having the initial letter of the |
| 36716: | various notes in the Sol-fa scale placed within |
| 36717: | the head of the ordinary musical characters, |
| 36718: | and so j)i"esenting a combination of both old |
| 36719: | and new notations. A considerable amount |
| 36720: | of music has been printed on this system. |
| 36721: | |
| 36722: | Langdon, Richard 238-R-20 Langdon, Richard, composer and organ- |
| 36723: | ist, born at Exeter about 1729. Mus. Bac, |
| 36724: | Oxon., 1761. Organist of P^xeter Cathedral, |
| 36725: | 1753-77. Organist, Bristol Cathedral, 1777-81. |
| 36726: | Organist of Ely Cathedral for a few months in |
| 36727: | 1777. Organist, Armagh Cathedral, 1782-94. |
| 36728: | He died at Exeter, Septenilier 8, 1803, aged 74. |
| 36729: | |
| 36730: | Works. — Twelve Songs and two Cantatas, |
| 36731: | op. 4, London, n.d. Divine Harmony, being |
| 36732: | a collection in score of Psalms and Anthems, |
| 36733: | 1774. Anthems. Twelve Glees for 3 and 4 |
| 36734: | voices, London, 1770, etc. |
| 36735: | |
| 36736: | Langran, James, organist, born in Lon- |
| 36737: | don, November 10, 1835. Pupil of J. B. Calkin. |
| 36738: | Graduated Mus. Bac, Oxford, 1884. Organist |
| 36739: | of St. Michael's, Wood Green, 1856; Holy |
| 36740: | Trinity, Tottenham, 1859 ; and from 1870 to |
| 36741: | the present time, organist of All Hallows |
| 36742: | (Parish Church), Tottenham. Musical In- |
| 36743: | structor, since 1878, at St. Katherine's Train- |
| 36744: | ing College, Tottenham. He has published a |
| 36745: | Morning and Evening Service ; contributed |
| 36746: | tunes to Hymns Ancient and Modern ; and is |
| 36747: | Musical Editor of the New Mitre Hymnal, |
| 36748: | 1875. His hymns, "Deerhurst," and "St. |
| 36749: | Agnes," are well known. |
| 36750: | |
| 36751: | Langshaw, John, organist and composer, |
| 36752: | born in 1718. He was organist of the Parish |
| 36753: | Church of Lancaster, and died, 1798. |
| 36754: | |
| 36755: | His son, John, born, London, 1763, studied |
| 36756: | under Charles Wesley, and succeeded his |
| 36757: | father at Lancaster, in 1798. He composed |
| 36758: | hymns, chants, songs, pf. concertos, and |
| 36759: | organ music. |
| 36760: | |
| 36761: | Lara, Adelina de 238-R-54 Lara, Adelina de, born Preston, pianist, |
| 36762: | born at Carlisle, January 23, 1872. Her |
| 36763: | parents were musical, and were her ■ first parents were musical, and were her first |
| 36764: | instructors. She played, as a juvenile prodigy, |
| 36765: | at Liverpool, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and other |
| 36766: | places ; and was afterwards placed under the |
| 36767: | care of Miss Fanny Davies, who secured her |
| 36768: | the notice of Madame Schumann. She studied |
| 36769: | with that lady at Frankfort, 1885-90, and |
| 36770: | made her dibtit at the Saturday Popular Con- |
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