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LAVENU.
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Lavenu, Louis Henry 240-L-1
Lavenu, Louis Henry, composer and
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violoncellist, was born at London, in 1818.
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He studied at the R.A.M., under Potter and
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Bochsa. 'Cellist at the opera, London. Music-
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seller in partnership with N. Mori. Music
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director of Sydney Theatre. He died at Sydney,
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August 1, 1859.
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Works. — Loretta, a tale of Seville (Bunn),
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opera, November 9, 1846. Songs : Cottage
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rose ; Deserted ; Harvest queen ; Memory's
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dream. Come, wander with me, duet. Pf.
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music, etc.
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Lavington, Charles Williams 240-L-13
Lavington, Charles Williams, organist,
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born at Wells, Somerset, February, 1819.
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Chorister, Wells Cathedral, and studied under
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Perkins, the Cathedral organist, and later with
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James Turle at Westminster Abbey. Return-
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ing to Wells, he became assistant organist at
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the Cathedral ; in 1842 was appointed acting
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organist ; and on the death of Perkins was
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made organist and master of the choristers,
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and organist of the Theological College. At
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a special service in Wells Cathedral, August
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4, 1892, the Choirs of Bristol and Exeter
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Cathedrals assisted ; indirectly marking Lav-
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ington's Jubilee. He died at Wells, October
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27, 1895, and with him almost the last of the
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old school of organ xjlaying, and accompanying.
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Lawes, Henry 240-L-29
Lawes, Henry, composer, born at Dinton,
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near Salisbury, Wiltshire, December, 1595.
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Son of Thomas Lawes, died 1640, Yicar-choral.
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He studied iinder John Cooper (Coperario).
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Epistler and Gentleman of Chapel Royal,
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1625. Clerk do. Member of private band of
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Charles I. Music master in family of the
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Earl of Bridgewater. Stripped of appoint-
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ments during the Protectorate, but reinstated
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at the Restoration, in 1660. He died at Lon-
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don, October 21, 1662, and is buried in the
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cloisters of Westniinster Abbey.
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Works. — The Triumphs of Peace, masque
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(with W. Lawes and S. Ives), 16.33. Ccelum
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Britannicum, masque (Carew), 1633. Comus,
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masque (Milton), 1634. A Paraphrase upon
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the Psalmes of David, set to New Tunes for
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Private Devotion, and a thorow base, for
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voice or instrument, 1637 (Sandys' version).
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Choice Psalmes put into Musick for Three
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Voyces, 1648. Ayres and Dialogues for one,
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two, and three voices, 1653; Do., 2nd book,
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1655 ; Do., 3rd book, 1658. Music to poetry
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by W. Cartwright, Herrick, Davenant, Milton,
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Waller, etc. Songs in Contemporary Collec-
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tions, as The Treasury of Musick, 1669 ; An-
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thems in Clifford's and other collections ;
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Music in Select Ayres and Dialogues.
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Lawes, William 240-L-57
Lawes, William, composer, brother of
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above, born at Salisbury, 1582. He studied
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under Coperario. Member of Chichester Cathe-
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dral choir till 1602. Gentleman of Chapel
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Royal, 1602. Musician in ordinary to Charles
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I. Killed at siege of Chester, during the
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Civil War, 1645.

LAWRENCE.
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Works. — Music to Shirley's "Peace." The
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Royal Consort for Viols. Songs in various
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collections, etc. Fantasias for various in-
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struments, etc.
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Lawler, Thomas 240-R-5
Lawler, Thomas, bass vocalist, born in
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1818. Studied under Bianchi Taylor. Estab-
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lished the City Glee Club in 1853 ; and on his
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retirement in 1886, was presented with a
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testimonial. He was for many years a Gentle-
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man of the Chapel Royal, resigning on a
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pension early in 1887. He sang in oratorio
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in London and the provinces, and appeared
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on the stage ; but it was in glee-singing, and
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in old English songs that he was most cele-
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brated. He died in London, May 16, 1893.
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Lawrance, Edward 240-R-16
Lawrance, Edward, organist and com-
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poser, born at Weymouth, 1836. Studied in
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that town under Ricardo Linter, and 1856-8,
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at Leipzig Conservatorium, under Moscheles,
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Plaidy, E. F. Richter, Hauptmann, and others.
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In 1859 he was appointed organist of Sid-
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mouth Parish Church, and a year later to
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St. David's, Merthyr Tydfil. This appoint-
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ment he held until the beginniiig of 1891,
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when he resigned in consequence of the in-
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troduction of ritualism he could not con-
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scientiously assist in. Since 1893 he has been
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organist at Christ Church, Merthyr Tydfil.
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He is conductor of the Merthyr Musical Union.
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His compositions comprise an opera, " Con-
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radine " ; a cantata, " The Siege of Harlech "
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(which gained the prize at the National
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Eisteddfod, Swansea, 1863) ; anthems, ser-
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vices, chants, hymn-tunes, songs, etc. Also a
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Trio for pf. and strings ; pieces for pf., etc.
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Lawrence, Charles 240-R-36
Lawrence, Charles, organist and com-
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poser, graduated jMus. Bac, Oxford, 1875.
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He has held organ appointments at Bearwood,
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Wokingham, 1870 ; St. John's, East Dulwich,
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1873 ; Christ Church, Eastbourne, 1883 ;
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St. Alban's, Streatham Park, 1884; St.
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Stephen's, South Dulwich, 1894. Conductor
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of Choral Society, East Dulwich (1883). His
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compositions comprise Psalm 118, for soli,
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chorus, and orchestra ; Quartet in A ; Trio in
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C minor, for pf . and strings, perft rmed by the
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Musical Artists' Society. Pf. duets. Three
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Scotch songs ; part-songs, etc.
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Lawrence, Emily M 240-R-49
Lawrence, Emily M., pianist and com-
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poser, born at Rugby, in 1854. Studied under
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her 'mother, and afterwards in London under
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Sterndale Bennett, Manuel Garcia, and Dr.
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Steggall. She subsequently entered the R. A.M.
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remaining there three years. ]\Iadame Law-
remaining there three years. Madame Law-
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rence is the conductor of a Ladies' Choral
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Society at Rugby, and a Society at Wembley,
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near Harrow, and has given performances in
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both places, at the R.A.M., and elsewhere.
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She has been organist of St. John's Church,
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Wembley, since 1889. Her compositions
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comprise two cantatas for ladies' voices :
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Bonny Kilmenv, Kensington, 1890 ; and The
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Ten Virgins, Wembley, 1893 ; a Sonata in F


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