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LIDDLE.
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Studied under Dr. Amies. Appointed organ-
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ist of St. Baldred's, North Berwick, December,
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1885 ; and organist and choirmaster, South-
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well IMinster, 1888. He has composed some
well Minster, 1888. He has composed some
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church nrusic.
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Liddle, William Henry 247-L-6
Liddle, William Henry, organist and
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composer. Graduated Mus. Bac, 1891, Dur-
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ham. Appointed organist to the Chapel
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Royal, Windsor Great Park, 1876; Parish
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Church, Basingstoke, 188-3. Organist to
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H.R.H. Prince Christian, 1875. Conductor
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of Basingstoke Harmonic Society. His com-
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positions include Psalm 96, for soli, chorus,
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and orchestra ; a cantata, " Horsa," produced,
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Basingstoke, April 30, 1889, etc.
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Lidgey, C. A 247-L-16
Lidgey, C. A., pianist and composer of
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present time. Has given concerts in London.
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His works include a setting of Browning's
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" Women and Roses," for chorus and orches-
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tra, produced at the Crystal Palace, October
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81, 1891; an orchestral ballade, "A" Day
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Dream," the same, October 15, 1892 ; a num-
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ber of songs (from Shelley, Heine, etc.) ; and
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a ballade, op. 3. for two pianofortes.
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Light, Edward 247-L-25
Light, Edward, musician of end of last
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and beginning of present century. Author of
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" The Art of playing the Guitar, to which is
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annexed a selection of the most familiar
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lessons, divertissements, songs, airs, etc ,"
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1795. " Concise Instructions for playing on
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the English Lute," London. "Introduction
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to the art of playing on the Harp-lute, and
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Apollo L5're." " A First Book, or master and
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scholar's assistant, being a treatise on . . Music,
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London [1785] . Various collections of
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arrangements for guitar ; Songs, etc.
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Lilley, G. Herbert 247-L-37
Lilley, Q. Herbert, author of "The
Lilley, G. Herbert, author of "The
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Therapeutics of Music," London, 1880, and
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composer of hymns, etc.
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Lillycrop, Rev. Samuel 247-L-40
Lillycrop, Rev. Samuel, musician and
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writer, was originally a music teacher in Exe-
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ter early in the present century, but afterwards
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became a Baptist minister at Windsor, where
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he lived from about 1850 to 1870. He died in
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1870, and is buried in the Spital cemetery at
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Windsor. Author of "Theoretical and practi-
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cal Thorough-bass, exemplified in a plain and
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easy ma ner," London, n.d.
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Limpus, Richard D 247-L-49
Limpus, Richard D., organist and mu-
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sician, born on September 10, 1824. Son of
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Richard Limpus, organist of Isleworth Old
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Church, who died on November 1, 1868.
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Founded, with others, the College of Organists,
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1864. Secretary to College of Organists,
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1864-75. Died on March 15, 1875. Composer
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of songs and pf. music. His wife, who died,
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London, January 29, 1889, was a concert
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vocalist. His brother, the Rev. P. Henry
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Limpus, was some time minor canon of St.
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George's Chapel, Windsor, and composer of
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an oratorio, " The Prodigal Son," London,
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May 10, 1870 ; Songs, etc. He died in 1893.
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Lincoln, Henry John 247-L-63
Lincoln, Henry John, lecturer on music,

LINCOLN.
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critic, pianist and organist, born in London,
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October 15, 1814. Son of the organ-builder,
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H. C. Lincoln. Began his musical studies at
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an early age with the pianoforte, and was an
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organ pupil of Thomas Adams, for whom he
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frequently acted as deputy at St. Dunstan's,
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Fleet Street. He was appointed to Christ
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Church, Woburn Square, and in 1817, elected
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a member of the Royal Society of Musicians.
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He did not retain his post at Christ Church
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many years, owing to other claims upon his
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time. In 1846 he became associated with the
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Daily News, as secretary ; and on the retire-
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ment of Mr. George Hogarth, in 1866, suc-
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ceeded to the position of musical critic,
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retaining this office until 1886. The last
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Festival he attended was that held in Bir-
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mingham, in 1882, when Gounod's " Redemp-
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tion " was produced. He began his career as
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a lecturer at Crosby Hall, in 1843, where he
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gave an annual series for some years. He
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also lectured at the London Institution ; the
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Philsophical Institution, Edinburgh ; Cxlas-
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gow ; Manchester ; Liverpool, etc. His sub-
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jects included Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart,
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Cherubini, Cimarosa, Rossini, Spohr, Weber,
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Mendelssohn ; also German song ; German
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and French opera ; the Operatic overture, etc.
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Vocal and instrumental illustrations were
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given by the ]\Iisses Lincoln, INIiss Orger, and
given by the Misses Lincoln, INIiss Orger, and
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many eminent artists. In the lecture on
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Mendelssohn, at the Western Literary In-
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stitution, December 23, 1845, his Violin Con-
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certo was played, for the first time in England,
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by Herr Kreutzer (a relative of Rodolphe
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Kreutzer), with Mr. Lincoln at the pianoforte.
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For the last few years he has lived in com-
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plete retirement. He edited "The Practical
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Organist" (six numbers of organ music, by
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Adolph Hesse); and arranged "The Oi-gan-
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ist's Anthology," a series of movements from
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classical compositions, in twelve numbers,
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publi^hed in 1839. He also contributed a few
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articles to Grove's Dictionary of Music and
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Musicians.
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His eldest sister, Marianne Lincoln, so-
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prano vocalist, was born in London, in 1822.
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Her early progress in music led to her entering
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the R.A.M., in 1840, where she studied under
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Crivelli, Benedict, and G. A. Macfarren.
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Immediately on leaving she made a tour in
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Germany, and sang at the Leipzig Gewand-
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haus, December 12, 1844, and again the
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following month. On her return she was
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made an Associate of the R.A.M. She there
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continued her profession until her marriage
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with Mr. Edmund Harper {q.r.), when she
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removed to Hillsborough in Ireland. She
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took the leading parts in the private operatic
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performances organised hy the Duchess of
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Downshire. She died at Sydenham, October
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6, 1885. Her younger sister was married to
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Mr. H. C. Lunn (g.r.).


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