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MACIRONE.
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•toured in South Africa ; and was engaged for
toured in South Africa ; and was engaged for
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the grand opera, St. Petersburg, 1896-7.
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Her first important concert appearance was
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at Edinburgh, December, 1888, since when
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she has been lieard at all the chief concerts.
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She sang at the Leeds Festival, 1889 ; Bir-
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mingham, 1891, in "Elijah"; at the Handel
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Festival, 1801, etc., and is recognised as an
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artist of high attainments.
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Macirone, Clara Angela 263-L-10
Macirone, Clara Angela, composer,
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pianist, and teacher, born in London, in 1821.
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Descended from an ancient and noble Roman
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family. Her grandfather, who settled in
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England, served in the American war of
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Independence. Her father was a skilled
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amateur tenor singer, and her mother a
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cultivated pianist, pupil of Charles Neate.
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Her musical talent developed early with such
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home surroundings, and her sister (who died
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in 1888) became a water-colour painter of note.
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Miss Macirone entered the R.A.M. in 1839,
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studying under Cipriani Potter, W. H. Holmes,
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Charles Lucas, and others. On leaving, in
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1842, she received a testimonial from the
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committee, a circumstance quite unique.
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She was made a professor of the pf. there,
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and elected an Associate of the Philharmonic
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Society, and F. R.A.M. Her first concert was
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given in the Hanover Square Rooms, June 26,
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1846, when Pischek sang a Benedictus of
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her composition. This work, later, received
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praise from IMendelssohn. The concerts were
praise from Mendelssohn. The concerts were
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continued until 1864, and then her chief work
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was in teaching and composing. She was
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head music mistress at Aske's School for
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Girls, Hatcham, 1872-8 ; and at the Church
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of England High School for Girls, Baker
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Street, London, she systematised the music
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teaching with the best results. The last few
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years have been passed in comparative retire-
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ment. In addition to composition, she has
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contributed many articles to the Girls Own
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Paper, the Argosy, and other periodicals.
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Works. — Te Deum and Jubilate, sung at
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Hanover Chapel, the first service by a woman
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ever used in the Church ; Anthem, By the
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waters of Babylon, sung at Canterbury, Ely,
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and other cathedrals, etc. Sacred songs, and
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duets. Songs : Cavalier's song ; Henri de
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Lagardere ; My child ; Golden grain ; Dreams ;
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The Recall ; Hesperus ; Oh, hush thee my
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babie ; Sweet and Low ; The Balaclava charge ;
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There is dew for the fiow'ret ; Montrose's
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Love Song, and many others. Part-songs :
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The Battle of the Baltic ; Sir Knight (sung at
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the composer's concert by four artists of
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repute. May 20, 1862) ; Autolycus' song ; Jog
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on, jog on the footpath way ; The Avon to
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the Severn runs ; Old Daddy Longlegs (in the
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programme of the Tonic Sol-fa Festival,
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Exeter Hall, IMay 15, 1882, but the words
Exeter Hall, May 15, 1882, but the words
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were objected to by the authorities of the
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Hall, and another piece had to be substituted);

MACKENZIE.
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Humptie Dumptie ; Echoes ; When summer's
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come at last ; A Christmas welcome ; etc.
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Children's songs : I had a little castle ; Little
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Boy Blue ; Little grey pussy cat. Suite de
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pieces in E minor, violin and pf. ; Summer
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serenade ; Cantilena ; Nacht Reise Lied ;
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Rondino in G, and other pieces for pf.
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Several works in jMS.
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Mackay, Alexander 263-R-9
Mackay, Alexander, violinist and mu-
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sician, was a native of Islay. He issued a
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" Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, and slow
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tunes," Gilasgow, n.d. [1805].
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Mackay, Angus 263-R-13
Mackay, Angus, Scottish collector, and
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piper, born about 1813. He was piper to
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Queen Victoria. Accidentally drowned in the
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river Nith, near Dumfries, March 21, 1859.
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Compiler of "A Collection of Ancient Pio-
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baireachd, or Highland Pipe Music ... To
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which are prefixed some sketches of the
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principal hereditary pipers and their estab-
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lishments," Edinburgh, 1838; "The Piper's
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Assistant, a collection of marches, quicksteps,
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strathspeys, reels and jigs . ." Edinburgh, n.d.
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McKay, Iver 263-R-24
McKay, Iver, tenor vocalist, born in
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Dublin. At the age of six he was a chorister
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at the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, and in
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the chapel of Dublin University ; and also
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sang tenor at St. Patrick's Cathedral. After
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some years spent in commercial pursuits, he
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went to Italy. Not gaining instruction suit-
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able for an English career, he returned to
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London, and placed himself under T. A. Wall-
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worth, and W. Shakespeare, to whose training
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he attributes much of his success. He has
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been heard at the principal London and
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provincial concerts ; sang at the Leeds Festi-
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vals of 1886, and 1889 ; created the tenor
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part in Dvorak's Requiem, at the Birmingham
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Festival, 1891, etc. In opera he appeared as
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Lenski, in Tschaikowsky's " Eugene Onegin,"
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at the New Olympic, October, 1892. He has
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toured with Mr. Sims Reeves (1884), and has
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gained an honourable position among singers
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of the day.
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Mackay, William 263-R-45
Mackay, William, musician, published
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" The complete Tutor for the great Highland
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bagpipe," Edinbugli, 1840.
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Mackenzie, John 263-R-48
Mackenzie, John, Scottish musician,
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born at Durham, in 1797. Son of a member
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of the Forfarshire militia band. He was a
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violinist and teacher in Aberdeen, and leader
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in the Theatre Royal there. At the request
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of James Dewar he removed to Edinburgh
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in 1831. He died at Edinburgh, October 28,
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1852.
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His son, Alexander Mackenzie, was a
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violinist and composer, born at Montrose, in
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1819. In 1831 he accompanied his father to
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Edinburgh, and became a violinist in the
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Theatre Royal, i;nder Dewar. He afterwards
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studied under Sainton, at London, and at
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Dresden, under Lipinski. He was leader of
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the orchestra of the Theatre Royal, Edin-


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