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MADAN.
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Hall, New York, December 28, 1884, a Gaelic
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Idyll, " Au Bard 'gus au Fo" (The Bard and
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the Knight), for solo voices, chorus and
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orchestra, the book and music his own. Both
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works were highly spoken of.
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Madan, Rev. Martin 268-L-6
Madan, Rev. Martin, musician and
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■clergyman, born in 1726 ; died oir May 2,
clergyman, born in 1726 ; died oir May 2,
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1790. He founded the Lock Hospital, in
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London, and acted as chaplain. He edited
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" Psalms and hymns extracted from various
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authors," 1760; "Lock Hospital Tunes"
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[1769] ; and composed the well-known hymn-
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time " Huddersfield." Author of " Thely-
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phthora : a treatise on female ruin," 3 v., etc.
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Mahaffy, Rev. John Pentland 268-L-15
Mahaffy, Rev. John Pentland, Pro-
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fessor of Ancient History, Trinity College,
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Dublin, was born at Chapponnaire, near
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Vevay, on the Lake of Geneva, February 26,
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1839. Educated in Germany, and Trinity
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College, Dublin. Received the degree of
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D.D., 1886 ; and is Mus. Doc, honoris causa,
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Trinity College, Dublin. He is an Examiner
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in Music for Dublin University ; has ar-
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ranged some Irish melodies ; and has con-
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tributed articles referring to music to Cos-
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niopnlis (September, 1896), and oiher papers.
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Mahon, John 268-L-27
Mahon, John, clarinet player, was born
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in 1755. He played in Dublin and at the
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Birmingham Festivals, 1802-11. Died at
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Dublin in 18.34.
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Mahon, Mary 268-L-31
Mahon, Mary, see Second, Mary.
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Mainwaring, Rev. John 268-L-32
Mainwaring, Rev. John, clergyman
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and author, born 1735 ; died at Cambridge,
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April, 1807. He published anonymously,
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" ]\Iemoirs of the Life of the late George
" Memoirs of the Life of the late George
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Frederick Handel, to which is added a cata-
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logue of bis works and observations upon
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them." London, 1760.
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Mainwaring, Townshend 268-L-39
Mainwaring, Townshend, Welsh musi-
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cian and author, born about 1809. He was
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M.P. for the Denbigh boroughs from 1841 to
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1847, and again from 1857 to 1868. He died at
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Galltfaenan, near Denbigh, in December, 1883,
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aged 74. Composer of Advent hymn, Emyn
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ail ddyfodid Crist ; Dafydd and Myfanwry,
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Hanes Cymraeg, London [1880] ; a Welsh
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romance for treble voices ; Hymns, etc.
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Maitland, John Alexander Fuller 268-L-48
Maitland, John Alexander Fuller,
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writer on music, born in London, April 7,
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1856. Graduated at Trinity College, Cam-
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bridge, B. A., 1879; M. A., 1882. Became F.S. A.,
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1886. Wrote for the Fall Mall Ga-ctte,
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1882-4 ; for the Qiiardian, 1884-9 ; and, after
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the death of Dr. Hueffer, in 1889, was
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appointed musical critic of The Times. Con-
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tributed articles to the Dictionary of Na-
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tional Biography ; Grove's Dictionary of
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Music and Musicians (and editor of the
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Appendix to that work) ; the Nineteenth
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Centurj' ; National Review, etc. Lectured
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on The History of English Music, two series,
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1887 ; and on Purcell, 1895. Has appeared
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as a pianist at concerts of the Bach Clioir,

MAKER.
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etc., and played the harpsichord at concerts
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of ancient music.
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Works. — Schumann ("Great Musicians"
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series, Sampson Low, 1884) ; Life of J. S.
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Bach (joint translator, with Clara Bell, of
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Spitta's work, Novello, 3 vols., 1884); Carols
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of the 15th century, edited from a roll in
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Trinity College library, Cambridge, 1891;
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English county songs (joint editor, with Miss
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Lucy E. Broadwood), 1893 ; Citalogue of the
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music in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge,
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1893 ; Masters of German Music (Osgood),
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1894 ; Editor of Purcell's Twelve sonatas of
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three parts (1683), and Ode on St. Cecilia's
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Day (1692), for Purcell's Society, 1893-6; and
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Fitzwilliam Virginal book (with W. Barclay
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Squire, B.A., F.S. A.), in course of publica-
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tion.
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Maitland, William 268-R-19
Maitland, William, musician, was born
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about 1706. He was originally a shoemaker,
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but was appointed precentor of the East
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Church, Aberdeen, in 1821, and held the
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appointment till 1827, when he emigrated
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to Canada and became a Congregational
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minister. Died in Canada, December, 1873.
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Compiler of " The Aberdeen Psalmody, being
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a collection of tunes in four parts, adapted
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to the Psalms and Pharapluases of the
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Church of Scotland. . ." Aberdeen, 1823.
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Has view of St. Nicholas' Church. " Supple-
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ment to the Aberdeen Psalmody, being a
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collection of hymn tunes adapted to par-
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ticular metres used in the Congregational
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Chapels," Edinburgh, n.d.
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Major, Joseph 268-R-35
Major, Joseph, musician of the first half
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of the present century, issued " A collection
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of psalm and hymn tunes," London [1825] ;
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'• A collection of sacred music, consisting of
' A collection of sacred music, consisting of
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fifty-two psalm and hymn tunes for four
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voices.." London [c. 1826]. He also com-
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posed songs, etc.
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Major, S. D 268-R-42
Major, S. D., musician and author, com-
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piled " Tunes and chants for home and
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school," Bath, 1870 ; " Tunes for the family
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and congregation," Bristol [1877] ; " Tunes
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for supplement to new congregational tune
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book" [1874]; " Notabilia of Bath," 1879,
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and other works.
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Makepeace, William 268-R-49
Makepeace, William, bass vocalist, born
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about 1820. Chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral
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under Hawes. Appointed lay-clerk, Rochester
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Cathedral, in 1845. He was also choir school-
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master and librarian. Many eminent mu-
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sicians passed under him as pupils. He
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resigned the office of schoolmaster about 1886,
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and retired from the choir on a pension a few
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months only before his death, which took
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place at Rochester, September 11, 1896, in the
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76th year of his age. He was an original
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member of the Choir Benevolent Fund.
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Maker, Frederick Charles 268-R-61
Maker, Frederick Charles, organist
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and composer, born at Bristol. Chorister in
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Bristol Cathedral, and pupil of Alfred Stone.


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