41263: | Hall, New York, December 28, 1884, a Gaelic |
41264: | Idyll, " Au Bard 'gus au Fo" (The Bard and |
41265: | the Knight), for solo voices, chorus and |
41266: | orchestra, the book and music his own. Both |
41267: | works were highly spoken of. |
41268: | |
41269: | Madan, Rev. Martin 268-L-6 Madan, Rev. Martin, musician and |
41270: | ■clergyman, born in 1726 ; died oir May 2, clergyman, born in 1726 ; died oir May 2, |
41271: | 1790. He founded the Lock Hospital, in |
41272: | London, and acted as chaplain. He edited |
41273: | " Psalms and hymns extracted from various |
41274: | authors," 1760; "Lock Hospital Tunes" |
41275: | [1769] ; and composed the well-known hymn- |
41276: | time " Huddersfield." Author of " Thely- |
41277: | phthora : a treatise on female ruin," 3 v., etc. |
41278: | |
41279: | Mahaffy, Rev. John Pentland 268-L-15 Mahaffy, Rev. John Pentland, Pro- |
41280: | fessor of Ancient History, Trinity College, |
41281: | Dublin, was born at Chapponnaire, near |
41282: | Vevay, on the Lake of Geneva, February 26, |
41283: | 1839. Educated in Germany, and Trinity |
41284: | College, Dublin. Received the degree of |
41285: | D.D., 1886 ; and is Mus. Doc, honoris causa, |
41286: | Trinity College, Dublin. He is an Examiner |
41287: | in Music for Dublin University ; has ar- |
41288: | ranged some Irish melodies ; and has con- |
41289: | tributed articles referring to music to Cos- |
41290: | niopnlis (September, 1896), and oiher papers. |
41291: | |
41292: | Mahon, John, clarinet player, was born |
41293: | in 1755. He played in Dublin and at the |
41294: | Birmingham Festivals, 1802-11. Died at |
41295: | Dublin in 18.34. |
41296: | |
41297: | Mahon, Mary, see Second, Mary. |
41298: | |
41299: | Mainwaring, Rev. John 268-L-32 Mainwaring, Rev. John, clergyman |
41300: | and author, born 1735 ; died at Cambridge, |
41301: | April, 1807. He published anonymously, |
41302: | " ]\Iemoirs of the Life of the late George " Memoirs of the Life of the late George |
41303: | Frederick Handel, to which is added a cata- |
41304: | logue of bis works and observations upon |
41305: | them." London, 1760. |
41306: | |
41307: | Mainwaring, Townshend 268-L-39 Mainwaring, Townshend, Welsh musi- |
41308: | cian and author, born about 1809. He was |
41309: | M.P. for the Denbigh boroughs from 1841 to |
41310: | 1847, and again from 1857 to 1868. He died at |
41311: | Galltfaenan, near Denbigh, in December, 1883, |
41312: | aged 74. Composer of Advent hymn, Emyn |
41313: | ail ddyfodid Crist ; Dafydd and Myfanwry, |
41314: | Hanes Cymraeg, London [1880] ; a Welsh |
41315: | romance for treble voices ; Hymns, etc. |
41316: | |
41317: | Maitland, John Alexander Fuller 268-L-48 Maitland, John Alexander Fuller, |
41318: | writer on music, born in London, April 7, |
41319: | 1856. Graduated at Trinity College, Cam- |
41320: | bridge, B. A., 1879; M. A., 1882. Became F.S. A., |
41321: | 1886. Wrote for the Fall Mall Ga-ctte, |
41322: | 1882-4 ; for the Qiiardian, 1884-9 ; and, after |
41323: | the death of Dr. Hueffer, in 1889, was |
41324: | appointed musical critic of The Times. Con- |
41325: | tributed articles to the Dictionary of Na- |
41326: | tional Biography ; Grove's Dictionary of |
41327: | Music and Musicians (and editor of the |
41328: | Appendix to that work) ; the Nineteenth |
41329: | Centurj' ; National Review, etc. Lectured |
41330: | on The History of English Music, two series, |
41331: | 1887 ; and on Purcell, 1895. Has appeared |
41332: | as a pianist at concerts of the Bach Clioir, |