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MARKS.
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others ; Evening Services in B flat, A and D.
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A number of songs, including ]My loved one,
A number of songs, including My loved one,
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sleep secure, which won the prize offered by
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Methven & Co., Edinburgh, 1893; part-songs.
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Blow, ye gentle breezes ; I'll think of thee,
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€tc. Vocal duets ; pf. pieces, etc.
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Marks, Thomas Osborne 271-L-7
Marks, Thomas Osborne, organist and
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composer, step-brother of the preceding, born
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at Armagh, February 6, 1845. Chorister at
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age of six in Armagh Cathedral, and deputy
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organist to Robert Turle when fifteen. Gradu-
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ated Mus. Bac, Oxford, 1870; Mus. Doc,
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Dublin, 1874. In 1872, he was appointed
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oi'ganist and choirmaster at the Cathedral in
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succession to R. Turle, a position he retains
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to the present time. He is conductor of the
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Armagh Philharmonic Society. His compo-
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sitions are : Ps. 95, for soli, chorus and
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orchestra ; cantata, St. John Baptist (MS.) ;
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church music, and songs, etc.
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Marlow, Isaac 271-L-21
Marlow, Isaac, clergyman and author,
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wrote the following tracts: — " Prelimited
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forms of praising God vocally sung by all the
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ohurch together, proved to be no Gospel
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ordinance," London, 1691. " Truth solemnly
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defended, in a reply to Benjamin Keach,
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concerning Psalm- singing," 1692. "The
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controversie of singing brought to an end,"
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etc., London, 1696.
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Marriott, Annie Augusta 271-L-30
Marriott, Annie Augusta, soprano
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vocalist, born at Nottingham, May 26, 1859.
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Studied under J. B. Welch at the National
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Training School for Music, Kensington. In
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1880 she sang at the Saturday Popular Con-
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certs, January 17 ; in Haydn's " Creation,"
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Sacred Harmonic, April 16 ; Promenade
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Concerts, Covent Garden, August 4, etc. She
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was engaged for the Worcester Festival, 1881 ;
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and Leeds, 1883. A proof of her good musiciaia-
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ship was given at Birmingham, November 26,
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1885, when at a moment's notice she sang
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the soprano solos in "The Spectre's Bride,"
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without a rehearsal, and without having ever
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heard the work. She sang at the Handel
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Festival, 1885 ; and at Buckingham Palace,
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before the Queen, in Stanford's "Jubilee
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Ode," May 11, 1887. She married, July 20,
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1882, Percy Palmer, a tenor vocalist. He
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was born at Flaxton, Yorks, December 17,
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1861. Studied under James Broughton,
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Leeds ; and J. B. Welch on going to London.
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He was just entering upon a career of pro-
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mise, when he died August 10, 1893.
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Marriott, Charles Handel Rand 271-L-54
Marriott, Charles Handel Rand, com-
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poser and violinist, born at Loiidon, Novem-
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ber 3, 1831. He was a violinist, and acted as
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musical director at Highbury Barn, London,
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from 1860 tiU 1865. Afterwards he held the
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same position at the Cremorne Gardens, and
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at the Pier Pavilion, Hastings. He was
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musical editor of the Young Ladies' Journal.
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He died at Hastings, December 8, 1889.
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Works. — Songs : England's trust ; Land

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ahead ; Lily of the West ; Lost friends ; There
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grew in the forest a mighty oak. Songs for
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children. Numerous light pieces and arrange-
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ments for the pianoforte.
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Marriott, Frederick 271-R-5
Marriott, Frederick, alto vocalist, lay-
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clerk in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, from
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about 1845, and also for some time in the
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choir of Eton College. He assisted at many
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of the Royal functions during the Queen's
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reign, and was the oldest lay-clerk in the
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Chapel. He died at Windsor, March 19, 1895,
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aged 82.
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Marsden, George 271-R-13
Marsden, George, organist, composer,
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and conductor, born at Stalybridge, Cheshire,
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April 11, 1843. Studied at the Conserva-
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torium, Cologne, under Ferdinand Hiller,
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and others. Graduated Mus. Bac, 1876;
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Mus. Doc, 1882, Cambridge. He is resident
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in ]\Ianchester as a teacher, and is organist at
in Manchester as a teacher, and is organist at
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St. Thomas', Werneth, near Oldham. He
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holds an appointment now probably unique
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in this country, that of conductor of a private
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orchestra, giving weekly concerts in the
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winter (sec S. R. Platts), and is Principal of
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the Oldham School of Music. His composi-
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tions comprise settings of Psalm 23, and
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Psalm 46, for soli, chorits, and orchestra, and
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other church music. Romance for oboe and
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orchestra ; pieces for oboe and pf. Dorothy,
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a rustic dance, and other pf. pieces ; Part-
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songs, etc.
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His brother, John Marsden, born May 31,
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1835, died at Manchester, November, 1889,
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was an able organist, and teacher of the pf.
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His pupils came out first in all England at
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the local examinations of Oxford, 1868, and
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Cambridge, 1874. The brothers were early
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and active workers for the Incorporated
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Society of Musicians.
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Marsh, Alec 271-R-40
Marsh, Alec, baritone vocalist, bona at
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Stratford, near Salisbury, Wilts. Studied
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under Boyton Smith. Articled to a solicitor,
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but deciding to become a singer, entered the
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R.A.M. W^hile a student he sang in Randeg-
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ger's " The Rival Beauties," at St. George's
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Hall, May, 1885. Was Evill prizeholder,
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1887. He made his festival debut at Norwich
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in 1887, and sang in light opera the same
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year. In 1890 he joined the Carl Rosa
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Company, and has appeared in a round of
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characters with success. He married Miss
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Alice Esty, the American soprano, and has
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appeared with her on the stage, and in the
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concert room. These artists had a successful
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tour in Australia.
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Marsh, Alphonso 271-R-56
Marsh, Alphonso, composer, born in
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1627, died in April, 1681. He was a Gentle-
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man of the Chapel Royal in 1661, and composed
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songs and other vocal music in Playford's
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Collections.
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His son, Alphonso, born about 1648, was
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also a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in
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1676. He died April 5, 1692, and is buried in


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