| 42201: | Morley, lu 1508, he was instructor of the Morley, In 1508, he was instructor of the |
| 42202: | choristers at ^lagdalen College, Oxford, and |
| 42203: | in the same year he graduated Mus. Bac. |
| 42204: | He died in 1547-48. |
| 42205: | |
| 42206: | Mason, William, poet, musician, and |
| 42207: | writer, l)orn at Hull in 1725. Ordained min- |
| 42208: | ister, 1755. Prebendary and Prece]3tor, York |
| 42209: | Cathedral, 1763. He died at Aston, April 5, |
| 42210: | 1797. Wrote various papers on ecclesiastical |
| 42211: | music, collected under the title of "Essays, |
| 42212: | historical and critical, on English Church |
| 42213: | Music," York, 1795, and composer of " Lord |
| 42214: | of all power and might," anthem, and other |
| 42215: | vocal music. His works are chiefly literary, |
| 42216: | and he takes rank among the minor poets of |
| 42217: | England. |
| 42218: | |
| 42219: | Massey, Richard, musician, born in 1798, |
| 42220: | was organist at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, |
| 42221: | for 40 years [1837-77] . He died at London, |
| 42222: | April 21, 1883. |
| 42223: | |
| 42224: | Another Richard Massey, probably the |
| 42225: | father of the foregoing, issued a work entitled |
| 42226: | "Sacred Music: twenty-six psalm tunes and |
| 42227: | three anthems," Manchester [1810]. |
| 42228: | |
| 42229: | Masson, Elizabeth 274-L-25 Masson, Elizabeth, contralto singer and |
| 42230: | composer, was born in Scotland early in the |
| 42231: | present century. She was a pupil of Madame |
| 42232: | Pasta, and made her debut at the Ancient |
| 42233: | Concerts on March 16, 1831. She founded |
| 42234: | the Royal Society of Female Musicians in |
| 42235: | 1838 along with Mary Sarah Steele (who |
| 42236: | was a professor of singing at the R.A.M., and |
| 42237: | died at London, March 26, 1881, aged 65). |
| 42238: | Died at London, in January, 1865. |
| 42239: | |
| 42240: | Works. — Original Jacobite Songs, London |
| 42241: | [1839] ; Twelve songs for the classical vocalist |
| 42242: | [1845-61] , 24 parts ; Twelve songs by Byron |
| 42243: | [184.3] ; Vocal sketches. Songs : Oh ! love |
| 42244: | was never yet without the pang [1837] ; Bal- |
| 42245: | moral rant [1840] ; Come off to the moors ; |
| 42246: | Here's a health unto Her Majesty ; Is my |
| 42247: | lover on the sea? Mary, adieu; Scotland, etc. |
| 42248: | Vocal Exercises, London [1855] . Numerous |
| 42249: | arrangements, etc. |
| 42250: | |
| 42251: | Masters, William J. Chalmers 274-L-45 Masters, William J. Chalmers, pianist |
| 42252: | and composer, born in London, 1818. Some- |
| 42253: | time musical director, St. George's Hall, |
| 42254: | London. For many years resident as a teacher |
| 42255: | at Southsea. He was the composer of two |
| 42256: | operettas, " The Forester's Daughters," pro- |
| 42257: | duced at St. George's Hall, November 19, |
| 42258: | 1867, and " The Rose of Salency " ; of songs, |
| 42259: | pf. pieces, etc. He died at Southsea, Novem- |
| 42260: | ber 28, 1893. |
| 42261: | |
| 42262: | Masterton, Allan 274-L-55 Masterton, Allan, Scottish musician and |
| 42263: | writing-master in the High School of Edin- |
| 42264: | burgh. An associate of Robert Burns, the |
| 42265: | poet, to whose song, " Willie brew'd a peck o' |
| 42266: | maut," he wrote music. He died about 1799. |
| 42267: | |
| 42268: | Mather, George, musician and teacher, |
| 42269: | compiled " The Calcutta Melodies, comprising |
| 42270: | thirty-six original psalm and hymn tunes, |
| 42271: | London [1844] . The Freehay Singing Class |
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