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BARNETT.
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that ne'er retiirn ; Flower of my life ; Fill up
that ne'er return ; Flower of my life ; Fill up
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the wine cup ; Flowers of summer; Gc, thou
the wine cup ; Flowers of summer; Go, thou
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art free ; Highlander's bride ; Her heart is
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mine ; Highland soldier ; Highland minstrel
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boy ; Hark, the fairy bells ; Hope for the
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best ; Here's a health to merry England ; The
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Holly ; Hark, hark to the sound ; I have been
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to the woods ; Is the reign of fancy over ?
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Knight of the golden crest ; Light guitar ;
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Light of heart am I ; Lord, I believe ; List to
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my wild guitar ; My home beside the Quadal-
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quiver ; Minstrel's lament ; Mermaid's song ;
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Maid of Athens ; My native land, good night ;
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Maiden of Sicily ; Now the lamp of day has
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fled ; Normandy maid ; Rock me to sleep ;
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Hose of Lucerne, 1823 ; Rise, gentle moon ;
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Swiss shepherd ; Sing, nightingale, sing ;
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Sailor boy's song ; Spirit of love ; There sits a
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lovely maid ; The opal ring ; The ship ; Ves-
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per hour ; Up to the Forest ; Village bells ;
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Young moss rose ; Year's last hours. Systems
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and Singing Masters, a Comment upon the
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Wilhem System, and remarks upon Mr. J.
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Hullah's Manual, London, 1842, also, 1877.
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School for the Voice, a theoretical and practi-
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cal treatise, London [1845] ; since reprinted
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several times.
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Barnett's Mountain Syl^^h was the first
Barnett's Mountain Sylph was the first
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English Opera cast in the dramatic form
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followed by Weber and other masters. It
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was very popular on its original production
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in 1834, and had a run of over 100 nights. Of
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the immense number of songs and other vocal
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pieces puljlished by Barnett, amounting in all
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to nearly 2000 items, only a few are known to
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the present generation of musicians. His
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eldest daughter married Mr. Robert E. Fran-
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cillon, the well-known novelist.
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Barnett, John Francis 29-L-39
Barnett, John Francis, pianist and
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composer, born in London, October 16, 1887 ;
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son of Joseph Alfred Barnett. His first piano-
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forte teacher was his mother. In 1849 he was
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placed under Dr. Wylde, and in 1850 he won
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a King's Scholarship at the R.A.M., and was
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re-elected in 1852. He appeared for the first
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tinre in public at the New Philharmonic Con-
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cert, June 29, 1853, playing the solo part in
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Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Concerto in D
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joiinor. In 1856 he went to Leipzig, and
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studied at the Conservatorium, under Haupt-
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mann, Rietz, Plaidy, and Moscheles. He
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played at the Gewandhai;s concerts, March 22,
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1800, the D minor concerto of Mendelssohn.
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At his reappearance in London, New Philhar-
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monic, April 16, 1860, he was heard in Beet-
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hoven's Concerto in E flat ; and at the Phil-
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harmonic Concert, June 10, 1861, in that
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composer's Concerto in C minor. He was
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afterwards associated with Dr. Wylde as a
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teacher of the pianoforte in the London
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Academy of ]\Iusic. In 1883, was appointed
Academy of Music. In 1883, was appointed
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a Professor R.A.M., and is F.R.A.M. and
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Member of the Philharmonic Society. Was

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for a time conductor of the Berkshire Musical
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Society ; and conducted a Philharmonic con-
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cert, April 23, 1884. First came into notice as
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a composer by a Symphony produced by the
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Musical Society of London, 1864 ; and receiv-
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ing a commission for the Birmiughanr Festival
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of 1807, he soon attained a prominent position
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among the younger English composers.
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Works. — Cantatas : The Ancient Mariner
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(Birmingham Festival, 1867) ; Paradise and
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the Peri (the same, 1870) ; The Raising of
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Lazarus (Oratorio, New Philharmonic, June
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18, 1873 ; Hereford Festival, 1876) ; The Good
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Shepherd (Brighton Festival, 1876) ; The
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Building of the ship (Leeds Festival, 1880) ;
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Ode, The triumph of labour (Crystal Palace,
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August, 1888) ; The wishing bell. Cantata for
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female voices (Norwich Festival, 1893). Part-
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songs ; Songs, The Harp of Life ; The Golden
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Gate, etc. Orchestral : Symphony in A minor
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(1864) ; Symphonic Overture in E (Philhar-
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monic, 1868) ; Overture, A Winter's tale
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(British Orchestral Society, February 6, 1873) ;
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Suite, The lay of the last minstrel (Liverpool
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Festival, 1874) ; Symphonic Poem, The Har-
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vest Festival (Norwich Festival, 1881 ; and
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revised as a Pastoral Suite, Philharmonic,
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May 31, 1888) ; Concerto in D minor, pf. and
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orchestra ; The Ebbing tide ; Liebeslied, and
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other smaller works for orchestra. Chamber
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Music : Quintet in G minor ; Quartet in D
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minor, strings ; Trio in C minor, pf. and
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strings ; Sonata in G minor. Op. 41, pf. and
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flute ; in E minor, pf. and violin. Pianoforte
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solo : Sonata in E minor, Op. 45 ; Three Im-
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promptus ; Home scenes, nine pieces ; Seven
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characteristic studies ; and a large number of
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shorter pieces, elegant in style and widely
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popular. Offertoire in G and other organ
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pieces.
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Barnett, J. Maughan 29-R-41
Barnett, J. Maughan, pianist and or-
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ganist. For some years resident at Tunbridge
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Wells, where he held several organ appoint-
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ments, and annually gave concerts. Delicate
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health caused him, in 1889. to leave England
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for New Zealand, where he soon established a
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reputation as a brilliant pianist and organist,
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giving performances also in Tasmania. He
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holds the office of conductor of the Wellington
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Musical Society, N.Z. He has written some
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pieces for pianoforte.
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Barnett, Joseph Alfred 29-R-52
Barnett, Joseph Alfred, tenor vocalist
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and teacher of singing, brother of John Bar-
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nett, was born in London. Early in life he
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was articled to Mr. Reeve of the Olympic
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Theatre, and appeared as a juvenile vocahst.
Theatre, and appeared as a juvenile vocalist.
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Afterwards he sang as a tenor vocalist, in
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London and the provinces, but gradually he
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retired from public life, and devoted himself
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to voice training. He married a daughter of
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William Hudson, the artist, and had a large
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family, among whom may be named John
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Francis and Emma, who are separately no-


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