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Hood ; Meadowsweet ; Nymphs and Goblins ;
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Sea King's Daughter ; Snow Queen ; Spirit
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of the Year ; Amabel ; The Tliree Bears.
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Anthems and Services. Three-part, and two-
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part songs ; Album of six songs, etc. 100
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original rounds, composed and collected, For-
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syth. Pieces for organ or harmonium, four
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"books ; organ pieces, various. Spring Song,
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Berceuse, etc., for pf. Madrigal, I dare not
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ask, performed by Nottingham Philharmonic
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Society, 1891, etc. His son, Arthur Ber-
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nard Page, is a music teacher in Notting-
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ham, and a lyric author of ability, having
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supplied the books for most of the cantatas
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named above.
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Page, Edward Osmund 307-L-16
Page, Edward Osmund, organist and
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composer, who resided in Manchester as an
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organist and teacher. He died December 23,
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188-3. Composer of a Mass and other vocal
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music.
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Page, John 307-L-21
Page, John, editor and tenor singer, was
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Lorn about the middle of the 18th century.
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Lay - clerk, St. George's, Windsor, 1790.
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Gentleman of Chapel Royal. Vicar-choral,
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St. Paul's, 1801. He died at London, August,
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1812.
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Works. — Harmonia Sacra : a collection of
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anthems' in score, selected for cathedral and
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j)arochial churches from the most eminent
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masters of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries,
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London, 3 vols., 1800 ; 2nd edit., by E. F.
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Rimbault. Festive Harmony : a collection
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of the most favourite madrigals, glees, and
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■elegies, selected from the works of the most
elegies, selected from the works of the most
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•eminent composers, London, 4 vols., 1804.
eminent composers, London, 4 vols., 1804.
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Collection of Hymns, London, 1804. Divine
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Harmony .... by P. Henley, to which are
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added four psalm tunes, by T. Sharp, Lon-
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don, 1798. Burial Service, Evening Ser\ice,
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Anthems, etc., performed at the Funeral of
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Lord Nelson, January 9, 1806. Four anthems
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(festival), etc. Anthems and Psalms, as per-
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formed at St. Paul's Cathedral on the day of
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the Anniversary INIeeting of the Charity
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Children, London [1785] .
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Page, William 307-L-46
Page, William, musician, issued " The
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Golden Lyre, containing 130 original psalm
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and hymn tunes. ..." London [1856] .
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Paige, Kate 307-L-49
Paige, Kate, authoress of " Exercises on
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General Elementary Music." Part I., 1880;
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Part II., 1881, London. Daily Exercises for
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the Pf . [1883] .
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Paine, Robert Parker 307-L-53
Paine, Robert Parker, composer, born
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at Sandgate, Kent, November 15, 1823.
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Musical from childhood, he had to pursue his
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studies under difficulties, and is practically
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self taught in composition. His friend, C.
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H. Purdaj' (q-v.), then of Sandgate, was one
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of the first to encourage his talent, and Paine
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contributed to his collection of 100 rounds.
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When he went to Windsor he was encouraged
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in his work by Sir George Elvey. His prin-
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.cipal compositions are a cantata, " The

PALMER.
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Prodigal Son," performed at Eton, January,
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1884 ; a Te Deum, brought out at the same
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time ; and a setting of Psalm 93, for bass
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solo, chorus and orchestra, produced at
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Windsor, May 23, 1887. He has also com-
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posed. When the soft light, The wind and
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the waves. The Fisherman, and other songs ;
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and has in MS. anthems, hymn-tunes, chants,
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songs, etc.
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Palmer, Edward Davidson 307-R-10
Palmer, Edward Davidson, organist
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and writer. Graduated Mus. Bac, Oxford,
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1878. Organist of Upper Holloway Baptist
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Chapel, from 1885 ; professor of harmony,
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counterpoint and solo singing. Metropolitan
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College of ]Music. He has composed a setting
College of Music. He has composed a setting
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of Psalm 146, for soli, chorus and orchestra ;
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and published some pieces for organ, and
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arrangements for violin and pf. Author of
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" A Manual of Voice Training," London, Jos.
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Williams, 1891 ; and contributor of papers to
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the Nineteenth Century magazine, and the
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musical press.
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Palmer, Isabella Perkins 307-R-23
Palmer, Isabella Perkins. See sub,
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DiBDiN, Henry E.
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Palmer, James 307-R-25
Palmer, James, musician and editor,
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born at Southwold, Suffolk, December 7,
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1796. He was a teacher of music in Edin-
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burgh, and was precentor in Broughton Place
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United Presbyterian Church, from 1830 till
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1851. He died at Edinburgh on July 23,
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1861. Compiler of " Sacred Harmony, original
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and selected, in four vocal parts, suited to
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the psalms, paraphi-ases, and hymns used in
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all the congregations in Scotland," Edin-
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burgh, n.d. " Christian Harmony, a collec-
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tion of sacred music, adapted to the various
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metres in general use...." Edinburgh, n.d.,
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issued in parts. " The Sacred Minstrel, a
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collection of original church tunes and an-
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thems, containing also several celebrated
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pieces by eminenb composers," Edinburgh,
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n.d. " Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes
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used at the Relief Church, Broughton Street,
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Edinburgh, 1828."
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Palmer, Lucas Shelton 307-R-45
Palmer, Lucas Shelton, writer and
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oi-ganist, author of "First Studies in Sight-
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Singing, for the use of schools, choirs, and
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choral societies," London, Novello [1875].
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" A Short Catechism on Singing," London.
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Part-songs, Sunset ; The white rose sighed ;
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Phyllis.
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Palmer, Percy 307-R-52
Palmer, Percy. See sub. Marriott,
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Annie.
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Palmer, Thomas 307-R-54
Palmer, Thomas, organist and composer,
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graduated Mus. Bac, Oxford, 1879. Organist
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of All Saints', Londonderry, 1873 ; parish
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church, Alton, Hants, 1876 ; Omagh, County
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Tyrone, 1877 ; and St. JIatthew's, Ipswich,
Tyrone, 1877 ; and St. Matthew's, Ipswich,
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from 1880. Conductor of Felixstowe Choral
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Society. Composer of Psalm 108, for soli,
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chorus and orchestra ; Evening Service in F ;
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sing unto the Lord, anthem ; part-songs,
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songs, pf. pieces, etc.


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