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PRICE.
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Festival Chorus was performed in Newcastle
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Town Hall, October, 1895.
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Price, Daniel 328-L-3
Price, Daniel, baritone vocalist, born at
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Dowlais, Glamorgan, 1863. Was one of the
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first fifty scholars of the R.C.jM when it
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opened in 1883. Studied singing under Albert
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Visetti; Counterpoint, under Dr. J. P. Bridge;
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and composition with Dr. Stanford. Dis-
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tinguished himself, especially in the operatic
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performances given by the students. A.R.C.M.,
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1888, and in the same year appointed a meixi-
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ber of the choir, Westminster Abbey. Is a
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professor of singing at R.C.]\I., and has
professor of singing at R.C.M., and has
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appeared with success at concerts in London,
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Birmingham, and other places ; and on the
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occasion of the Jubilee celebrations in 1887,
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had the honour of singing before Her Majesty
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the Queen, at Windsor. While at the R.C.M.
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he composed some pf. jDieces, which were
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performed at the College concerts.
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Price, Tom 328-L-21
Price, Tom, composer, born at Rhymney,
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Monmouthshire, in 1857. Worked as a boy
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in the coal mines. Self-taught in music, and
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learned much by joining different Welsh
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choirs. Won a prize offered by Wrexham
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Festival Committee, 1886, for a part-song,
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*' Hands all round " (Tennyson) ; other prizes
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in America, etc. He has composed a dramatic
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cantata, anthems, part-song, songs, etc.
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Pridham, John 328-L-30
Pridham, John, pianist and composer,
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born at Popsham, Devon, October 1, 1818.
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He studied at the R.A.M., and when still a
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young man, played frequently before the
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Queen and Prince Consort. He died at
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Taunton, in August, 1896. He wrote a
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" Method for the Piano," London, Brewer,"
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n.d. ; and issued an iiximense number of easy
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pieces for the pf. Composer also of a fevi^
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songs and duets.
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Pring, Jacob Cubitt 328-L-40
Pring, Jacob Cubitt, organist and com-
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poser, was born at Lewisham, near London,
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in 1771. Organist of St. Botolph, Aldgate,
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London. Mus. Bac, Oxon., 1797. He died
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in 1799.
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Works. — First book of Glees, Canons, etc.
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[1790] ; Eight Glees, Catches, etc., London
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[c. 1795] ; Eight anthems, as performed in St.
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Paul's Cathedral, London [1792] ; ]\Iagnificat,
Paul's Cathedral, London [1792] ; Magnificat,
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in two parts ; Dying Christian to his soul,
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ode [1794] . Easy progressive lessons, with
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the fingering marked for young beginners
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on the pf. or harj)sichord, London [1800].
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Six progressive sonatinas for the harpsichord
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or pf. Songs, sonnets, etc.
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Pring, Joseph 328-L-55
Pring, Joseph, organist and composer,
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brother of above, born at Kensington. London,
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January 15, 1776. Organist of Bangor Cathe-
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dral, 1793. Mus. Bac. and Doc, Oxon.,
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1808. He died at Bangor, February 13, 1812.
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Works. — Twenty Anthems, in score, for 1,
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2, 3, 4, and 5 voices, London, 1805. J\Iag-
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nificats, and other church music.
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Pring, Isaac 328-L-63
Pring, Isaac, organist and composer,

PRINGLE.
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brother of above, born at Kensington, Lon-
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don, in 1777. Assistant to Dr. Philip Hayes,
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at New College, 0.x;ford, and his successor in
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1797. Mus. Bac, Oxon., 1799. He died at
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Oxford, October 18, 1799. Composer of
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chants, anthems, etc.
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Pringle, George Robert Grant 328-R-7
Pringle, George Robert Grant, organist
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and conductor, born in London, May 26,
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1833. Chorister, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1841-51,
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and pupil of John Goss and George Cooper,
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Went to Victoria. Australia, in 1858. Ap-
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pointed organist and conductor of ilelbourne
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Philharmonic Society. Founded and con-
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ducted the ^lusical Union, which brought
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forward many promising singers, and pro-
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duced, for the first time in Australia, ]NIen-
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delssohn's Psalm 42 ; Spohr's " God, Thou art
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Great " ; Leslie's " Judith," and other works.
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As organist of St. Peter's, Melbourne, Pringle,
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in 1863, trained and introduced the first
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surpliced choir in the colonies. He died,
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January, 1873, when on a visit to Leipzig.
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Pringle, Godfrey 328-R-23
Pringle, Godfrey, composer, of Scotch
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descent on his father's side, his mother being
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Hungarian, was born November 30, 1867,
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while his parents were travelling on the Con-
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tinent. ]\Iuch of his early life was passed in
tinent. Much of his early life was passed in
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Italy, and in 1882 he was at Bayreuth when
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"Parsifal" was produced, and had the hap-
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jjiness of personal acquaintance with Wagner.
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The influence of that time decided him to
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make music his profession, and he studied at
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the R.C.M. under Villiers Stanford, producing
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part of an Italian opera, " Messaliua," in
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1890, which he finished after leaving the
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Co lege in 1891. His orchestral ballad,
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" Durand " (based on Uhland), was produced
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at the Crystal Palace, October 14, 1893 ; and
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a rhapsody, " Lo Zingaro," for baritone solo
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and orchestra, November 10, 1894. He has
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also written an orchestral suite, "Bella
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Milano," and is engaged on an English opera.
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His other works include a Romance, for
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violin and orchestra ; Fantasia, 'cello and
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pf. ; pieces for pf., songs, etc.
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Pringle, John 328-R-46
Pringle, John, musician, resided in
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Edinburgh at the end of last and beginning
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of present century. Published " A Collection
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of Keels, Strathspeys, and Jigs, with a Bass
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for the Violoncello or Pianoforte," Edin-
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burgh, n.d.
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Pringle, Lempriere 328-R-52
Pringle, Lempriere, bass vocalist, born
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at Hobart, Tasmania, 1SG9. At the age of
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18 he came to England, and was admitted a
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student at the R.C.M. He sang in the
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operatic performance given in July, 1889,
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and later in that year went to Frankfort and
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studied singing under Stockhausen, and har-
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mony and counterpoint under Humperdinck.
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Returning to England in 1891, he was en-
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gaged by the directors of the Carl Rosa
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Company, and made his first appearance in
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the following autumn tour. His success was


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