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RICHARDSON.
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lege, Oxford, 1885-9. Graduated Mus. Bac,
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and B.A., 1888 ; M.A., 1892, Oxford. P.R.C.O.
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Obtained diploma of A. CO. when sixteen,
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and was then organist of Emmanuel Church,
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Malvern. Gave recitals in the Prior}' Church
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there, 1884. Organist of Hindlip Church,
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Worcester, 1889 ; Holy Trinity, Sloane Street,
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London ; St. Jude's, Gray's Inn Road ; All
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Saints', Scarborough, 1892 ; St. Saviour's
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Cathedral, Southwark, 1897. He has pub-
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lished church services, part-songs, etc.
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Richardson, John 343-L-12
Richardson, John, composer and or-
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ganist, born at Preston, December 14, 1816.
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He was appointed organist of St. Mary's
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Catholic Chvirch, Liverpool, in 1835, and
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from 1837 to 1857 was organist of St. Nicholas
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Church in the same city. He was celebrated as
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a teacher, and was the instructor, in counter-
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point, of W. T. Best. He died at Preston,
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April 13, 1879. He composed music for Col-
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lins' " Ode to the Passions," masses, glees,
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hymn-tunes, etc.
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Richardson, John Elliott 343-L-23
Richardson, John Elliott, organist and
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composer, born at Salisbury. Studied at
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Salisbury Cathedral, under A. T. Corfe,
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whose assistant organist he was for eighteen
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years. Appointed organist and master of the
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choristers, in 1863, after the death of A. T.
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Corfe. Conductor of Sarum Choral Society,
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1849-69. Resigned Cathedral appointment,
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1881, owing to ill-health. He composed a
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service in F ; I will give thanks ; Turn Thee,
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Lord ; and other anthems. Author of
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" Salisbury Chant Book," Salisbury, 1859 ;
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"The Tour of a Cathedral Organist," Salisbury,
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1870. Editor of anthems by Greene, etc.
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His brother, Thomas Bentinck Rich.\rd-
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SON, chorister, and assistant organist at Salis-
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bury Cathedral, was organist, for nearly thirty
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years, of St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Ed-
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munds. He was a good musician, and
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exerted great influence in his locality. He
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died at Bury St. Edmunds, April, 1893,
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aged 62.
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Richardson, Joseph 343-L-45
Richardson, Joseph, flute player and
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composer, born in 1814. Member of Jullien's
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orchestra, and latterly principal flutist in
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Queen's private band. He died at London,
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March 22, 1862. Composer of fantasias,
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variations, original pieces and arrangements
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for flute ; Set of studies for the flute,
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exemplifying the different modes of fingering
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particular notes and passages, London [1844] ;
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Waltzes for pf., songs, and other music.
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Richardson, Vaughan 343-L-55
Richardson, Vaughan, organist and
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composer, was born in the latter half of the
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17th century. He studied under Blow in the
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Chapel Royal. Organist of Winchester Cathe-
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dral, 1695. He died in 1729.
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Works. — A Collection of new Songs for 1,
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2, and 3 voices, accompany'd with Instru-
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ments, London, 1701. Odes, cantatas, etc.
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Anthems and songs. The well-known anthem

RICKARD.
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"O how amiable are Thy dwellings" is by
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this composer.
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Richardson, William 343-R-3
Richardson, William, organist and
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composer, was a chorister in the Chapel Royal,
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and organist of St. Nicholas' Church, Dept-
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ford, London, 1697. He died about 1731-32.
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He composed " Lessons for the harpsichord
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or spinet," London, 1708; and "The Pious
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Recreation, containing a new sett of psalm
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tunes...," London, 1729. This contains
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" Greenwich," a popular psalm tune.
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His brother, Pelham Richardson, was
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also an organist.
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Richmond, Rev. Legh 343-R-14
Richmond, Rev. Legh, clergyman and
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musician, born at Liverpool, January 29, 1772.
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He was chaplain of the Lock Hospital, and
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afterwards rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire.
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Died at Turvey, May 8, 1827. Author of
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"The Dairyman's Daughter" in the "Annals
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of the Poor," and other religious works.
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Known to musicians by some good glees,
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contained in Hague's collections. He also
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wrote songs, among which may be named
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Christian's rest [1825] ; Gypsies petition ;
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Happy cottager ; Negro's prayer. Richmond
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founded, about 1820, the Legh Richmond
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Library at lona, in Argyleshire.
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Richmond, William Henry 343-R-28
Richmond, William Henry, organist
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and composer. Studied under James Rhodes
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and T. A. Marsh. Organist of Holy Trinity,
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Knaresborough ; appointed to St. Paul's Pro-
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Cathedral, Dundee, 1870 ; and later to St.
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Michael's, Exeter, which he resigned through
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illness in 1886. He composed church services,
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anthems, organ music, pf. music and songs.
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Rickard, Richard Henry 343-R-36
Rickard, Richard Henry, pianist and
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composer, born at Birmingham, November
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12, 1858. When a child he showed much
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talent for music, and as a juvenile pianist
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frequently played at concerts. At eight
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years of age he was placed under Dr. C.
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S. Heap, with whom he studied for some
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years. He gave his first recital in Birming-
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ham, March 30, 1876, and afterwards went to
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study at the Leipzig Conservatorium, where
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his teachers were Reinecke, Louis Maas, and
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E. F. Richter. After completing his course,
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he played at the Gewandhaus concerts,
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December 12, 1878, Reinecke's Concerto in
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F minor, and was favourably noticed by the
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press. He reappeared at Birmingham in
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April, 1879, and gave recitals at different
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times. Residing in London, he took a good
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position as a teacher there, and at Brighton,
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Played at the Crystal Palace concerts, for
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the first time, April 7, 1883 ; gave a series of
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recitals there, 1884 ; at the " Inventions "
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Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885 ; and
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played at concerts in various places. He also
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has played, with naarked success, at Paris,
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and Dresden and other places in Germany.
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Visited Liszt at Weimar, and played to
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Rubinstein, to whom he dedicated a Ballade


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