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BINFIELD.
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(May 1890) Bilton was made Director pro tern,
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an office which he filled until his appointment
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as Bandmaster of the 17th Lancers, in Feb-
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ruary, 1891. He began composition very early,
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and his first attempt was a Grand Overture.
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This, rewritten and corrected, was performed
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at Woolwich, in 1878. At the Mihtary Ex-
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hibition of 1890, he was awarded prizes for a
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Morning Service, Concert Overture, and a
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work for brass, military, and string band,
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singly and collectively. He has also written
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a Wind Quintet, Cantata, " The Wreck of the
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Hesperus," a Symphony, and Overtures.
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Binfield 47-L-14
Binfield, a musical family of importance,
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for many years prominent in the town of
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Reading, Berks, where the first of the name,
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Richard Binfield, established a music busi-
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ness in 1799. He was organist of St Laurence
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Church from 1804 to the time of his death,
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1839. The Berkshire Musical Festival, dating
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back at least to 1786, was for many years
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under his direction, and he conducted a
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performance of the " Messiah " so late as
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September 28, 1839, when Balfe sang some of
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the bass solos. He edited and compiled the
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Reading Psalmody, and Reading Choral Ser-
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vice, works much in use in the neighbourhood
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for a long time. His son, John Bilson Bin-
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field, born at Reading, 1805, was an organist,
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and appears to have continued the Triennial
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Festivals, as they were given up to the year
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1846. He was the first to set Dean Milman's
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*' Martyr of Antioch " to music (Milnian being
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vicar of St Mary's, Reading, 1818-35). He
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died at Reading, June 8, 1875. Another son,
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Thomas Binfield, settled in London, where
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he was engaged as a violoncellist. He was
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also a good violinist and pianist. Member of
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the Royal Society of ]\Iusicians. Died, Lon-
the Royal Society of Musicians. Died, Lon-
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don, December 23, 1840. — R. L. Binfield, a
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third son, was in the business at Reading,
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and conducted Choral Concerts, but no par-
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ticulars can be gleaned concerning him. —
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Hannah Rampton Binfield, born at Read-
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ing, 1810, sister of those preceding, was in
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her turn proprietor of the business. She was
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an excellent pianist and harpist, and con-
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tributed many hymn tunes and chants to the
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collections edited by her father, whom she
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succeeded as organist of St. Laurence, a post
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she held for forty-five years, Her annual
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concerts were the chief events of the Reading
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musical season, and she played, at the Fes-
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tival of 1839, a concerto upon the organ.
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Her death took place at Reading, May 2, 1887.
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Fanny Jane daughter of John Bilson Binfield,
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was a pianist and concert-giver, and an artist
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of repute. She died at Reading, September
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3, 1881. Of other members of the family
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little can be ascertained, but Louisa Bin-
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field, as a performer on the concertina, was
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often heard at Reading and elsewhere from
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thirty to forty years ago. Another, Louisa

BIRCH.
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Binfield, third daughter of Richard, died at
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Reading, November 26, 1856.
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Bingley, Rev. William 47-R-3
Bingley, Rev.William,writer and clergy-
Bingley, Rev. William, writer and clergy-
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man, was born at Doncaster in 1774. He
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studied at Cambridge, where he graduated M. A.
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He died at London, March 11, 1823. Author
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of " Musical Biography, or Memoirs of the
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lives and writings of the most eminent musi-
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cal composers and writers who have flourished
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in the different countries of Europe during the
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last three centuries," London, 1814, 2 vols.;
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2nd edition, London, 1834, 2 vols. Animal
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Biography, 1802, 3 vols., etc. He also added
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" Sixty of the most admired Welsh airs, col-
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lected by W. Bingley, the basses and varia-
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tions arranged for the pf. by W. Russell,
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jun.," London, 1810.
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Binney, Thomas 47-R-18
Binney, Thomas, clergyman and author,
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published " The Service of Song in the House
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of the Lord," London, 1849. He edited Baird's
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Liturgies, and wrote numerous other works.
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Birch, Charlotte Ann 47-R-22
Birch, Charlotte Ann, soprano vocalist,
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was born at London in 1815 ; and died there
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in 1857. She sang chiefly at London and pro-
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vincial concerts.
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Birch, Edward 47-R-26
Birch, Edward, clergyman, author of "A
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Tract on Responding, with a postscript on
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Singing," Manchester, 1862.
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Birch, Edward Henry 47-R-29
Birch, Edward Henry, organist. Received
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his training in music at the Cathedrals of Glou-
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cester and Winchester. Graduated Mus. Bac,
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Oxford, 1875. Has held organ appointments
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successively at St. Saviour's, Eastbourne
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(1872) ; St. Gabriel's, Warwick Square, London
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(1873) ; All Saints', Kensington Park (1874) ;
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St. James's, Notting Hill (1886); Choirmaster,
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St. Columbas', Notting Hill. His composi-
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tions include a cantata, " Vortigern and Row-
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ena" (produced Ladbroke Hall, Notting Hill,
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April 12, 1891), an Evening service, and other
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church mnsic, organ pieces, etc.
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Birch, James Albert 47-R-42
Birch, James Albert, alto vocalist, born
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at Sheffield, 1839. Sang in church choirs in
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Sheffield, and subsequently was in the choir
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of Canterbury Cathedral (1873-6) ; then at
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Westminster Abbey ; and finally at the Chapel
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Royal, St. James's, a post he retire! from in
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1892, owing to ill health. Lecturer on vocal
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music at the Church Missionary College ;
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founder and conductor of the Temperance
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Choral Society ; and sometime conductor of the
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London Board School Festival Concerts at the
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Crystal Palace. Musical editor of the Stan-
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dard Book of Song, for Temperance Meetings
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and Home Use, and author of a booklet. The
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Voice Trainer. A Vice-President of the Tonic
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Sol-fa Association, he was a zealous worker
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to the last. He died somewhat suddenly, at
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Hastings, June 22, 1895.
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Birch, Samuel 47-R-60
Birch, Samuel, composer and minor poet,
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was born at London, November 8, 1757. He
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served as a Lord Mayor of London in 1815.
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Died at London, December 10, 1841.


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