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BRADLEY.
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in MS. Trio in E fiat, pf. and strings ; organ
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Sonata in C minor, Op. 47, etc. Compiler of
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Tie Music Pvipil's Register (Novello).
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Bradley, Charles 57-L-4
Bradley, Charles, organist and composer,
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born at Wakefield, October 20, 1846. Trained
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under R. S. Burton, Dr. P. Arnies and F. W.
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Davenport. Organist successively of St. INIic-
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hael's, Wakefield, 1856-66 ; St. Paul's, Middles-
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brough, 1871-82; St. George's, Edinburgh,
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1882-85 ; Abbev Parish Church, 1885-87 ; and
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South Leith Parish Church, 1887. He was
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organist to the p]dinburgh Choral Union, from
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1883 to 1890. Composer of anthems and other
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Church music, songs, and organ music.
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Bradley, Frank H 57-L-15
Bradley, Frank H., organist and pianist,
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horn in Birmingham. Pupil of A. Deakin,
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and A. R. Gaul. Organist of St. Barnabas,
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Birmingham, 1867 ; at Stoke-on-Trent ; Quebec
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Cathedra], Canada; professor of music, and
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organist, Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton ;
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St. John's, Wilton Road, London ; St. And-
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rews, West Kensington (1884). Has given
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organ and pianoforte recitals in Birmingham,
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Paris, South Kensington International Ex-
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hibition, 1883 ; at the Kimberley Exhibition,
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South Africa, 1892-8 ; also in Australia, and
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was accompanist and conductor during Mr.
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Santley's tour in Australia, 1889-90.
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Bradley, Joseph 57-L-29
Braidley, Joseph, pianist and conductor,
Bradley, Joseph, pianist and conductor,
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born at Hyde, Cheshire, February 28, 1857.
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At twelve, he was organist at St. Paul's, Staly-
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bridge ; and two years later at Heaton Chapel,
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Manchester; r.R.C.0.,1873 ; Mus.B., Oxford,
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1875. For six years, 1881-7, he was organist and
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deputy chorus-master to Sir Charles Halle at
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Manchester, and conductor of societies at
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Stockport, Stalybridge, and other places. In
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1887, he was appointed chorus-master to the
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Glasgow Choral Union, and later, conductor of
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the Choral Concerts. He comxjosed "A Song
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of Praise," for chorus and orchestra, expressly
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for performance when the Queen visited Glas-
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gow Exhibition in Augiist, 1888.
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Bradley, Orton 57-L-44
Bradley, Orton, pianist and conductor,
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born at Greenwich, December 11th, 1858.
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Educated at Harrow, and Hertford College,
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■Oxford. Pupil of John Farmer ; scholar and
Oxford. Pupil of John Farmer ; scholar and
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organist of his college ; graduated ]\I.A., with
organist of his college ; graduated M.A., with
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classical honours. Organist, King Edward's
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School, Bromsgrove, 1891, for one year. From
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1887 to 1893, held the position of Musical
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Director to the People's Palace, London, and
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was the first conductor of the National
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Sunday League Choir. As a pianist, he has
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devoted much attention to the compositions
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of Brahms. In 1893 he went to New York,
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where he gained a distinguished position as
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conductor and pianist. His settings of poems
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by Jean Ingelow, and Rossetti (The Blessed
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Damosel), for recitation, have been performed
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at the Lyric Club [1886].
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Bradshaw, Ann Maria 57-L-62
Bradshaw, Ann Maria, born Tree,
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soprano vocalist and actress, born at London,

BRAINE.
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in August, 1801. She first appeared in the
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" Barber of Seville " at Covent Garden, in
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1818, and continued to act and sing in public
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till 1825, when she married Mr. James Brad-
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shaw, and retired. She was sister to Ellen
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Tree the actress.
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Bradshaw, Ralph 57-R-7
Bradshaw, Ralph, musician and com-
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piler, was born in Bolton about 1776. He
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died in 1832. Issued " Twenty-four psalm and
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hymn tunes, composed and arranged for four
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voices . . ." [1820]. A Second set of psalm or
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hymn tunes, London [1825].
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Brady, Nicholas 57-R-13
Brady, Nicholas, divine and j)oet, born
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at Bandon, 1659, died at Richmond, Surrey,
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1726. He was associated with Tate in the
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production of a metrical version of the Psalms
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of David. He also wrote " Church music
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vindicated ; a sermon preached at St. Bride's
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Church on Monday, November 22nd, 1697,
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being St. Csecilia's Day, the anniversary feast
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of the lovers of musick," London, 1697.
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Braham, John 57-R-22
Braham, John, tenor vocalist and com-
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poser, born in London, of Jewish parents,
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1774 [1772]. He studied imder Leoni, and
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first appeared at the Royalty Theatre, Well-
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close Square, London, 1787. He appeared at
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Covent Garden, April 21st, 1787, and sang at
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Bath in 1794, where he studied under Rauz-
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zini. He sang at Drury Lane Theatre in 1796,
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and afterwards travelled in Italy, and appeared
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at Florence, Rome, Naples, Milan, Genoa,
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Venice, etc., with Mrs. Billington and others.
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While in Italy he studied under Isola, and in
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1801 he returned to London, where he
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re-appeared at Covent Garden Theatre. He
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married Miss Bolton, of Ardwick, in 1816.
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He sang as Huon in Weber's Oberon, in 1826.
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Lost his fortune by failure of several spec-
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ulations, 1851. Died at London, February
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17th, 1856.
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Works. — Music to Dramas : The Cabinet,
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1801 ; Family Quarrels, 1802 ; The English
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Fleet, 1802 (containing "All's WeU," duet,
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etc.) ; Thirty Thousand, 1804 ; Out of Place,
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1805 ; False Alarms, 1807 ; Kais, or Love in a
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Desert, 1808 (with Reeve) ; The Devil's Bridge
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(with C. E. Horn), 1812; The Paragraph;
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Narensky, or The Road to Yarostaf ; The
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Americans; The Magicians (with M. P.King).
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Single songs, glees, etc. Death of Nelson, song.
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His sons, John Hamilton Braham (London,
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1818; Rochester, December 22nd, 1862), and
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Charles Bamfylde (London, 1822; London,
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June 11th, 1884), were both vocalists, the
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former, a baritone, who first appeared at the
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Hanover Square Rooms, November 2nd, 1843;
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and the latter, a tenor. His grandson, Edward
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B. Braham, appeared as a 'cellist in 1885.
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Braine, William Richard 57-R-59
Braine, William Richard, organist and
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composer, born at London, November 8, 1829 ;
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died there February 19, 1865. Was for 18
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years organist of St. Barnabas, Kensington.
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Compiler of " The St. Barnabas Music Book,"


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