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BRIAN.
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Brian 60-L-1
Brian, see Bryne (A.)
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Briant, Rowland 60-L-2
Briant, Rowland, organist. Pupil of
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R.A.M., also associate and professor of the
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organ there. F.C.O. Organist successively
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of Eccleston Square Church ; Westbourne
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Park Chapel ; and New Court Chapel, Tol-
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liugton Park. Conductor of various choral
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societies. Composer of Hear my prayer ;
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Praise ye the Lord ; Come unto me ; Come
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now, and let us reason together ; and other
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authems.
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Bridge, Frederick Albert 60-L-12
Bridge, Frederick Albert, organist,
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vocalist, lecturer and writer ; born in London,
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1841. Choirmaster and solo bass, St. An-
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drew's Undershaft ; Organist, St. Martin's,
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Ludgate, 1873-8 ; Choirmaster, St. Martin-in-
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the-Pields, 1878-82 ; of St. John's, Lewisham.
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Commenced his Musical Monologue Lecture
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Entertainnaent in 1872. Conductor of St.
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John's Choral Society, Lewisham, 1885-91 ;
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and of the North West London Musical and
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Dramatic Society. Author of A Brief history
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of Mr. Henry Leslie's choir (London, 1880).
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Married, in 1863, Miss Eliz.\beth Stirling
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{q.v.)^
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Bridge, John Frederick 60-L-26
Bridge, John Frederick, composer, or-
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ganist, and didactic writer, born at Oldbury,
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Worcestershire, December 5, 1844. [His father,
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John Bridge, was for many years a lay-clerk
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at Rochester Cathedral, and an original mem-
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ber of the Choir Benevolent Fund. He died
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at Chester, September 1, 1893]. Entered Ro-
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chester Cathedral as a chorister in 1850, and
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after being taught for some time by his father,
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was articled to J. Hopkins, studying later with
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(Sir) John Goss. F.R.C.O., 1867 ; Mus. Bac,
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1868 ; Mus. D., Oxford, 1874. Was appointed
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organist of Trinity Church, Windsor, 1865;
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Manchester Cathedral, 1869; Professor of har-
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mony at Owen's College, 1872 ; permanent
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deputy organist at Westminster Abbey, 1875,
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and. after the death of James Turle (1882), or-
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ganist and master of the choristers. Conductor
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of the Highbury Philharmonic Society, 1878-
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86, and of the Western Madrigal Society.
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Examiner in Music, Oxford University, 1885,
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and in London University, 1891 ; Vice-Presi-
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dent, Trinity College, London, 1891. Ap-
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pointed Gresham Professor of Music, May,
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1890, the scope and variety of the " Gresham
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Lectures " being greatly extended by him.
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He became conductor of the Royal Choral
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Society in succession to Sir Joseph Barnby in
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1896. During his tenure of office at West-
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minster Abbey he has had some very impor-
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tant functions to discbarge. He arranged all
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the music and composed a special anthem
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("Blessed be the Lord") for the celebration of
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the Qvieen's Jubilee, June 21, 1887 ; receiving
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the thanks of Her Majesty, and the Silver
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Jubilee Medal. Other notable musical ar-
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rangements were those for the funeral of Lord
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Tennyson (October 12, 1892), and the Purcell

BRIDGEMAN.
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Commemoration (November 21, 1895). Dr.
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Bridge is Professor of Harmony and Counter-
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point, R.C.M. ; Hon. R.A.M., and a member
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of the Philharmonic Society. He has lectured
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on musical subjects in Birmingham and other
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places.
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Works. — Mount Moriah, oratorio (1874);
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Boadicea, cantata (Highbury Phil. Soc, May
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81, 1880) ; Hymn to the Creator (Highbury,
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1883; Worcester Festival, 1884); Rock of Ages
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(Mr. Gladstone's Latin translation, Birming-
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ham Festival, 1885) ; Callirhoe, cantata, Bir-
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mingham, 1888 ; The Repentance of Nineveh,
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dramatic oratorio (book by Joseph Bennett,
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Worcester Festival, 1890) ; The Lord's Prayer
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(from Dante's Purgatorio, translated by Rev.
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E. H. Plumpton, Gloucester, 1892) ; The Cradle
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of Christ (Stabat Mater Speciosa, Hereford,
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1894); choral ballads, The Festival (men's
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voices) ; The Inchcape bell. Church services,
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anthems, etc. Editor of Westminster Abbey
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Chant Book ; Songs from Shakespeare. Part-
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songs. Concert overture, Morte d' Arthur
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(Birmingham, 1886) ; Minuet and trio, orches-
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tra ; Sonata in D, organ, etc. Author of Pri-
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mer on Counterpoint, Double Counterpoint,
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Organ accompaniment, and IMusical Gestures
Organ accompaniment, and Musical Gestures
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and Rudiments in Rhymes (Novello).
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Bridge, Joseph Cox 60-R-29
Bridge, Joseph Cox, composer and or-
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ganist, brother of the preceding, born at Ro-
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chester, August 16, 1853. Received his musical
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training at the Cathedral, where he became
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assistant organist ; afterwards acting in a
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similar capacity to his brother at Manchester
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Cathedral. In 1871 he was appointed organist
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of Exeter College, Oxford. Graduated B.A.,
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1875; Mus. B., 1876; M.A., 1878 ; and Mus.
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D., Oxford, 1884. F.C.O. , 1879. Appointed
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Organist of Chester Cathedral, 1877, he has
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been Conductor of the Triennial Festivals there
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since their re-establishment in 1879. For
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some years, from 1887, he was Conductor of
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the Bradford Festival Choral Society, His
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compositions include several works produced
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at the Chester Festivals : Magnificat and Nunc
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Dimittis, for voices, orchestra, and organ
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(1879) ; Oratorio, " Daniel " (1885) ; Cantata,
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Rudel (1891) ; and a Symphony in P, orchestra
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(1894). He has also composed an operetta,
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"The Belle of the Area"; an anthem for
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Harvest Festivals ; some pieces for pf . ; songs ;
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also transcriptions for the organ.
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Bridgeman, Charles 60-R-53
Bridgeman, Charles, organist, was born
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at Hertford, August 20, 1778. Studied the
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organ under J. Cubitt Pring, and violin under
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Franyois Cramer. In 1823 he founded the
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Hertford Musical Society, and for many years
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was teacher of music at Christ's Hospital,
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Hertford. He was organist of Hertford Parish
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Church for the long period of 81 years. Died
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at Hertford, August 3, 1873.
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Bridgeman, John Vipon 60-R-62
Bridgeman, John Vipon, musician and
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writer, born in 1819. He was for upwards of


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