The British Musical Biography

[E] Lacy, Frederick St. John, composer
and teacher of singing, born at Blackrock,
County Cork, Ireland, March 27, 1862. Son
of Lieutenant John Francis Lacy, J. P. Edu-
cated at Dublin, and intended for the Bar.
Deciding for music, he became a student at
the Cork School of Music, 1880-3 ; then a
private pupil of H. C. Sweitz ; finally entering
the R.A.JNL, in 1886, and studying under Sir
G. A. Macfarren, E. Prout, W. H. Cummings
and others. A.R.A.M. 1888, and Associate of
the Philharmonic Society. Has held various
appointments, and was director of the choir
at St. Augustine's Ramsgate, 1893-4. His
lectures and recitals, " Notes on Irish music,"
and " Song and Ballad music," have been
given in London and the country ; and he
has contributed to the " Musical Standard "
and other papers.

[W] Works. — Four songs, op. 1 ; Annabel Lee,
for tenor solo, chorus, and orchestra, op. 2 ;
Three songs, op. 3 ; Three songs, op. 5 ; Four
songs, op. 6 ; Six four-part songs, op. 7 ;
Chas;elar, a cycle of songs from the Whyte-
Melville Tableaux music, op. 8. Two sketches
for violin and pf., op. 4 ; all published. In
MS. : Bethlehem, sacred cantata ; Mass in
C; Benediction service, in B flat ; Part-songs,
etc. Incidental music to A fairy fantasy
(1889) ; Whyte-Melviile Tableaux (1890) ;
Comic opera. Matrimony (1893) ; Musical
farce, Chaos ; The Indian serenade, tenor
solo, chorus, and orchestra (1888). Overtures
— Celtic, in A minor (1891) ; Herman and
Dorothea. Orchestral serenade, in E ; String
quartet, in E, etc., etc.

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