The British Musical Biography

[E] Baptie, David, composer and writer, born
in Edinburgh, November 30, 1822. Self-taught
in music. He has compiled a Descriptive
Catalogue (commenced about 1846) of upwards
of 23,000 secular part-songs, glees, madrigals,
trios, quartets, etc. (ms.). Editor of Har-
monium Tune Book (with William Hume),
1867-68; Harmonium Chant Book (do.), 1868-
69 ; Union Song Garland (do.), 1874 ; The Scot-
tish Book of Praise (with Lambeth), 1876;
Academy Vocalist (selected), 1879; Richard
Werner's Hymn Book (revised), 1881, etc.
Author of A Handbook of Musical Biography,
London : Morley, 1883 ; Musicians of All Times,
a concise dictionary of Musical Biography,
London, Curwen, 1889; Musical Scotland,
X^ast and present, Paisley, Parlane, 1894 ;
Sketches of the English Glee Composers,
London, W. Reeves, 1895. He is the com-
poser of My soul truly waiteth; Sing aloud
unto God, and other anthems ; a number of
Glees and Part-songs ; A rosy gift I twine for
thee; Beautiful Spring; The sun's bright orb;
Wind thy horn, my hunter boy, etc. Also
many songs harmonized. His son, Charles
Robertson Baptie, born in Glasgow, May 29,
1870, is a pianist and composer. Chorister in
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and from 1885
employed in the Mitchell Library, until, in
1888, he left to devote himself to the musical
profession. Studied under John Fulcher, W.
G. Martin, and William Moodie. Has pub-
lished a children's operetta, "Floralia," and
some part-songs and pf. pieces; and was joint
editor, with his father, of a work for children,
"Tiny songs for Tiny Singers" (1891).

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