The British Musical Biography

[E] Barrett. The name of a family honour-
ably distinguished in church music in Bristol.
The father. Slater Barrett, was in the choir
of Bristol Cathedral for nearly sixty years.'
John Barrett, the elder son, born at Bristol,
1812, was a chorister in the Cathedral, and
for many years organist of St. Augustine's
Church, and also at the Blind Asylum, the
choir of which he raised to a high standard
of excellence. He was one of the founders
of the Bristol Madrigal Society (1837), and
for some time, until his last illness, was a
Vice-President. He died June 24, 1886. His
brother, George Barrett, was born at Bris-
tol, March 16, 1814:. Chorister in the Cathed-
ral, and in January, 1839, appointed organist
of Holy Trinity Church, Hotwells, an office
he held for fifty-two years. Was also a
founder of the Madrigal Society, and the last
surviving original member, and a Vice-Presi-
dent from 1880. He died March 5, 1891, a
tablet in Holy Trinity Church commemorat-
ing his long and faithful service as organist.

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