- Barry, William Vipond
[E] Barry, William Vipond, pianist, com-
poser, and writer, born at Bandon, March,
1827. Appeared in Belfast as pianist, 1846,
and founded the Belfast Classical Harmonist
Society. He resided for a time in the Pot-
teries, England. He studied under Liszt,
and was M.A. and Ph. D. of Gottingen Uni-
versity honoris causi. Organist of the Cathe-
dral, Port of Spain, Trinadad, and died there
March 13, 1872. He composed music for the
pianoforte, and wrote a work entitled " Disser-
tation on the Emotional Nature of Musical
Art, and its Media of Operation," London,
1863. His son, Widliam H. Barry, born at
Belfast, April, 1858, is a composer and concert
giver in Dublin.entry id: 32-R-58
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