The British Musical Biography

[E] Barry, Charles Ainslie, composer, or-
ganist and writer, born in London, June 10,
1830, Educated at Rugby, and Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he
studied music with Professor T. A. Wa'misley.
Graduated B.A. and M.A. By his father's
wish he studied for the ministry, and passed
the voluntary Theological Examination at
Cambridge ; but music became his ultimate
choice. At the Cologne Conservatorium he
studied under F. Weber, E. Frank, and F.
Hiller ; at Leipzig, with Moscheles and E. F.
Richter (1856-7) ; and during his residence
at Dresden received valuable hints from Carl
Reissiger. Returned to London, 1858, and
held an appointment as organist and choir-
master at the Forest School, Leytonstone
Hill, 1860 ; but a year earlier began to devote
his attention chiefly to musical and literary
composition. Under the initials " C.A.B."
he has contributed many articles to the
Guardi in, Monthly Musical Record, Musical
World, Athenæum, and The Meister ; and to
the Analytical programme books of the Crystal
Palace, Philharmonic, Bache, Richter, and
Birmingham Festival Concerts, etc. He was
secretary to the Liszt Scholarship Fund, 1886,
and is widely known as a cultured musician
with sympathetic leanings to the advanced
modern school of composition.

[W] Works. — yrnpliony, for orchestra ; Two
Overtures ; INIarcli (Festival March, played
at the Crystal Palace Concerts, 1862) ; String
Quartet ; Cantatas, sacred and secular, all in
MS. Choral Hymns for four voices ; The
story of the Resurrection, a cycle of Hymns ;
The Christmas story, ditto ; Tunes in Hymns
Ancient and Modern and the New Mitre
Hymnal, etc. Six Songs with English and
German words ; Four Songs (C. Kingsley) ;
Two Songs (Tennyson) ; Elizabeth's Songs
from The' Saint's Tragedy (Kingsley); and
many others. 0, holy night, five-part song.
Theme with variations, pf . duet ; A Birthday
March ; Barcarolle ; Tarantella ; Menuetto
grazioso, and other pf. pieces. Transcriptions,
Overture, Beatrice and Benedict, Berlioz,
pf. duet ; Andante, from Tschaikowsky's
Quartet in D, pf. solo ; Pf. score of Te
Deum, Berlioz. Editor of The Child's Book
of Praise (Masters), etc.

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