The British Musical Biography

[E] Smart, Henry, organist and composer,
son of above, born at London, October 26,
1818. He studied under his father and W.
H. Kearns, but was partly self-taught.
Articled to a solicitor. Organist of Parish
Church of Blackburn, 1831-86. Organist of
St. Philip's, Regent Street, London, 1836.
Married, July, 1840. Organist, St. Luke's,
Old Street, London, 1844-64 ; of St. Pancras,
Euston Road, 1864. His sight failed him in
1864. Granted pension of £100 per annum
by the Government, in 1879. He died at
London, July 6, 1879, and is buried in Hamp-
stead Cemetery, Finchley Road, London.

[W] Works. — Operas : Bertha, or the Gnome of
Hartzberg, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1855 ;
Undine (unfinished) ; Surrender of Calais, by
Planche (unfinished). Cantatas : The Bride
of Dunkerron, Birmingham Festival, 1864 ;
King Rene's Daughter (by F. Enoch), 1871 ;
The Fishermaidens, 1871 ; Jacob, sacred,
Glasgow Choral Union, November 10, 1873.
Full Morning and Evening Services in F and
G, 1871. Anthems .- God, the King of Glory ;
Sing to the Lord ; The Angel Gabriel ; Be
glad, O ye righteous ; The Lord is my
strength ; The Lord hath done great things ;
Lord thou hast been our refuge ; Part-Songs :
Ave Maria (1859) ; Behold where laughing
Spring (1869) ; Cradle Song ; Evening Hymn ;
Queen of the night ; The shepherd's farewell ;
The waves' reproof ; Stars of the Summer
night ; Lady, rise, sweet Morn's awaking ;
Six 4-part songs (1869); 4-part songs composed
for Leslie's choir. 'Trios for female voices,
and many vocal duets. Songs : The Lady of
the Lea ; Soft and bright the gems of night ;
The Spinning Wheel ; Near thee, still near
thee ; Vineta ; The Lady Isoline ; Autumn
song ; Come again Spring ; I dream of thee at
morn ; Rose of May ; The gleaner maiden ;
The midnight ride; The talisman ; The fairy's
whisper ; Blue eyes ; Go, whispering breeze ;
Wake, Mary, wake ; Echo of the lake ; Sir
Roland ; The bird's love song ; The lark's
song; etc. Organ: Fifty Preludes and Inter-
ludes (1862) ; Andantes in G, A, and E minor;
Eighteen short easy pieces ; Postludes in C,
D, E flat, etc. ; Twelve short interludes ;
Grand solemn march ; March in G ; Festive
march in D ; Minuet in C ; Choral, with
variations ; The Organ Student, 12 pieces.
Chamber Duets and Trios, by G. F. Handel,
edited by Smart for the English Handel
Society, 1852. The Presbyterian Hymnal,
1877 (edited). Report on Organ of Christ
Church Cathedral, Dubhn, 1878.

[+] Smart was an authority on the organ, and the
very large and beautiful instruments at Leeds
Town Hall, and in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow,
were erected fronr his specifications. Some
books on hini are " Henry Smart : His Life
and Works," by Wm. Spark, London, 1881,
8vo, with portrait. " Henry Smart," by W.
D. Seymour [Leeds, 1881]. "Henry Smart's
Compositions for the Organ, analysed by
John Broadhouse," London, 1880.

[+] His sister, Harriet Anne Smart, Mrs.
Callow, was born at London, October 20, 1817;
died, London, June 30, 1883. She married
William Callow, water painter, and was an
amateur composer of hymns and other vocal
music.

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