The British Musical Biography

[E] Bishop, John, organist and author, born
at Cheltenham, July 31, 1818. He was suc-
cessively organist of St. Paul's, Cheltenham,
1831 ; Blackburn, 1838-39 ; St. James', Chel-
tenham ; Roman Catholic Chapel, and St.
John's, Cheltenham. These appointments he
resigned in 1852. He died at Cheltenham,
February 3, 1890.

[W] Works - Anthems, organ music, songs, etc.
Two collections of Chants, 1852-57, containing
" Remarks on the singing of the daily Psalms."
Brief memoir of George Frederick Handel,
1856. Remarks on the caiTses of the present
generally degraded state of music in our
churches, 1860. Repertorium Musicse An-
tiquse — a miscellaneous collection of classical
compositions by the greatest masters of Italy,
Germany, ed. (with J. Warren) London, 1848.
He edited various collections of organ music,
and translated various works on musical
theory by Czerny, Reicha, G. Weber, Otto,
Spohr, etc.

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