login register

The British Musical Biography

Page 100 < PREV NEXT >

COOPER.
15241:
Philharmonic Society. Violinist at Provincial
15242:
Festivals. Conductor at various theatres.
15243:
Latterly conductor at the Gaiety Theatre,
15244:
Glasgow. He died at Glasgow, January 26,
15245:
1881. He was one of the foremost of the
15246:
English school of violinists, and at one time
15247:
well known in London. He was married to
15248:
Madame Tonnellier, the vocalist.
15249:
15250:
Cooper, Isaac 100-L-9
Cooper, Isaac, violinist and composer,
15251:
born at Banff about 1755. He was a teacher
15252:
of music and dancing in Banff, and died there
15253:
about 1820.
15254:
15255:
Works. — Thirty new Strathspey Reels for
15256:
the violin or harpsichord, Banff, 1780. Col-
15257:
lection of Slow airs. Strathspeys, Reels, and
15258:
Jigs, 1806. New Instructions for the harpsi-
15259:
chord or pianoforte, Banff, 1785.
15260:
15261:
Cooper, Rev. James 100-L-18
Cooper, Rev. James, clergyman and
15262:
writer, author of " IMusicae Sacrse, being Se-
writer, author of " Musicae Sacrse, being Se-
15263:
lections from Bowdler, Heber, etc., set to
15264:
music, to which is prefixed an Essay on
15265:
Church Music." London, 1860.
15266:
15267:
Cooper, John 100-L-23
Cooper, John, called also Coperario,
15268:
composer and viol-da-gamba player, was born
15269:
in latter part of the 16th century. He was
15270:
music-master to the children of James I., and
15271:
master of Henry and William Lawes. He
15272:
died early in the 17tb century.
15273:
15274:
Works. — Funeral Tears for the death of
15275:
the Right Honourable the Earle of Devon-
15276:
shire, figured in seaven songs, whereof sixe
15277:
are soe set forth that the words may be
15278:
expressed by a Treble voyce alone to the Lute
15279:
and Base Voil, or else that the meane part
15280:
may be added, if any shall affect more fulnesse
15281:
of Parts, etc., 1606. Songs of Mourning, be-
15282:
wailing the untimely death of Prince Henry,
15283:
London, folio, 161-3 ; Music in Leighton's
15284:
" Teares" ; Music to Masque by Dr. Campion ;
15285:
Songs and Fancies, etc.
15286:
15287:
Cooper, John Wilbye 100-L-41
Cooper, John Wilbye, tenor vocalist and
15288:
author. He sang at the first Leeds Festival,
15289:
in 1858, and at the Worcester Festival of
15290:
1863. In the concert room he was a favourite
15291:
for a good many years. He retired for some
15292:
time before his death, in London, March 19,
15293:
1885. Author of "The Voice, the Music of
15294:
Language, and the Soul of Song," London,
15295:
1874. Editor of " Cramer's Vocal School."
15296:
15297:
Cooper, Joseph Thomas 100-L-50
Cooper, Joseph Thomas, organist and
15298:
composer, born at London, May 25, 1819.
15299:
He was a pupil of Henry Holmes and Mos-
15300:
cheles. Organist of Christ Church, Newgate
15301:
Street. Organist of Christ's Hospital. He
15302:
was an Associate of the Philharmonic Society,
15303:
Member of the Society of British Musicians,
15304:
and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
15305:
He died at London, November 17, 1879.
15306:
15307:
Works. — Orchestral music in MS. Songs,
15308:
Part-songs, Sacred music. Organ music, etc.
15309:
15310:
Cooper or Cowper, Robert 100-L-61
Cooper or Cowper, Robert, musician
15311:
and priest of the 15th century. He was a
15312:
Mus. Bac, Cambridge, and in 1504 proceeded

CORBETT.
15318:
to the degree of Mus. Doc. He composed
15319:
songs and other secular nrusic, and is men-
15320:
tioned in Morley's Catalogue of Musicians.
15321:
15322:
Coote, Charles 100-R-4
Coote, Charles, composer and band-
15323:
master, born 1809 ; died London, March 6,.
15324:
1880. Composer of a large number of waltzes,
15325:
galops, polkas, etc., chiefly based on popular
15326:
airs.
15327:
15328:
His son Charles is a bandmaster and com-
15329:
poser of popular dance music.
15330:
15331:
Cope, Samuel 100-R-11
Cope, Samuel, bandmaster, son of a band-
15332:
master in the West of England. As a boy he
15333:
sang in a Church choir, and played in a drum
15334:
and fife band, afterwards taking to the cornet,
15335:
on which he became a proficient performer.
15336:
After holding various appointments he was.
15337:
offered, and accepted, in 1888, the conduc-
15338:
torship of the Queen's Park (West London)
15339:
Military Band, a position he still holds. He
15340:
founded the magazine. The British Bandsman
15341:
(the title has since been changed to The
15342:
Orchestral Times and British Musician)^
15343:
which he edited for some years. He was also
15344:
editor of the Champion Journal, the pioneer
15345:
of popular band jovirnal music, founded at.
15346:
Hull, by the late Richard Smith, in 1853 ;
15347:
and has composed a large number of xjieces,,
15348:
of which only a few have been published.
15349:
15350:
Copland, Charles 100-R-29
Copland, Charles, baritone vocalist, born
15351:
at Brightlingsea, Essex, August 20, 1861. Son
15352:
of a distinguished London physician. Studied
15353:
under F. Walker, at the Guildhall School,
15354:
and R.A.M. Evill prizeholder, 1885. Later,,
15355:
he studied abroad, and took lessons from the
15356:
late Eugene Oudin. During his student days,
15357:
he sang in London occasionally, 1884-5 ; and
15358:
in Otto Booth's operetta, "Traveller's Rest,"'
15359:
1887, gave the first evidence of his histrionic
15360:
talent. He appeared at the Promenade Con-
15361:
certs, Her Majesty's Theatre, 1887, and also
15362:
at Covent Garden Theatre. In the South of
15363:
France, 1887-8, he sang, by request, to the
15364:
late Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil. He was
15365:
engaged to lolay Isaac of York, in " Ivanhoe,"
15366:
at its production, January 31, 1891, a part he
15367:
sustained through the run of the opera. In
15368:
December, 1894, he created the part of the'
15369:
Broom-maker, in " Hansel and Gretel," when
15370:
produced at Daly's Theatre. He has also
15371:
appeared, with success, at the principal Con-
15372:
certs, Royal Albert Hall, etc.
15373:
15374:
Corbett, Felix 100-R-52
Corbett, Felix, organist and conductor,
15375:
born at Cinderford, Forest of Dean, Gloucester-
15376:
shire, July 3, 1861. Son of J. F. Corbett, a
15377:
colliery proprietor. The family moving to
15378:
Birmingham, he studied under James Stinip-
15379:
son, of that town. In 1882 he was appointed
15380:
organist and choirmaster of the Parish Church,
15381:
Middlesbrough, in which town he has for
15382:
some years given a series of excellent concerts,
15383:
and has played at Harrison's Concerts, Bir-
15384:
mingham and elsewhere. He is the composer
15385:
of a number of songs ; of which one entitled


Page 100 < PREV NEXT >