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ANDERTON.
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Anderton, Thomas 11-L-1
Anderton, Thomas, composer, organist,
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and pianist, born in Birmingham, April 15,
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1836. Teaclier of music in that city, and
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organist of Parish Church, Solihull. Mus.
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Bac, Cambridge, 1865. Conducted the first
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singing class established at the Birmingham
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■ and Midland Institute, and for some years
and Midland Institute, and for some years
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carried on a series of high-class orchestral
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concerts at the Exchange Assembly Rooms.
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Musical critic of the Birmirigham Daily
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Gazette. Becoming part proprietor and editor
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of the Midland Counties' Herald, he retired
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from the musical profession in 1874, but con-
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tinued to compose and occasionally gave
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lectures on inusical subjects.
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Works. — Cantatas : The song of Deborah
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and Barak, Solihull, 1871 ; The wise and
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foolish virgins ; The Wreck of the Hesperus ;
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John Gilpin ; The three jovial huntsmen,
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1881 ; The Norman Baron. 1884 ; Yule Tide,
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Birmingham Festival, 1885. An English
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requiem, 1890. Prize glee, Mat o' the Mill.
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Songs : Come to me, ye children ; The
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felling of the trees, and many others. Orches-
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tral : Symphony in D ; Overtures ; Marches ;
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Allemande in P; Quartet in P, strings, 1884.
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Pianoforte : Allemande ; Play hours, etc.
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Literary : Letters from a country house, 1891.
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His brother, John Anderton, is a librettist
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and dramatic author, and has furnished more
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than one " book " for the composer.
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Andrews, F. H 11-L-32
Andrews, F. H., Canadian (?) musician.
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Published " Collection of original sacred mu-
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sic, with organ or pianoforte accompani-
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ment," Montreal, 1848.
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Andrews, John Charles Bond= 11-L-36
Andrews, John Charles Bond=, pianist
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and composer, born at Birkenhead. At eleven
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years of age, began his musical career by
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giving a series of pf. recitals ; and two years
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afterwards was sent to Leipzig, where he
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studied under Reinecke and others. He also
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had lessons from Sterndale Bennett, at the
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R.A.'XL, and studied at Vienna. In 1876 he
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gave recitals at Birkenhead, and has appeared
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with success as a pianist in London and other
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cities ; he has also ofificiated as conductor to
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touring opera companies. He has composed
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several operas — " Heme's Oak," produced at
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Liverpool, October, 1887 ; " The Rose of
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Windsor " (both books by Walter Parke), Ac-
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crington, August, 1889 ; and an operetta, "A
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Pair of Lunatics " (1892). Quartet in B flat ;
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Trio in D minor, pf. and strings ; Sonata in
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G minor ; " May Pole " suite ; and many
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other pieces for pf., &c.
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Andrews, Mrs. John Holman 11-L-56
Andrews, Mrs. John Holman, born
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Jenny Constant, a teacher of singing and
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composer, born in 1817. She resided in Lon-
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don as a teacher, and died there Ajjril 29,
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1878. She published " Two part exercises "
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(for the voice) [1869]. Songs — Adieu ; Au-
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tumn's golden leaf ; Go lovely rose ; Prince
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Charley's farewell to Scotland, etc. Nocturne

APTOMMAS.
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for pf., and other instrumental music.
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Andrews, Richard Hoffmann 11-R-2
j Andrews, Richard Hoffmann, writer
Andrews, Richard Hoffmann, writer
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and composer, born in London, November 22,
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1803. Appeared as a child actor on the stage
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at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, and in
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1809 played the part of Pistol's boy in Henry
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v., at Liverpool. At the age of nine he was
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apprenticed to the leader of the Manchester
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Theatre band, and continueti to reside in that
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city as teacher, and later as music publisher.
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He gave a concert so late as Pebruary 23,
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1885, when he played a violin solo. He
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edited and arranged a vast number of works
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for the pianoforte, and wrote several glees
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which enjoyed great popularity — " Hail fair
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peace " being one of the earliest. He was
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author of " Music as a Science," 1885 ; " Sa-
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cred music, adapted for public and private
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devotion ;" and edited " The Pamily Vocalist,"
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" Songs of the Hearth," " Handel's Songs,"
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" The German Choral Harmonist," etc. He
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died at Longsight, Manchester, June 8, 1891.
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His sons, Richard Hoffmann inborn at IMan-
His sons, Richard Hoffmann inborn at Man-
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chester. May 24, 1831), and Edward Hoff-
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mann (born at Manchester, Pebruary 7, 1836),
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are settled in the United States as pianists
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and composers.
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Angel, Alfred 11-R-28
Angel, Alfred, organist and composer,
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was born in 1816. Held appointment of
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organist of Exeter Cathedral 1S42-1876. He
organist of Exeter Cathedral 1842-1876. He
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died at Exeter, May 24, 1876. Composer of
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" Arise my fair and come away," part song,
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songs, and other vocal music. A son of his
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was drowned in the wreck of the " London,"
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in 1865.
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Anger, Joseph Humfrey 11-R-36
Anger, Joseph Humfrey, organist and
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composer. Musical training private ; gradu-
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ated Mus. Bac, Oxford, 1889. Organist at
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Bristol and, in 1891, of Ludlow parish church,
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and music master in King Edward VI. school
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there. Appointed, 1893, principal in theory
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department of Toronto Conservatoire of Music
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and organist and CM. of the Church of the
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Ascension. His setting of Psalm 96, for soli,
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chorus, and orchestra, gained the gold medal
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of the Bath Philharmonic Society, and was
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performed by that Society, April 11, 1888.
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Other compositions are " Bonnie Belle," mad-
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rigal for six voices, London Madrigal Society
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prize, 1890 ; madrigal, " All on a summer's
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iXLorning;" Pianoforte pieces, &c.
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Ansell, J. K 11-R-52
Ansell,J. K., musician. Published " Col-
Ansell, J. K., musician. Published " Col-
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lection of sacred inusic for the service of the
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Catholic Church . . . ." London [1818].
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"Ave Regina, for four voices and chorus."
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Songs, Cavalry march, &c.
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Anstey, Thomas 11-R-57
Anstey, Thomas, musician. Issued a col-
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lection of "Sacred music ... in solo, duet,
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trio, and quartett." London [1830], 2 vols.
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Aptommas, Thomas Thomas 11-R-60
Aptommas, Thomas Thomas, harpist
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(brother of John Thomas), born at Bridgend,
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Glamorgan, 1829. Has made tours through-
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out the United Kingdom, and played at many


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