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AQUILA.
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musical centres on the continent, appearing
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at the celebrated Gewandhaus Concerts, Leip-
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zig, January 18, 1872. Has a wide reputation
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as a brilliant performer on the harp. Author
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of a " History of the Harp," 1859, and many
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Fantasias and other pieces for that instru-
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ment.
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Aquila 12-L-8
Aquila, pseudonym, of Edwin Kansford.
Aquila, pseudonym, of Edwin Ransford.
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Archer, Frederic 12-L-9
Archer, Frederic, composer and organist,
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born at Oxford, June 16, 1838. Chorister at
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All Saints', Margaret Street, London, and
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afterwards studied at Leipzig. He succeeded
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Dr. Chipp as organist at the Panopticon, and
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held similar positions at Hereon College, Ox-
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ford, and the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill,
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following Mr. Weist Hill as conductor at the
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latter, a post he held until 1880. Conductor,
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1878-80, of the Glasgow Select Choir, for which
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he arranged several Scotch airs as part-songs.
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About the same time he was also conductor of
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the Blanche Cole Opera Company on its pro-
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vincial tours. In 1881 he was appointed or-
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ganist of the Rev. H. Ward Beecher's Church,
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Brooklyn, U.S.A., but left the next year for
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the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation.
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Since then he has been organist of several
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different churches, his latest post being at
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Pittsburg, with an annual stipend of £800. He
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was organist at Mapleson's New York season
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of Italian Opera, 1882, and at the Toronto
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Festival, June, 1886. For some years he was
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editor of the New York Musical paper, the
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Keynote, and contributed many articles to the
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earlier volumes of Musical Opinion, London,
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and other papers.
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WoRivS. — The Organ : a theoretical and prac-
Works. — The Organ : a theoretical and prac-
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tical treatise (Novello & Co.); The college or-
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ganist (Weekes) ; Grand fantasia in F ; Concert
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variations ; March triomphale ; and many
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pieces for the organ. Duo concertante, flute
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and pf. ; Three impromptus ; Two gavottes ;
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and other pieces for pf , Songs, part-songs, etc.
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Argent, William Ignatius 12-L-43
Argent, William Ignatius, organist,
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composer, and conductor, born at Colchester,
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August 26, 1844. Organist of Little Oratory,
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Brompton, 1859-60. Since 1868 resident in
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Liverpool and Birkenhead. Organist succes-
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sively at St. Lawrence, Birkenhead, and St.
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.Anne's TR.C), Edge Hill. Conductor at dif-
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ferent periods of musical societies at Widnes,
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Frodsham, Garston, and of the St. Cecilia
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Society, Liverpool. Musical critic of the
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Liverpool Albion, 1873-80, and Mercury, 1886-
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90. Contributor to ihe Musical Times and
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other papers. One of the founders of the
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Liverpool Sunday Society, in connection with
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which he has not only delivered lectures, but
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organised an orchestra of seventy performers,
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and for years given series of Sunday Concerts
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in St. George's Hall.
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Works.— Mass in A (1875) ; Mass in B flat
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(1887) ; Tantum ergo and Salutaris hostia,
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for chorus and orchestra; Motets, anthems,

ARMITT.
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etc. An opera di camera (1863), and other
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works in ms. Author of "Half-a-century of
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music in Liverpool," 1889.
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Arkwright, Mrs. Robert 12-R-4
Arkwright, Mrs. Robert, was a daughter
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of Stephen Kemble, the actor (1758-1822).
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She appeared as an actress at Newcastle and
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Edinburgh, and was married to a Captain
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Arkwright.
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Works. — Set of six ancient Spanish ballads
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. . . London [1832], 2nd set [1835]. Set of
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six songs, the words from Mrs. Hemans, Mrs.
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Opie, Sir Walter Scott, etc., with pf . accompani-
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ment by 'I'. Cooke [1835] . Three other similar
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sets. Six sacred songs [1866]. Ballads —
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Beloved one, Beth Gelert, Repentence, Sab-
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bath bell at sea. Sailor's grave, Pirate's fare-
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well, Zara's ear-rings, etc.
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Armes, Philip 12-R-18
Armes, Philip, composer and organist,
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born at Norwich, March 29, 1836. Chorister
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at Norwich Cathedral, 1846-48, and at Roches-
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ter Cathedral, 1848-50. Was articled to Dr.
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J. L. Hopkins in 1850, and was assistant or-
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ganist at the Cathedral up to 1850. In 1855
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he was appointed organist at Trinity Church,
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Milton, Gravesend, and two years later went
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to St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London. Here
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he remained till 1861, when he was appointed
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organist of Chichester Cathedral, a post he
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left a year later for Durham Cathedral, which
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position he still holds. He graduated Mus.
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Bac. Oxon., 1858, and Mus. Doc. 1864. In
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addition he has received the degrees of Mus.
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Bac. ad eundem, Durham, 1863 ; Mus. Doc,
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1874 ; M.A. Ho7ioris causa, 1891 ; and was
1874 ; M.A. Honoris causa, 1891 ; and was
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elected Fellow of the (Royal) College of Or-
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ganists in 1892. Resident Examiner in Music
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to University of Durham, 1890; Examiner in
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Music to University of Oxford, 1894.
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Works. — Hezekiah, an oratorio, produced at
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Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1877, and revised and en-
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larged at the Worcester Festival , 1878. Church
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oratorios : St. John the Evangelist, produced
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at St. Peter's Church, Bramley, Leeds, July
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5, 1881, and at the Choir Festival, York Min-
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ster, Jitly 7 ; St Barnabas, produced at Dur-
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ham Cathedral, July 30, 1891. Communion
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services, in A and B flat Anthems : The Lord
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preserveth (Harvest) ; Rejoice in the Lord, etc.
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Cantata and Deus for Festival in Durham
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Cathedral, July, 1894. Paper on English
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church music of Purcell's period, read at the
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Church Congress, Norwich, October 10, 1895.
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Armitt, Mary Louisa 12-R-53
Armitt, Mary Louisa, writer on music,
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born at Salford, September 24, 1851. Her
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father, of a musical family, was assistant
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overseer of Salford. Her own tastes being of
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an antiquarian turn in connection with music,
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she has spent much time in exploring the
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Bodleian, Cambridge University, and other
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libraries in England and on the continent ;
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and her contributions to the press have real
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historical value. She wrote the musical
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sketches, "The Choirman of Grayford " and


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