| 3956: | this country; and, in 1873, he introduced, at |
| 3957: | St. Anne's, Soho, where he was then director |
| 3958: | of the music, the St. John Passion of the same |
| 3959: | master. He resigned his po.sition at St. An- |
| 3960: | drew's in 1871, and that of St. Anne's in 1886. |
| 3961: | "Mr. Joseph Barnby's Choir' was formed in |
| 3962: | 1867, the first rehearsal talking place in the |
| 3963: | Lower Exeter Hall, February 17, and the first |
| 3964: | concert given in St. James' Hall, May 23. |
| 3965: | From 1869 the performances were given under |
| 3966: | the title, " The Oratorio Concerts," and |
| 3967: | great works were revived, notably, Handel's |
| 3968: | "Jephtha" (February 5, 1869); Beethoven's |
| 3969: | Mass in D (March 9, 1870) ; and Bach's " Mat- |
| 3970: | thew Passion" (April 6, 1870). At the end of |
| 3971: | 1872, this choir was amalgamated with that |
| 3972: | hitherto conducted by M. Goiuiod; and, as hitherto conducted by M. Gounod; and, as |
| 3973: | the Royal Albert Hall Choral Society, com- |
| 3974: | menced giving concerts February 12, 1873. |
| 3975: | Wagner's " Parsifal " was produced, in concert |
| 3976: | form, by this Society, November 10, 1884. |
| 3977: | Barnby conducted the London Musical So- |
| 3978: | ciety, 1878-86, and produced Dvorak's Stabat |
| 3979: | Mater, March 10, 1883; he was also con- |
| 3980: | ductor, 1886-8, of the R.A.M. Concerts. In |
| 3981: | 1875 he was appointed Precentor of Eton Col- |
| 3982: | lege, an office he resigned in 1892, on his elec- |
| 3983: | tion as Principal of the Guildhall School of |
| 3984: | Music. For fifteen years, to 1876, he was |
| 3985: | musical adviser to the firm of Novello, Ewer, |
| 3986: | and Co. In November, 1882, he conducted |
| 3987: | the annual performance of the "Messiah," by |
| 3988: | the Royal Society of Musicians; the perform- |
| 3989: | ance of Dvorak's "Spectre's Bride" at the |
| 3990: | Leeds Festival of 1892 ; conducted the Cardiff |
| 3991: | Festivals, 1892 and 1895; a Halle Concert, |
| 3992: | Manchester, November 14, 1895. Was a Fel- |
| 3993: | low of R.A.IM., Member of the Philharmonic low of R.A.M., Member of the Philharmonic |
| 3994: | Society, and, in 1887, was elected Hon. ]\Iem- Society, and, in 1887, was elected Hon. Mem- |
| 3995: | ber of Tonic Sol-fa College. In 1892 he re- |
| 3996: | ceived the honour of Knighthood from the |
| 3997: | Queen. To the grief of the whole musical |
| 3998: | world, his career, in the midst of its activi- |
| 3999: | ties, was suddenly cut short by his death at |
| 4000: | London, on January 28, 1896. |
| 4001: | |
| 4002: | Works. — Rebekah, a Sacred Idyll, produced |
| 4003: | at the Oratorio Concerts, May 11, and at the |
| 4004: | Hereford Festival, August 23, 1870; Ps. 97, |
| 4005: | The Lord is King, Leeds Festival, 1883. Ser- |
| 4006: | vice in E (Morning, Communion, and Even- |
| 4007: | ing, composed at the age of seventeen) ; Mag- |
| 4008: | nificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat, for voices, |
| 4009: | orchestra, and organ, for the Festival of the |
| 4010: | Sons of the Clergy, St. Paul's Cathedral, May |
| 4011: | 18, 1881 ; Services, Preces, Offertory Sentences, |
| 4012: | etc. Forty-six Anthems, including the Motet, |
| 4013: | King All Glorious, for soli, six-part chorus, |
| 4014: | orchestra, and organ. 250 Hymn Tunes, of |
| 4015: | which a complete edition is in preparation |
| 4016: | (1896) ; Glad Christmastide, and other carols ; |
| 4017: | Sweet and low ; It was a lover and his lass |
| 4018: | (Norwich Festival, 1884) ; The haven, and |
| 4019: | other part-songs. Eton songs (A. C. Ainger). |
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