| 41577: | one of which obtained the prize offered in |
| 41578: | 1896 by tlie Nonconformist Choir Union ; |
| 41579: | hymn tunes, etc. Postlude in C ; Finale |
| 41580: | Fugato, op. 23 (prize voluntary) ; Andante |
| 41581: | piacevole ; and other organ pieces. Scherzino, |
| 41582: | pf. ; Romance in B flat, op. 28, pf. and violin, |
| 41583: | etc. Author of The Student's Harmony, |
| 41584: | London, Weekes, 1896 ; The Student's Manual |
| 41585: | of Pedal Scales and Arpeggi. |
| 41586: | |
| 41587: | In 1886, he married Mile. Louise Chris- |
| 41588: | tine JuTZ, of Geneva. She is a pianist, |
| 41589: | medalist of tlie Geneva Conservatoire, and, |
| 41590: | in conjunction witli her husband, has given |
| 41591: | recitals of music for two pianos. |
| 41592: | |
| 41593: | Manson, James, musician, and minor |
| 41594: | poet, was born at Kilwinning, in Ayrshire, |
| 41595: | about 1812. His father was a tailor, and for |
| 41596: | some time James followed the same occu- |
| 41597: | pation. He went to Glasgow and engaged in |
| 41598: | literary pursuits, but became blind in 1858, |
| 41599: | He died at Glasgow, September 3, 1863. He |
| 41600: | ■edited the British Minstrel, 1842-44, and edited the British Minstrel, 1842-44, and |
| 41601: | issued a volume of poetry, and a collection |
| 41602: | of music, in three volumes. |
| 41603: | |
| 41604: | Marbeck, John, or Merbecke, writer, |
| 41605: | composer, and organist, born in 1.523. Chor- |
| 41606: | ister in St, George's Chapel, Windsor, 1531. |
| 41607: | Embraced Protestant faith, and narrowly |
| 41608: | escaped being burned for heresy, 1544. Taken |
| 41609: | under the patronage of the Bishop of Win- |
| 41610: | chester. Mus. Bac, Oxon., 1550. He died |
| 41611: | about 1585. |
| 41612: | |
| 41613: | Works. — The Book of Common Praicr, |
| 41614: | Noted, London, 1550. A Concordance, that |
| 41615: | is to sale, a worke wherein by the ordre of the |
| 41616: | letters of A, B, C, ye maye redelye finde any |
| 41617: | worde contayned in the wliole, so often as it |
| 41618: | is there expressed or mentioned, London, |
| 41619: | 1550 ; The Lyves of the Holy Sainctes, Pro- |
| 41620: | phets, Patriarchs, and others, contained in |
| 41621: | Holye Scripture, 1574 ; The Holie Historic of |
| 41622: | King David, etc., 1579; Book of Notes and |
| 41623: | Common Places, gathered out of divers |
| 41624: | writers, 1581. |
| 41625: | |
| 41626: | Marbeck re-set the English Church Service |
| 41627: | almost in its entirety, and is said to have |
| 41628: | influenced later composers in the style of |
| 41629: | ecclesiastical composition. His setting con- |
| 41630: | tinued in use during the many fluctuations |
| 41631: | in musical taste, which have been witnessed |
| 41632: | since his time, and is .still in use, though not |
| 41633: | wholly. |
| 41634: | |
| 41635: | March, Mrs., see Gabriel, Mary Ann |
| 41636: | Virginia. |
| 41637: | |
| 41638: | Marchant, Arthur William 270-L-55 Marchant, Arthur William, organist |
| 41639: | and composer, born in London, October 18, |
| 41640: | 1850. He was privately educated in music, |
| 41641: | and took the diploma of F.C.O., 1878 ; and |
| 41642: | graduated Mus. Bac, Oxford, 1879. Organist |
| 41643: | of St. John's, Mansfield, 1870; Streatham |
| 41644: | Parish Church, 1876; St. Luke's, Kentish |
| 41645: | Town, 1877. In 1880, he went to America |
| 41646: | as organist and choirmaster of St. John's |
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