| 47979: | ledge of music when a child, but had, when |
| 47980: | ten years old, to work at a puddling furnace. |
| 47981: | In 1854 the family followed the father to |
| 47982: | America. Joseph Parry paid one visit to |
| 47983: | Wales before he finally returned home. He |
| 47984: | still continued his studies, and won Eistedd- |
| 47985: | fodic prizes in 1862-3. Through the influence |
| 47986: | of Brinley Richards he entered the R.A.M. in |
| 47987: | 1868, and studied under Bennett, Garcia, and |
| 47988: | Steggall. Graduated Mus. Bac, 1871 ; Mus. |
| 47989: | Doc, 1878, Cambridge. F.R.A.M. Appointed |
| 47990: | Professor of IMusic, University College, Professor of Music, University College, |
| 47991: | Aberystwith, 1871 ; and in 1888 to the Musical |
| 47992: | Lectureship of University College of South |
| 47993: | Wales, Cardiff. He has lectured on Music, |
| 47994: | and contributed articles on Welsh musicians, |
| 47995: | etc., to the press. At the National Eisteddfod, |
| 47996: | Llandudno, July 1, 1896, he was publicly |
| 47997: | presented with a cheque for £600 for services |
| 47998: | rendered to Welsh music. |
| 47999: | |
| 48000: | Works. — Oratorios : Emmanuel, London, |
| 48001: | 1880 ; Saul of Tarsus, produced at Rhyl, Sep- |
| 48002: | tember 8, and Cardiff Festival, September 23, |
| 48003: | 1892. Cantatas : The Prodigal Son (prize) ; |
| 48004: | Nebuchadnezzar ; and Cambria, Llandudno, |
| 48005: | |
| 48006: | 1896. Operas : Blodwen, Aberdare, 1878 ; |
| 48007: | Virginia, completed in 1883 ; Arianwen, pro- |
| 48008: | duced at Cardiff, June 5, 1890 ; Sylvia, Cardiff, |
| 48009: | August 12, 1895 ; and King Arthur, completed |
| 48010: | |
| 48011: | 1897. The Druids' chorus. Many anthems, |
| 48012: | hymn tunes, songs, etc. Orchestral Ballad, |
| 48013: | Cardiff, 1892 ; Overtures ; String quartet. |
| 48014: | Sonatas, and other pieces for pf. Editor of |
| 48015: | Cambrian Minstrelsie, vols., Edinburgh, Jack. |
| 48016: | |
| 48017: | His son, Joseph Haydn Parry, born at |
| 48018: | Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in 1864, studied under |
| 48019: | him, and at Aberystwith. In 1884 he won a |
| 48020: | prize for a pf. sonata. His comic opera, |
| 48021: | " Cigarette," was produced with success at |
| 48022: | Cardiff in 1892; and another, " j\Iiami," in |
| 48023: | London, October 16, 1893. He finished a third, |
| 48024: | " Marigold Farm," the same year, and was |
| 48025: | the composer of a cantata for female voices, |
| 48026: | " Gwen." He was appointed a professor at |
| 48027: | the Guildhall School in 1890. Died at Hamp- |
| 48028: | stead, March 29, 1894. |
| 48029: | |
| 48030: | Another son, D. Mendelssohn Parry, is a |
| 48031: | pianist, and was for a time at the Harrow |
| 48032: | Music School. He is now a concert and |
| 48033: | operatic agent. |
| 48034: | |
| 48035: | Parsons, Alfred William 311-R-51 Parsons, Alfred William, organist, born |
| 48036: | at Salisbury, December 31, 1853. Chorister |
| 48037: | at Salisbury Cathedral. Organist of St. John's, |
| 48038: | Leicester, 1878 ; Parish Church, Aberystwith, |
| 48039: | 1889. Mus. Bac, Durham, 1891 ; F.R.C.O. |
| 48040: | Lecturer in music, St. David's College, Lam- |
| 48041: | peter. Composer of a setting of Psalm 18 ; Two |
| 48042: | settings of the Te Deum ; Sacred songs, etc. |
| 48043: | |
| 48044: | Parsons, John, musician, edited " The |
| 48045: | Hindustani Choral Book, or Swar Sangrah : |
| 48046: | containing the tunes of those hymns in the |
| 48047: | Git Sangrah which are in native metres," |
| 48048: | Benares, 1861. |
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