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PIGGOTT.
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Elfensieg. Six romances foi- voice and pf. ;
Elfensieg. Six romances for voice and pf. ;
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Six songs for voice and pf. ; Elegies, do. ;
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Lieder, various ; Ye Mariners of England,
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part-song ; Hurrah for Merry England ; Now
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the bright morning star. Blessed are the
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dead, anthem ; Ave Maria. Office of the Holy
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Communion set to music [1870] . Thirty
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Hymn Tunes, 1870; 2nd series, 1872. Te
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Deums, etc.
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Piggott, Francis 321-L-10
Piggott, Francis, organist and composer,
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born about the middle of the 17th century.
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He was organist of Rlagdalen College, Oxford,
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1686-87; of Temple Church, London, 16S8 ;
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and of Chapel Royal in 1697. In 1695 he was
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appointed Gentleman of the Chapel Royal,
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and in 1698 he was Mus. Bac, Cantab. He
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died in May, 1704. Composer of anthems ;
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" Choice Collection of Ayres for the harpsi-
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chord, by Blow, F. Piggott, etc.," 1700.
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Pilkington, Francis 321-L-20
Pilkington, Francis, composer and luten-
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ist of the 16tli and 17th centuries. He was
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a chorister in Chester Cathedral, and ^lus.
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Bac, Oxoa., 1595. He publislied First Booke
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of Songs or Ayres of 4 Parts, with tablature
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for the lute or orpharion, with the violl da
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gamba, 1605; First Set of Madrigals and
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Pastorals of .3, 4, and 5 Parts, 1613 ; Second
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Set of Madrigals and Pastorals of 3, 4, 5, and
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6 Parts, apt for Violl and Voyce, 1624.
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Pilling, Samuel Wilkinson 321-L-30
Pilling, Samuel Wilkinson, amateur
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organist and authority on organ construction,
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born at Boltou-le-Moors, 1856. Educated at
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Victoria College, Manchester; received his
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musical training under S. B. Whiteley, arid
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J. Dobson, of Southport, and later under J.
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Kendrick Pyne, of Manchester. Has given
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many organ recitals in different parts of the
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country, and appeared at the Bow and Brom-
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ley Institute, December 2, 1882, and is also
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known as an occasional lecturer upon matters
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referring to the organ. Many improvements
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in organ construction have been initiated by
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him, and he has designed and opened upwards
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of one hundred-and-thirty organs in various
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localities. He has an exceptional!)' fine four-
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manual organ in the music-room of his resi-
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dence. The Hagg, Mirfield, which was opened
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by Jules Grison, of Rheims, November 80,
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1887, and upon which many distinguished
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organists have given recitals. Mr. Pilling is
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by profession a Civil Engineer and Railway
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Contractor, succeeding to the business of his
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father, Abraham Pilling, J. P., late of Bolton.
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Pillow, John William Davis 321-L-54
Pillow, John William Davis, conduc-
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tor and organist, born at Chichester, in 1851.
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Chorister at Chichester Cathedral, and or-
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ganist of St. Pancras, Chichester, when 13.
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Articled pupil of E. H. Thorne. In 1869 he
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was appointed to All Saints', Portsmouth,
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and in 1880 founded the Portsmouth Phil-
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harmonic Society, which has given many
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excellent concerts. In 1889 he accepted the
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post of organist at the new Parish Church of

PITTMAN.
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St. Mary, Portsea He is a leading member
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of the local Masonic brotherhood.
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Pinto, George Frederick 321-R-3
Pinto, George Frederick, or Saunders,
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violinist and composer, born in Lambeth,
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London, September, 25, 1786. Grandson of
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Thomas Pinto. He studied under Salomon,
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and performed at the principal London and
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provincial concerts ; and appeared in Scot-
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land with great success, 1802. He died at
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Chelsea, London, March 23, 1806.
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Works. — Six Canzonets for voice and pf.,
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Birmingham [1805] ; Four Canzonets and a
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sonata, edited, witli preface, by S. Wesley,
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Edinburgh [1807] ; Canzonets, edited by T.
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Oliphant [1846] ; Three Duets for two violins
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obligate, op. 5 ; Three Sonatas for pf., op. 4 ;
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Three Sonatas for pf. and violin [1805] ; other
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vocal and instrumental works.
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Pinto, Thomas 321-R-19
Pinto, Thomas, violinist, born in Eng-
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land, of Italian parents, early in the
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eighteenth century. He performed at pro-
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vincial festivals, and at King's Theatre, Lon-
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don. Resided successively in Edinburgh and
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Ireland. Married to Miss Brent, the vocalist.
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He died in Ireland, in 1773.
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His second wife. Miss Charlotte Brent,
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whom he married in 1766, was a famous
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soprano vocalist, and appeared as a concert
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vocalist for many years in London and else-
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where, from 1758. She died in London, April
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10, 1802.
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Pitman, Ambrose 321-R-32
Pitman, Ambrose, musician and minor
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poet, born 1763. Musician in London. Died,
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London, in 1817.
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Works. — Three favourite Amorosos for
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voice and pf., op. 6 [1795] ; Laura, a sonnet
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from Petrarch (? Metastasio), 1795. Songs :
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Gaffer Gray ; lo ! Triumphe ; Marian's com-
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plaint ; The Robin, etc. Beauties of D. Scar-
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latti, selected by Ambrose Pitman [1780];
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Eugenic, or the man of sorrow, by a young
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gentleman of seventeen, London, 1780 ; The
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]\Iiseries of Musick IMasters, a serio-comick
Miseries of Musick Masters, a serio-comick
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dramatick poem, London, 1815.
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Pitt, Percy 321-R-45
Pitt, Percy, composer, of present time.
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Studied in Germany under Reineeke, Jadas-
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sohn, and Rheinberger. Composer of a
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Coronation March; Suite, "Petes Galante,"
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both performed at the Queen's Hall, 1896 ; and
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other pieces for orchestra. Three Romantic
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pieces, op. 18, 'cello and pf. ; Bagatelle, violin
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and pf. ; Modern Suite, pf. Songs, etc.
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Pitt, Thomas 321-R-53
Pitt, Thomas, musician, of latter part of
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18th century, who was appointed organist of
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Worcester Cathedral in 1793. Composer of
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" Church Music, consisting of Te Deum and
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jubilate, etc." Worcester, 1788-89, 2 vols.
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Pittman, Josiah 321-R-58
Pittman, Josiah, organist and composer,
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born in London, September 3, 1816. He
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studied under S. S. Wesley, Moscheles and
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Schnyder von Wartensee. Organist succes-
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sivelv at Sydenham, 1831 ; Spitalfields,
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1835-47 ; Lincoln's Inn, 1852-64. He was


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