| 49926: | "Church of England Music," London, 1846. |
| 49927: | " Nursery Recreations for the Young," |
| 49928: | 1854-56, etc |
| 49929: | |
| 49930: | Pole, William, civil engineer, writer on |
| 49931: | science, and amateur musician, born at Bir- |
| 49932: | mingham, April 22, 1814. Professor of Civil |
| 49933: | Engineering at University College, London, |
| 49934: | 1859-76, and also held appointments in India, |
| 49935: | and has done much scientific work for Govern- |
| 49936: | ment. P.R.S. of London, 18(il, and Edin- |
| 49937: | burgh, 1877. Cultivated his early taste for |
| 49938: | music, and graduated at Oxford, JMus. Bac, |
| 49939: | 1860; Mus. Doc, 1867. Was organist of St. |
| 49940: | Mark's, North Audley Street, London, 1836- |
| 49941: | 66 ; Examiner in Music, London University, |
| 49942: | 1878-90. Hon. P. CO., 1889. His contribu- |
| 49943: | tions to musical literature date from 1836, |
| 49944: | when he contributed his first papers to the |
| 49945: | Musical World, on the Construction of Organ |
| 49946: | pipes; on the Horn, etc. He wrote on the |
| 49947: | Musical Instruments in the International |
| 49948: | Exhibition of 1851 ; and the Official Report |
| 49949: | of the Jury, on the same subject, in 1862 ; on |
| 49950: | the Music at the Crystal Palace — Report to |
| 49951: | the Shareholders, 1875 ; on the proposed Regu- |
| 49952: | lations for IMusical Degrees, Univeraity of lations for Musical Degrees, University of |
| 49953: | London, 1877 ; and many papers for the |
| 49954: | M^isical Times, Atheiueum, Nature, etc. ; also Musical Times, Athenaeum, Nature, etc. ; also |
| 49955: | for the programmes of the New t'hilharmouic for the programmes of the New Philharmonic |
| 49956: | Concerts ; and articles in Grove's Dictionary |
| 49957: | of Music. His " Philosoiihy of Music," 1879, of Music. His " Philosophy of Music," 1879, |
| 49958: | was reprinted by K. Paul, 1895 ; and " The |
| 49959: | Story of Mozart's Requiem," which appeared |
| 49960: | in the Musical Times in 1869, was issued by |
| 49961: | Novello in 1879, as a pamphlet. These are |
| 49962: | two extremely valuable works. Dr. Pole's |
| 49963: | musical compositions include a setting of |
| 49964: | Psalm 100 in cantata form, which was given |
| 49965: | at a Festival at Tenbury by Sir F. A. G. |
| 49966: | Ouseley, October 3, 1861 ; and the 8-part |
| 49967: | motet from it, performed at tlie Chester |
| 49968: | Festival, 1882. He has also done some four- |
| 49969: | handed pf. accompaniments to classical songs, |
| 49970: | and composed some organ music. |
| 49971: | |
| 49972: | Poole, Clement William 324-L-45 Poole, Clement William, amateur mu- |
| 49973: | sician, born at Ealing, June 7, 1828. Studied |
| 49974: | music under Jos. T. Cooper, and has acted as |
| 49975: | honorary organist at the Parish Church, |
| 49976: | Kingston-on-Thames; and Christ Church, |
| 49977: | Ealing. Composer of vocal music, among |
| 49978: | which is the hymn tune " Westenhanger," etc. |
| 49979: | Poole, Elizabeth 324-L-52 Poole, Elizabeth, mezzo-soprano vocalist, |
| 49980: | born in London, April 5, 1820. Made her de67tl! born in London, April 5, 1820. Made her debut |
| 49981: | in opera at Drury Lane, 1834. Sang in the |
| 49982: | United States, 1839. Was with the English |
| 49983: | Opera Company at the Strand Theatre, 1848; |
| 49984: | and, i;ntil 1870, was prominent both as a ballad and, until 1870, was prominent both as a ballad |
| 49985: | singer andan actress. She married a Mr. Bacon. singer and an actress. She married a Mr. Bacon. |
| 49986: | |
| 49987: | Poole, Fanny Kemble 324-L-59 Poole, Fanny Kemble, bom Barnett, Poole, Fanny Kemble, born Barnett, |
| 49988: | contralto vocalist, born, 1845, in London. |
| 49989: | She did not begin her public career until |
| 49990: | after her marriage ; but from about 1870 until |
| 49991: | 1891 she sang in concerts, chiefly in oratorio, |
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