| 52536: | Professorship of music, was born at Straloch, |
| 52537: | Perthshire, February 13, 1721 [1720]. Son |
| 52538: | of Alexander Robertson of Straloch. He |
| 52539: | studied at Edinburgh University. Lieu- |
| 52540: | tenant in the Earl. of Loudon's Regiment, |
| 52541: | 1745 ; afterwards became a General in the |
| 52542: | Army. He died at London, February 6, |
| 52543: | 1807. |
| 52544: | |
| 52545: | , Works. — A Set of Minuets and Marches, Works. — A Set of Minuets and Marches, |
| 52546: | inscribed to the Right Hon. Lady Catherine |
| 52547: | Murray, by J— R— , Esq., London [1770]. |
| 52548: | (Bremner). [Contains the well-known air, |
| 52549: | " The Garb of Old Gaul," to verses of Sir H. |
| 52550: | Erskine, of Alva.] Six Solos for a German |
| 52551: | Flute or Violin, with a Thorough-bass for |
| 52552: | the Harpsichord, by J — R — , Esq., a Member |
| 52553: | of the Temple of Apollo, London, n.d. (Os- |
| 52554: | wald). There have also been escribed to |
| 52555: | him " Three Grand Marches, and Three |
| 52556: | Quicksteps for a Full Military Band, by an |
| 52557: | Eminent IMaster," London, n.d. Eminent Master," London, n.d. |
| 52558: | |
| 52559: | General Reid directed in his will that, |
| 52560: | subject to the life-rent of his daughter, the |
| 52561: | sum of £.52,000 should be applied to founding |
| 52562: | a Chair of Music in Edinburgh University, |
| 52563: | and that an annual concert (to include a full |
| 52564: | military band) should be given on his birth- |
| 52565: | day, at which was to be performed some |
| 52566: | specimens of his own composition, to show |
| 52567: | the style of music that prevailed about the |
| 52568: | middle of last century. The chair was in- |
| 52569: | stituted- in 1839, when a sum of between |
| 52570: | £70,000 and £80,000 became available. The |
| 52571: | succession of Professors has been John |
| 52572: | Thomson, 18.39; Sir Henry Bishop, 18i2 ; |
| 52573: | Henry Hugo Pierson, 1844 ; John Donaldson, |
| 52574: | 1845; Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, 1865; |
| 52575: | Friedrich Niecks, 1889. |
| 52576: | |
| 52577: | Reinagle, Caroline 341-L-39 Reinagle, Caroline, 6>c Orger, Caroline. Reinagle, Caroline, See Orger, Caroline. |
| 52578: | Reinagle, Joseph 341-L-40 ■ Reinagle, Joseph, violoncellist, compuser, Reinagle, Joseph, violoncellist, composer, |
| 52579: | And writer, born at Portsmouth, of Austrian |
| 52580: | parents, in 1762. Intended for the navy, but |
| 52581: | afterwards apprenticed to an Edinburgh |
| 52582: | jeweller. He studied the 'cello under |
| 52583: | Schetkey, who married his sister, and the |
| 52584: | "violin under Aragoni and Pinto, and became |
| 52585: | leader at the Edinburgh Theatre. Performed |
| 52586: | as a violoncellist in London, etc. Resided in |
| 52587: | Dublin, 1784-6. Played at Salomon's Concerts |
| 52588: | in London, and in Oxford, where he latterly |
| 52589: | resided. He died at Oxford, 1836. |
| 52590: | |
| 52591: | Works!. — Twenty-four Progressive Lessons Works. — Twenty-four Progressive Lessons |
| 52592: | for the Pianoforte, London, 1796. Twelve |
| 52593: | Duets for the violoncello, op. 2 ; 3 sets of six |
| 52594: | ■do., op., .3, 4, 5. Six Quartets for strings. do., op., .3, 4, 5. Six Quartets for strings. |
| 52595: | Slow March for orchestra [ISOO]. Concertos |
| 52596: | for violin and violoncello, with accompaniment. |
| 52597: | •Concise Introduction to the Art of Playing on Concise Introduction to the Art of Playing on |
| 52598: | the Violoncello, London, 1830. This work |
| 52599: | has reached 4 editions. |
| 52600: | |
| 52601: | His son, Alexander Robert, born at |
| 52602: | Brighton, August 21, 1799, was organist of St. |
| 52603: | Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford, 1822-53. He |
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