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RENDALL,
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Relfe's " Guida Armonica " anticipated in
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a large measure the method of Logier in
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regard to instruction by exercises.
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His father issued " Hymns for the use of
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the Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich,"
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London, 1789; and "Greenwich Hospital
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hymns and music," 1796.
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Rendall, Edward Davey 342-L-8
Rendall, Edward Davey, composer,
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educated at the Hoch Schule, Berlin. Grad-
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uated M. A. , 1887 ; Mus. Bac, 1894, Cambridge.
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Music master, Dulwich College. His com-
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positions are : Psalm 137, for soli, strings,
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and organ ; " The Compleat Angler," Idyl for
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soli, chorus, and orchestra. Princes' Hall,
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May 5, 1894 ; Quintet for pf. and wind, 1890;
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Five vocal duets ; Songs, part-songs, etc.
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Reynolds, Charles 342-L-17
Reynolds, Charles, oboe player, born at
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Stockport, Cheshire, May 30, 1850. His
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father, Thomas Reynolds, was bandmaster
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of the 52nd Liglit Infantry (now 2nd Oxford-
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shire), and afterwards of the 6th Lancashire
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Militia. Charles Reynolds passed his boyhood
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in India, and while there the great mutiny
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broke out. On his return to England he
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studied the oboe under Lavigne, and joined
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the Halle orchestra in 1871 as second oboe,
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becoming principal in 1890. Was connected
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with tlie Gentlemen's Concerts, Manchester,
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from 1870 ; Liverpool Philharmonic, 1874 ;
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joined the orchestra of the Royal Italian
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Opera, 1876; and the New Philharmonic
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Concerts, London, same year. Has played
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at the Bristol Festivals since 1873 ; Birming-
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ham, 1885; Hanley, 1888; Handel, 1888;
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and at the Reid Festival, Edinburgh, 1893,
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he played for the first time in Great Britain
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Bach's Suite for oboe d'amore ; and is also
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known as a fine performer on the Cor Anglais.
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He has conducted orchestras at Derby Castle,
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Douglas, Isle-of-Man, 1886-7 ; Falcon Cliff,
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1889 ; and Rhyl, 1893. Is professor of the
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oboe. Royal Manchester College of Music.
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Reynolds, Charles Tom 342-L-43
Reynolds, Charles Tom, organist,
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composer, and conductor, born at Ross,
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Herefordshire, October 1, 1865. Chorister at
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Hereford Cathedral. Graduated Mus. Bac,
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1890; Mus. Doc, 1895, Oxford. F.R.C.O.
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Appointed organist of Denstone College, 1883;
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of Oswestry Parish Church, 1885, an office he
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retains. Conductor of Oswestry Choral
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Society, which has given good concerts; of
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the Claughton and Oxton Choral Society ;
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and, in 1896, appointed conductor of the
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Birkenhead Cambrian Choral Society. His
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compositions include a cantata, " The Child-
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hood of Samuel," produced at Birkenhead,
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1896; a setting of Psalm 130; and he has
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published church services, anthems, and
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part-songs.
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Reynolds, John 342-L-60
Reynolds, John, composer of the 18th
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centurv. Was Gentleman of Chapel Royal,
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1765-1770. He died at Lambeth, London,
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1770 [November, 1778?] . Composed the well-

RICHARDSON.
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known anthem, " My God, my God, look upon
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me."
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Reynolds, Williamson John 342-R-3
Reynolds, Williamson John, organist
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and composer, born in London, October 22,
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1861. Graduated Mus. Bac, 1886 ; Mus.
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Doc, 1889, London. Organist of Parish.
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Church, Barnet ; St. Michael's, Cornhill,
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London, from 1891. He has lectured on
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" Music and Evolution," in Birmingham,
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1895, etc. His works are a Magnificat for
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soli, chorus, strings and organ; Festival Te
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Deum, for soli, eight-part chorus and or-
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chestra, produced at Highbury Athenseum,
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April 19, 1891 ; " Crossing the Bar," four
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voices, etc.
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Rhodes, Alfred 342-R-16
Rhodes, Alfred, organist of Brixton In-
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dependent Church, is author of a work on
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"Curiosities of the Key-board and the Staff;
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or the Staff-notation shown to be upon a
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scientific basis . ," London, Augener, 1896.
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Richards, Henry Brinley 342-R-21
Richards, Henry Brinley, composer,
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pianist, and teacher, born at Carmarthen,
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November 13, 1817. Son of H. Richards,
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organist of St. Peter's, Carmarthen. Intended
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for medical profession, but abandoned it in
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favour of music. Entered R. A.M. as student,
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with assistance of the Duke of Newcastle.
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Gained King's Scholarship, 1835 and 1837.
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Member of R.A.M. Resided in London as-
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teacher and pianist. He died at London,
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May 1, 1885.
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Works. — Orchestral : Symphony ; Over-
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tures in F minor, Paris, 1840, London, 1841,
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and another ; Concerto for pf, and orchestra ;
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The "Albert Edward" march (military band),
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1862 ; The Carmarthen march. Pianoforte r
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Andante Pastorale ; The angel's song ; Pic-
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ciola Estelle ; Fete de la Reine (1849) ; La
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Reine Blanche, scherzo; Recollections of
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Wales (1852) ; Warblings at eve (1856) ;
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Mane, nocturne (1857) ; Book of Octave
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Studies; Andante cantabile (1858) ; Fantasias
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on Welsh airs (1861) ; Tarantelle (1864) ;
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Evening, nocturne (1877) ; Autrefois (1880).
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Part-songs : Up, quit thy bower, trio (1846) ;
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In the hour of my distress, solo and choir
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(1856) ; There's not a heath (1857) ; The boat
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song; Ye little birds, madrigal (1863); Sun
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of my soul (1868) ; The Cambrian plume
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(1869) ; Let the hills resound (1873) ; The
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men of Wales (1877) ; Nobody cares for thee
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(1878). Duets : How beautiful is night ; The
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old church chimes ; Home, etc. Songs : In
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the hour of my distress ; Cambrian war-song-
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(1859) ; The harp of Wales (1862) ; God bless^
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the Prince of Wales (December, 1862) ; As
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o'er the past (1868) ; The harper's grave
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(1869); The Black Watch (1874); Men of
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Wales (1877), etc. Songs of Wales, edited,
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London, 1873 (other editions).
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Richardson, Alfred Madeley 342-R-61
Richardson, Alfred Madeley, organist,
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studied under William Haynes, of Malvern,
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and at R.C.M. Organ Scholar, Keble Col-


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