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SMILES.
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Festival, Loudon, 1891 ; The Jolly Beggars
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(Burns), prize, Glasgow Select Choir, 1893;
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Belinda (composed with Basil Hood), 1896;
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Corinla, cantata ; school music, etc. ; or-
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chestral overture ; The Princess of Thule,
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sketch for orchestra ; string quartet, etc.
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Smiles, Frank 379-L-7
Smiles, Frank, sec Quatremaine, Frank.
Smiles, Frank, see Quatremaine, Frank.
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Smith, Alexander 379-L-8
Smith, Alexander, musician of early
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part of the present century, issued " A Col-
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lection of Church tunes, hymns, and canons,
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in two, three, and four parts," Edinburgh, J.
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Johnson, sculpt., n.d. Dedicated to the ladies
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and gentlemen of Borrowstowness or Bo'ness,
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where Smith was a teacher of music.
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Smith, Alexander William 379-L-15
Smith, Alexander William, teacher of
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singing, was born at Edinburgh on November
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29, 1829. He studied under Bucher, Ran-
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degger, Schira, and under Romano at
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Florence. He was conductor of psalmody at
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Broughton Place United Presbyterian Church,
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Edinburgh from 1849 to 1864. He has chiefly
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devoted himself to the teaching of singing,
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and as a voice trainer has been one of the
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most successful in Scotland.
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Smith, Alfred Montem 379-L-25
Smith, Alfred Montem, tenor vocalist,
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born at Windsor, May 13, 1828, the old
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"Montem" day at Eton College, hence his
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second name Brother of George Townshend
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and Samuel Smith. Chorister at St. George's
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Chapel, Windsor, and Eton College. About
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1850 wa.s, for a time, tenor in the Choir of
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St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London. Suc-
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ceeded J. W. Hobbs as lay-vicar at W' estmiuster
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Abbey ; and was a Gentleman of the Chapel
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Royal, St. James's, from 1858 to the time of
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his death. Sang at the Concerts of the
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Sacred Harmonic Society ; for many years
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at the Three Choirs Festivals, from Hereford,
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1855; in the quartets in "Elijah," Birming-
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ham, 1858-61, etc. Member of the London
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Glee and Madrigal Union ; a fine ballad
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singer, and popular lecturer. Professor of
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singing at R.A.M., and Guildhall School of
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Music. He died in London, May 2, 1891.
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His compositions consisted of songs and
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glees; one of the latter, "At the dawn of
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Life's day," was awarded the prize of the
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Noblemen's Catch Club, 1881. He married
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Miss Elizabeth Stroud, daughter of Henry
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Chaplin (q.v.), a soprano vocalist, now a pro-
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fessor at the Guildhall School of Music.
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Smith, Alice Mary 379-L-52
Smith, Alice Mary, Mrs. Meadows
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White, composer, born at London, May 19,
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1839. She was a pupil of Sir W. Sterndale
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Bennett and Sir G. A. Macfarren. In 1867
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she was married to Mr. Frederick Meadows
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White, Q.C., now a judge of the County of
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Middlesex, and in the same year she was
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elected an associate of the Philharmonic
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Society. She died at London, December 4,
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1884.
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Works. — Cantatas: Riidesheim, Cam-
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bridge, 1865 ; Ode to the North-east wind.

SMITH.
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London, 1880; The Passions, ode by Collins,
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Hereford, 1882; Song of the Little Baltung
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(Kingsley), 1883 ; The Red King (Kingsley).
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Symphony in C minor, 1863. Endymion,
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overture, 1864 (re-written for Crystal Palace,
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1871) ; Lalla Rookh, overture, 1865 ; Masque
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of Pandora, overture, 1878 ; Jason, or the
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Argonauts and Sirens, overture, 1879. Quar-
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tets for pf. and strings: B flat, 1861 ; D 1864.
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Quartets for strings in D, 1862 and 1870,
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Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, 1872.
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Introduction and allegro, for pf. and orchestra,
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1865. Two intermezzi from " The IMasque of
1865. Two intermezzi from " The Masque of
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Pandora, 1879. Part-songs, songs, etc.
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Smith, Arthur Francis 379-R-15
Smith, Arthur Francis, organist, pian-
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ist, and conductor. Articled pupil of Edward
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Chadfield {q.v.), he was joint founder and
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director of the Derby School of Music, work
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in connection with which he still carries on.
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F.C.O., 1874 ; Mus. Bac, Cambridge, 1883.
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Organist at Tickenhall, 1869; St. Werburgh's,
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Derby, 1 872 to present time. Conductor,
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Derby Archidiaconal Choral Association; and
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Derby Orpheus and Madrigal Society. An
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early member of the Incorporated Society of
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]\Iusicians, he has done valuable work for it,
Musicians, he has done valuable work for it,
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and is editor of its Monthly Journal. Exam-
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iner for that Society, and local representative
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of R.A.M. and R.C.M. He has composed a
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setting of Ps. 103 ; and has published songs
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and pf. pieces.
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Smith, B 379-R-32
Smith, Bo, musician of early part of last
Smith, B., musician of early part of last
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century, published the Psalm Singer's Maga-
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zine, 1729 ; Harmonious Companion, or the
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psalm singer's magazine," 1732.
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Smith, Boyton 379-R-36
Smith, Boyton, pianist and composer,
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born at Dorchester, February 23, 1837.
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Brother of E. Sydney Smith. Educated at
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Hereford and Winchester Cathedrals, under
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Dr. S. S. Wesley. Organist of Dorchester
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Parish Church. He has composed Church
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Services in D, E flat, P, and G; Anthems,
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songs, etc. Organ pieces for church use, six
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sets ; Allegretto grazioso in A ; Andante con
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moto, etc. Also many pf. pieces of a popular
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kind, such as Echo of the waves; Nightingale
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and Zephyr ; Dew pearls ; Woodland echoes ;.
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Song of the sylph ; La fee coquette, op. 64 ;
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Sur le lac ; and numerous transcriptions.
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Smith, Charles 379-R-50
Smith, Charles, composer and bass
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vocalist, born at London in 1786. He was a
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chorister in the Chapel Royal under Ayrton,
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and studied also under Costellow and John
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Ashley. From 1799 he sang as a soprano at
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Ranelagh and in Scotland, till his voice broke
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in 1803. He then became organist of Croydon
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Church, and afterwards of Wei beck Chapel
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in 1807. In 1813 he sang in oratorio as a
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bass. He was married to a Miss Both, of
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Norwich, and resided in Liverpool from 1816.
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He died at Crediton, Devon, November 22,
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1856.
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Works. — Mtisic to Dramas : Yes or No,


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