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SMITH.
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Smith, John Stafford 381-L-1
Smith, John Stafford, organist and
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composer, born at Gloucester about INIarch,
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1750. He was the son of Martin Smith, or-
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ganist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1743 to
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1782. He studied music under his father
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and T>v. Boyce, and became a gentleman
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of the Chapel Royal in 1784. In 1795, he
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was made lay-vicar of Westminster Abbey,
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and in 1802, he succeeded Dr. Arnold as
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organist of the Chapel Royal. Prom 1805 to
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1817, he held the position of master of the
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children of the Chapel Royal. He died at
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London, September 21, 1836.
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Works.— Anthems, composed for the choir
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service of the Church of England, London,
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n.d. Twelve chants, composed for the use of
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the choirs of the Church of England, London,
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n.d. Collection of songs of various kinds for
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different voices, London, 1785. Collection of
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glees for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices, London, n.d. With
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some of these he gained prizes between 1773
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and 1780. Edited : Musica Antiqua, a selec-
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tion of music of this and other countries, from
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the commencement of the twelfth to the
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beginning of the eighteenth century, com-
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prising some of the earliest and most curious
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motettes, madrigals, etc., London, 1812, 2
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vols. ; Collection of English songs, in score,
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for 3 and 4 voices, composed about the year
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1500, taken from MSS. of the same age,
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London, 1779. Smith aided Hawkins with
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his " History of Music."
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Smith, Joseph 381-L-33
Smith, Joseph, organist, comjDoser, and
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conductor, born at Dudley, Worcestershire,
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1856, of Irish parents. Educated on the
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Continent, and chiefly self-taught in music.
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Graduated Mus. Bjc. 1880, Mus. Doc. 1881,
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Dublin. Began his career at seventeen as
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organist of a church at Galway. In 1877
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appointed to Limerick Cathedral, where he
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remained till 1882, founding a choral society
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and giving concerts. Went to Dublin in
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1882 as organist of the church of the Three
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Patrons, Rathgar, and professor of music at
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the Convent school of the Sacre Cceur at
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Mount Anuville, holding both appointments
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to present time. In 1888 he was appointed,
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in conjunction with Sir R. P. Stewart, pro-
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fessor of music in the Royal University of
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Ireland. Musical director, Dublin Artizans'
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Exhibition, 1885 ; conductor of Dublin
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Musical Society from 1889. His works in-
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clude three masses ; a cantata, " St. Kevin,"
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produced at Hereford Festival, 1885 ; an
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Inaugural Ode, for the Dublin exhibition
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just named ; motet, God be merciful, prize.
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National Welsh Eisteddfod, 1880 ; anthems,
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part-songs, etc ; Triumphal march, orchestra,
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1885. Editor of Catholic Choir Music, Pohl-
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mann, Dublin, 1891. Compiler of a Catholic
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Hj'mn-book, with tunes.
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Smith, Laura Alexandrine 381-L-62
Smith, Laura Alexandrine, author of
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" Music of the Waters, a collection of the

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Sailors' Chanties, or working songs of the
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sea of all maritime nations. Boatmen's,
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Fishermen's, and Rowing Songs and Water
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Legends," London, Kegan Paul, 1888. She
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is also the composer of some song.«. My
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Castle in Spain, etc.
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Smith, Robert 381-R-7
Smith, Robert, writer, was born at
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Cambridge, in 1689. He was Plumian Pro-
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fessor of Astronomy at Cambridge, and be-
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came IMaster of Trinity College in 1742. He
came Master of Trinity College in 1742. He
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died at Cambridge in 1768. He wrote
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" Harmonics, or the philosophy of musical
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sounds," Cambridge, 1749 ; 2nd edition, en-
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larged, London, 1759. A Postscript upon
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the changeable hurpsichord, a perfect in-
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strument, London, 1762.
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Smith, Robert Archibald 381-R-17
Smith, Robert Archibald, composer,
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born at Reading, Berks., November 16, 1780.
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Son of Robert Smith, silk weaver, a native
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of East Kilbride, who settled at Reading in
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1774, during a heavy depression of trade in
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Paisley. He very early gave indications of
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his possession of musical ability, but was
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apprenticed to the weaving trade, which he
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followed in Reading, and in Paisley, from
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1800, where he became intimate with Tanna-
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hill, Motherwell, etc. He married Mary
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MacNicol in 1802. Teacher of music, and
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precentor in the Abbey Church, Paisley,
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1807. Musical director of S. George's, Edin-
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burgh, August, 1823. He died at Edinburgh,
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January 3, 1829, and is buried in S. Cuth-
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bert's churchyard.
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Works. — The Scotish Minstrel, a selec-
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tion from the vocal melodies of Scotland,
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ancient and modern, arranged for the piano-
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forte, Edinburgh [c. 1821-24], 6 vols. The
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Irish minstrel, a selection from the vocal
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melodies of Ireland, ancient and modern,
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Edinburgh, n.d. [1825]. Flowers of Scottish
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Song, Glasgow, n.d. Select INIelodies, with
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appropriate words, chiefly original, collected
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and arranged with symphonies and accom-
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paniments for the pianoforte, Edinburgh,
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n.d. [1827.] Devotional IMusic, original and
n.d. [1827.] Devotional Music, original and
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selected, arranged mostly in four parts, with
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a Thorough- bass for the Organ or Pianoforte,
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1810 ; New edition by John Turnbull, Glas-
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gow, n.d. Anthems in four vocal parts, with
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an accompaniment for the Organ or Piano-
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forte 1819. Sacred Harmony, for the
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use of S. George's Church, Edinburgh, being
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a collection of Psalm and Hymn tunes
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Edinburgh [1820] (with Rev. A. Thomson) ;
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other editions, and a modern one edited by
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Jas. S. Geikie, Edinburgh, n.d. Sacred
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Music, consisting of the tunes, sanctuses,
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doxologies, thanksgivings, etc., sung in St.
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George's, Church, Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
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1825. Edinburgh Sacred Harmony for the
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use of churches and families, arranged for
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four voices, Edinburgh, 1829, 2 vols. The
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Sacred Harmony of the Church of Scotland,.


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