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STAINS.
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Awake, pvit on thy strength ; Deliver me, O
Awake, put on thy strength ; Deliver me, O
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Lord ; And all the people saw the thunderings,
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London Church Choir Association, St. Paul's
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Cathedral, November 8, 1883 ; Ye shall dwell
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in the land; and many other anthems.
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]Madrigal, The Triumph of Victoria, 1887;
Madrigal, The Triumph of Victoria, 1887;
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Album of Seven Songs, with English and
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German words; Loyal Death ; "Sly little Pet;
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Slumber Song (with violoncello ad lib.); and
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other songs. Arrangements for the organ,
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5 Nos. Editor of St. Paul's Cathedral Chant
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Book ; The Cathedral Psalter ; Choir-book of
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the Holy Communion ; I\Iarbecke's Office of
the Holy Communion; Marbecke's Office of
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the Burial of the Dead. Joint editor (with
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Dr. IMartin) of the Ferial Responses; with
Dr. Martin) of the Ferial Responses; with
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W. A. Barrett, of A Dictionary of Musical
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Terms, Novello, 187G; with Rev. H. R.
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Bramle}', of Carols, Old and New; with Rev.
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W. Russell, The Cathedral Prayer Book,
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Novello, 1891; and with Dr. Hubert Parry,
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of Novello's Music Primers. Author of
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Primers on The Organ ; Harmony; Composi-
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tion ; Choral Society Vocalisation ; A Treatise
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on Harmony (which has gone throu^'h several
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editions), Novello ; The Music of the Bible,
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1879. A Few Words to Candidates for the
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Degree of Mus. Bac, Oxon., Novello, 1897.
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Lectures and addresses. Musical Association;
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Conferences of I.S.]\I., etc. His son, C.
Conferences of I.S.M., etc. His son, C.
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Stainkr, is author of a work on Violin
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Makers, Novello, 1896.
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Stains, V. D. de 389-L-32
Stains, V. D. de, author of " Phono-
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graphy, or the writing of pounds, in two
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parts, viz., logography and musicography."
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London, 1842.
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Standing, Frank H 389-L-36
Standing, Frank H, baritone vocalist,
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known as F. H. Celli. He was a member of
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the Carl Rosa Opera Company from 1875, and
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was also known as a concert singer, 1878-82.
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One of his most recent assumptions was that
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of the Toreador in Bizet's " Carmen," at
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Covent Garden, April 9, 1891. He married
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Susan (or Susanna), sister of Louisa Pyne (she
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died, 1886).
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His sister, Madame Helen S. Norman,
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known as Helen Standish, was a contralto
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vocalist. She sang in English and Italian
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opera companies under Carl Rosa and IMaple-
opera companies under Carl Rosa and Maple-
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son, and had also been heard in concerts.
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She died suddenly, in January, 1891.
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Standish, Orlando 389-L-51
Standish, Orlando, author of "Element!
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•di Contrappunto," Florence, 1836, with fold-
di Contrappunto," Florence, 1836, with fold-
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ing tables and plates of examples.
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Stanford, Charles Villiers 389-L-54
Stanford, Charles Villiers, composer
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and conductor, born at Dublin, September 30,
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1852. Son of the late John Stanford, Esq.,
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ExaiTiiner in the Court of Chancery, Dublin,
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and an accomplished amateur. He was
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educated in music under Arthur O'Leary and
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Sir R. P. Stewart ; and afterwards studied,
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1874-76, at Leipzig, with Reinecke, and
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at Berlin with F. Kiel. Matriculated at
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Cambridge as a choral scholar, graduating with

STANFORD.
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Classical Honours, B.A., 1874 ; M.A., 1877.
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In 1873 he succeeded Dr. J. L. Hopkins as
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organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, an
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appointment he held until 1892. He was
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conductor of the Cambridge Amateur Vocal
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Guild, and directed the first performance in
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England of Sir R. P. Stewart's cantata " The
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Eve of St. John," November 19, 1872. The
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Cambridge University Musical Society, of
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which he was conductor for twenty years from
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1873, attained a high position, many impor-
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tant compositions being heard at its concerts
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for the first time in England, such as Schu-
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mann's " Paradise and the Peri," the First
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Symphony of Brahms, etc. It was at a con-
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cert of this society that ]\Ir. Stanford first
cert of this society that Mr. Stanford first
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appeared as a pianist, November 30, 1870. A
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few compositions date from the Cambridge
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period to 1875, but he came into greater prom-
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inence by winning the second prize at the
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symphon}^ competition at the Alexandra
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Palace, 1876. From that time to the pre.sent
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he has been actively engaged in composition.
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At the opening of the R.C.M., in 1883, he was
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appointed professor of composition and
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orchestral playing, and has given distinction
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to the College concerts and operatic perform-
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ances by his enterprise in bringing forward
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new or neglected works. In 1885 he became
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conductor of the Bach Choir ; and in 1887 was
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appointed Professor of Music at Cambridge
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University. He is a member of the Philhar-
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monic Society; in 1883 received the Hon.
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degree of Mus. Doc, Oxford; in 1888, by
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Grace of the Senate, the same degree was
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conferred upon him at Cambridge ; and in
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1892 was elected Corresponding ilember of the
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Societe des Compositeurs de Musique, Paris.
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He has conducted concerts at the Crystal
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Palace (1883), Philharmonic Society (1884,
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etc.) ; at Berlin, Dresden, etc. ; performances
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of his works at the chief provincial festivals,
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and of his operas at Hanover and Hamburg.
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In June, 1897, he was appointed Conductor of
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the Leeds Philharmonic Society.
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Works. — Oratorios and Cantatas : The
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Resurrection (Klopstock), op. 5, for tenor solo,
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chorus and orchestra, Cambridge, jMay, 1875 ;
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Psalm 46, op. 8, Cambridge, 1877 : Elegiac
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Ode (Walt Whitman), op. 21, Norwich Festi-
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val, 1884 ; The Three Holy Children, oratorio,
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Birmingham Festival, 1885 ; The Revenge,
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choral ballad (Tennyson), op. 24, Leeds,
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1886 ; Carmen Sseculare, Jubilee Ode, op. 26
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(Tennyson), performed at a State Concert,
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1887 ; The Voyage of Maeldune (Tenny-
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son), Leeds Festival, 1889 ; The Battle
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of the Baltic (Campbell), Hereford, 1891 ;
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Eden, dramatic oratorio (Robert Bridges),
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Birmingham, 1891 ; Installation Ode, Cam-
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bridge, May week, 1892 ; Ode, East to West
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(Swinburne), London, 1893 ; The Bard, can-
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tata, Cardiff Festival, 1895; PhaudrigCrohoore,


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