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BROWN.
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ments and Harmonies by James Merrylees,
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Glasgow, 1884 [originally issued in parts] .
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Mr. Brown constructed an instrument called
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the Voice Harmonium, founded upon the
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Monopolytone, to which the principles of
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perfect intonation were successfully applied.
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The novel character of the keyboard, fully
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described in " ]Music in Common Things,"
described in " Music in Common Things,"
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part II., will perhax^s act as an obstruction to
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its speedy adoption. The Monopolytone above
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mentioned is a small instrument for striking
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on the keyboard of a pf., producing a perfect
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unison, though sounding every note and dis-
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cord of the scale. His harmonium was awar-
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ded the first place at an exhibition of instru-
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ments illustrating the same principle held in
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London.
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Brown, Edward 65-L-18
Brown, Edward, organist and conductor
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of present time. Graduated Mus. Bac, 1878;
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Mus. Doc, 1883, Oxford. Organist and choir-
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master, St. James', Barrow-in-Furness, and
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St. Paul's, Grange-over-Sands ; choirmaster,
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Furness Association of Church Choirs. Con-
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ductor of choral societies at Barrow, Ulverston
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and Grange. His setting of Psalm 45 (Uni-
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versity exercise for Mus. Doc), was performed
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with success, April 9th, 1883. He has pub-
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lished some church music, songs, etc
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Brown, H 65-L-29
Brown, H., musician and author of
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present time, resident in Brixton, London.
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Issued " Historical sketch of music from the
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most ancient to modern times," London
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[1886]; also "Sonnets by Shakspeare solved."
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Brown, J. C 65-L-34
Brown, J. C, musician of Clerkenwell,
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London. Compiled " Collection of original
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sacred music, containing 104 psalm and hymn
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tunes, and four pieces harmonized for four
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voices, and arranged for the organ," London,
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1818.
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Brown, James D 65-L-40
Brown, James D., tenor singer, lecturer
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and teacher, was born at Aberdeen in 1834.
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He studied music and singing iinder James
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Davie, Samuel Barr, Thomas Macfarlane,
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H. Kuchler, and Alex. W. Smith, and was
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conductor of i^salmody in Free St. David's
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Church, Edinburgh, from 1865 till 1877.
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Since 1866, he has given many concerts and
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lectures on the ballad music of Scotlaird, and
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has done much to aid the movement in favour
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of thorough voice cultivation, and to foster a
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taste for the old and genuine ballad music of
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Scotland. He has composed a few songs to
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words by Burns, etc. His son, James Duff
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Brown, was born at Edinburgh, November
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6th, 1862. He was educated at the Church
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of Scotland Normal School, and afterwards
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entered the employment of publishing firms
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in Edinburgh and Glasgow. From 1878 till
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1888 he was an assistant-librarian in the
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Mitchell Library, Glasgow, and in September,
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1888, he was appoiiited librarian of Clerken-
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well Public Library, London, a position he
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now holds. Author of " Biographical diction-

BROWN.
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ary of musicians, with a bibliography of
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English writings on music," Paisley, 1886.
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"Handbook of library appliances: the techni-
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cal equipment of libraries," Loudon, 1892.
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" Guide to the formation of a music library,"
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London, 1893. Numerous papers on library
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economy, and on topics connected with
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bibliography and literature.
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Brown John 65-R-9
Brown John, clergyman and writer, born
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at Rothbury, Northumberland, 1715. Edu-
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cated at Cambridge. Vicar of Great Horkesley,
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Essex, 1754. Vicar of St. Nicholas', New-
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castle, 1758. Committed suicide while insane,
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September 23rd, 1766.
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Works. — Honour, a poem ; Essay on satire ;
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Sermons; Essays on Shaftesbury's Character-
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istics, 1751 ; Dissertation on the rise, union,
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and poAver, the progressions, separations, and
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corruptions of poetry and music, to which is
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prefixed The Cure of Saul, a sacred ode,
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London, 1763 ; Remarks on some observations
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on Dr. Brown's dissertation on poetry and
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musick, London, 1764 ; An estimate of the
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manners and principles of the times, 1757.
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An Italian edition of the Dissertation was
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published in 1772.
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Brown, John 65-R-27
Brow^n, John, artist and writer, born at
Brown, John, artist and writer, born at
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Edinburgh, 1752. Resided in Italy from 1771
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till 1781. He died in ScotlEuid, 1781. Author
till 1781. He died in Scotland, 1781. Author
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of " Letters upon the Poetry and Music of
of "Letters upon the Poetry and Music of
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the Italian Opera," Edinburgh, 1789.
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Brown, Robert 65-R-32
Brown, Robert, of Rockhaven, writer and
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theorist, was born at Glasgow, 1789-90, and
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died at Rockhaven, near Faiiiie, Ayrshire,
died at Rockhaven, near Fairlie, Ayrshire,
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25th August, 1873. Author of The Elements
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of Musical Science, London, 1860. An Intro-
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duction to Musical Arithmetic, with its appli-
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cation to Temperament, London, 1865.
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Rudiments of Harmony and Counterpoint on
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a New Method . . . London, 1863. Also a
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work on Scottish Highland Psahii Tunes.
work on Scottish Highland Psalm Tunes.
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In the first work Brown advocates the
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adoption of a uniform clef, and illustrates
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this in the course of his book. He also sug-
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gests certain modifications in the method of
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expressing harmonical combinations, etc.
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Brown, Thomas 65-R-47
Brown, Thomas, musician of 18th cen-
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tury. Author of " The Compleat Musick
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Master, being plain, easie and familiar rules
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for singing and playing " . . London [1704].
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Another Thomas Brown, styled "junior,"
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was organist of St. Margaret Pattens and St.
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Gabriel, Fenchurch Street, London, in latter
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part of the 18th century. He published a
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" Collection of Songs, and a Cantata for the
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harpsichord or pianoforte," London, 1774.
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Brown, Thomas 65-R-57
Brown, Thomas, musician, compiled
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"Psalms and hymns, as sung at the Sunday
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evening lectures in the galilee of Durham
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Cathedral, arranged for four voices, with an
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accompaniment for the organ or pianoforte,"
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Durham, 1842.
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Brown, William 65-R-63
Brown, William, musician, issued a col-


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