| 11197: | Byrne, Patrick, Irish barplsfc and com- Byrne, Patrick, Irish harpist and com- |
| 11198: | poser. Was boni at Fariiey, about the end poser. Was born at Farney, about the end |
| 11199: | of 18th century, ile died at Dundalk, 18G3. of 18th century. He died at Dundalk, 1863. |
| 11200: | |
| 11201: | Bywater, Thomas, tenor vocalist and |
| 11202: | composer. A native of Staffordshire. For |
| 11203: | many years he was very popular in Birming- |
| 11204: | ham, Wolverhampton, and the m.idlands. ham, Wolverhampton, and the midlands. |
| 11205: | He has sung at the Crystal Palace, and othsr He has sung at the Crystal Palace, and other |
| 11206: | places. He is also a clever organist, and was |
| 11207: | for some time organist of St. Mark's, Wolver- |
| 11208: | hampton, but is now chiefly engaged as a |
| 11209: | concert agent. He is blind. Some songs of |
| 11210: | his have been published ; and in 1876 he |
| 11211: | isoued a Collection of twenty-five hymn tunes, issued a Collection of twenty-five hymn tunes, |
| 11212: | and twelve chants (Novello). |
| 11213: | |
| 11214: | Caerwarden, John, composer and teacher |
| 11215: | of the violin, who flourished during the 17th |
| 11216: | century. He was a member of the private |
| 11217: | band of Chj;rles I. Hawkins mentions him band of Charles I. Hawkins mentions him |
| 11218: | as having been a noted teacher but a harsh |
| 11219: | composer. |
| 11220: | |
| 11221: | Cjesar, Julius, physician and composer, Caesar, Julius, physician and composer, |
| 11222: | who lived in Rochester during part of the |
| 11223: | 17th and IStli centuries. He was an amateur 17th and 18th centuries. He was an amateur |
| 11224: | composer only, but Hawkins speaks of two of |
| 11225: | his catches appearing in the " Pleasant Mu- |
| 11226: | sical Companion," 1726, as being " inferior |
| 11227: | to none in that collection." |
| 11228: | |
| 11229: | Calah, John, organist and composer, who |
| 11230: | was born in 1758. He was organist of Peter- |
| 11231: | borough Cathedral at the end of the 18th |
| 11232: | century, and died on August 4, 1798. He |
| 11233: | wrote music for the Church service, hymns, |
| 11234: | ballads, and sonatas for the pf., etc. |
| 11235: | |
| 11236: | Caldicott, Alfred James 74-L-35 Caldicott, Alfred James, composer and |
| 11237: | organist, born at Worcester, November 26, |
| 11238: | 1842 Of a musical family, he, with six |
| 11239: | brothers, went through a course of training |
| 11240: | in the clioir of Worcester Cathedral. At the |
| 11241: | age of fourteen he was articled to William |
| 11242: | Done, the organist, whose assistant he be- |
| 11243: | came. He afterwards studied at Leipzig |
| 11244: | Conservatorium, under Moscheles, Haupt- |
| 11245: | mann, E. F. Richter, and others, and in |
| 11246: | 1864 settled in Worcester. Graduated Mus. |
| 11247: | Bac, Cambridge, 1878. Organist, St. Ste- |
| 11248: | phen's Church, and to the Corporation of |
| 11249: | Worcester ; Conductor of the IMusical and Worcester ; Conductor of the Musical and |
| 11250: | Instrumental Societies. In 1882 he removed |
| 11251: | to Torquay, and the following year settled in |
| 11252: | London, and was appointed Professor of har- |
| 11253: | mony at the R.C.M. In 1885 he was ap- |
| 11254: | pointed Musical Director at the Albert Palace, |
| 11255: | Battersea, composing a Dedication Ode for |
| 11256: | the opening, June 6. Toured in America as |
| 11257: | conductor of the Agnes Huntingdon Opera |
| 11258: | Company, 1890-91 ; was appointed Principal |
| 11259: | of the Educational Department, London |
| 11260: | College of Music, 1892 ; and Musical Director, |
| 11261: | Comedy Theatre, 189.3. |
| 11262: | |
| 11263: | Works. — Sacred Cantata, The Widow of |
| 11264: | Nain (Worcester Festival, 1881); Cantatas |
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