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CHILLEY.
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merrily, anthem ; Services in G, P, and A
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minor ; Court Ayres (a volume of secular
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vocal music) ; Catches and Canons, etc.
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Child's compositions are very simple in
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general style, and approximate in character
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to the productions of a century later. " At
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times, however, as in his service in D,
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his harmony was rich, glowing, and closely
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worked. Some few of his full anthems, with-
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out any great depth of science or elevation of
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genius, possess a great degree of warmth, and
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exhibit imagination." He paved at his own
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expense the body of Windsor Chapel.
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Chilley, Charles 87-L-14
Chilley, Charles, tenor vocalist, born in
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London (Fimlico). He was educated at the
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Albert Memorial College, Framlingham, and
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then was for several years in an office, fre-
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quently singing in concerts as an amateur.
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Eventually he entered the Guildhall School
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of Music, and became a pupil of the late
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J. B. Welch. He sang at the Crystal Palace,
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in Mendelssohn's Walpurgis Nacht, 1883 ; at
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a concert of Mr. Willing's choir, 1884 ; and
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since then has been heard at the principal
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London and provincial concerts, having been
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on tour with Madame Albani, and others.
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Chilmead, Edmund 87-L-27
Chilmead, Edmund, scholar and mu-
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sician, was born at Stow-in-the-Wold, Glou-
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cester, 1611. Clerk of Magdalen College,
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Oxford. Canon of Christ Church, 1632.
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Resided with Este the musician, in London,
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1648. He died at London in 1654. Wrote
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" De Musica Antiqua Grteca," printed at the
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end of the Oxford edition of " Aratus," 1672.
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He gave concerts in London, and drew up a
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catalogue of the Greek MSS. in the Bodleian
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library. " He was well versed in the old
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music, and was the best qualified at that time
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.... to enter upon this subject." — Hearnc.
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Chinn, Francis Farrant 87-L-40
Chinn, Francis Farrant, composer and
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organist ; born in 1813, died at Liverpool,
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April 29, 1868. Composer of glees and
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songs. " Harvest home, a pastoral glee."
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Liverpool [1844] is one of his best works.
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Chipp, Edmund Thomas 87-L-45
Chipp, Edmund Thomas, composer
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and organist; was born at London, December
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25, 1823. Son of Thomas Paul Chipp, the
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well-known performer on the kettledrums and
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harp. Chorister in Chapel Royal under
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William Hawes. He studied the violin under
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W. Thomas, J. B. Nadaud, etc., 1832-40.
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Organist (voluntary) of Albany Chapel,
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Regent's Park, London, 1843-6. Member of
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H. M. private baud, as violinist, 1843-55.
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Organist St. John's Chapel, Downshire Hill,
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Hampstead, 1846-7; St. Olave's, Southwark
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(in succession to H. J. Gauntlett), 1847-52 ;
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St. Mary-at-Hill, East-Cheap, 1852-6 ; Royal
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Panopticon (in succession to W. T. Best),
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1855 ; Holy Trinity Church, Paddington (in
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succession to C. E Stephens), 1856-62. Mus.
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Bac. Cantab., March 17th, 1859. Mus. Doc,
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do., June 21st, 1860. Organist Ulster Hall,

CHIVERS.
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and St. George's Church, Belfast, 1862-6.
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Conductor of the Anacreontic, Classical Har-
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monists, and Vocal Union Societies, Belfast.
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Organist of Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, Feb. -Nov.,
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1866; St. Paul's, Edinburgh, May to Nov.,
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1866. Organist, and Masier of Choristers,
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Ely Cathedral, November, 1866. Was also
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member of the Royal Italian Opera, the
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Philharmonic, and Sacred Harmonic So-
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ciety Bands. He died at Nice, December
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17, 1886.
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Works. — Job, an Oratorio, for solo voices,
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chorus, and orchestra; Naomi, a Sacred Idyll,
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for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. IMusic
for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. Music
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for the Church Service and home circle,
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containing 10 Sentences, 24 single and 41
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double Chants, 4 Te Deums, 2 Jubilate,
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2 Benedictus, 1 Te Deum in unison, 2 Sanctus,
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12 Kyrie, 4 Gloria, 2 Magnincat, Nunc Dim-
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ittis, 4 Cantate Domine, Deus Misereatur, and
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108 Church Melodies, in short, common, long,
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and irregular measures, by various authors.
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Te Deum, Jubilate, Sanctus and Kyrie in D;
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Church Service in A ; Te Deum in D ; Gloria
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for male voices. Three Studies for the Organ,
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op. 7 ; Introduction and six variations upon
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Handel's Harmonious blacksmith, for organ ;
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Do. and seven variations on God preserve the
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Emperor, for organ; Lord of all power and
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might, anthem ; Part-songs ; Songs, and
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miscellaneous Church and chamber music.
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Chipp, Thomas Paul 87-R-32
Chipp, Thomas Paul, English harpist,
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father of the foregoing, was born in London,
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May 23, 1793, and died on June 19, 1870.
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He was well-known as a drum player and
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harpist, and as a leading performer at all the
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principal festivals. He retired in 1S6G. His
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compositions include a string quintet in E
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minor, 1836 ; quartet, 1845 ; Fantasias, etc.,
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for harp.
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Chisholm, James 87-R-41
Chisholm, James, commonly called IMar-
Chisholm, James, commonly called Mar-
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quis Chisholm, musician and entertainer, born
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Neilston, Renfrew, about 1837 ; died Toronto,
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Canada, December, 1877. He was a fair
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pianist, and travelled much in Australia, Asia,
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Scotland, and America with a Chinese giant
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named Chang. He comi^osed the somewhat
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vulgar song entitled " The Battle of Stirling,"
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which has been frequently parodied in Scot-
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land, and published " The Adventures of a
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travelling musician in Australia, China, and
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Japan," Glasgow, 1865, reprinted from the
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Glasgow Herald. He also published " Gems
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of Scottish melody " [1869], and the " Chin-
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Chin-Chang" Galop; " Great Chang Polkas,"
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and similar works.
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Chisney, E 87-R-57
Chisney, E., author of a work entitled
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"Concertina Instruction," London, 1853.
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Chivers. G. M. S. 87-R-59
Chivers. G. M. S., musician and dancing-
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master of first half of the present century.
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He published a number of works, among which
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may be named — Recueil de danses Espag-
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noles, or Spanish country dances, arranged


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