| 13752: | Reminiscences of Handel, His Grace the Duke |
| 13753: | of Chandos, Powells the Harpers, The Har- |
| 13754: | monious Blacksmith, and others, London, |
| 13755: | 1836. Reading and playing from score simpli- |
| 13756: | fied, London, 1838. An examination into the |
| 13757: | derivation, etymology, and definition of the |
| 13758: | word " Madrigale," London, 1852. On the |
| 13759: | sacred oratorio of " The Messiah " previous |
| 13760: | to the death of G. F. Handel, 1759, London, |
| 13761: | 1852. An address to the directors of the |
| 13762: | Ancient Concerts on the high pitch of the |
| 13763: | scale, London, 1845. Glees, anthems, chants, |
| 13764: | etc. |
| 13765: | |
| 13766: | Clark, Thomas, musician, born at Can- |
| 13767: | terbury, 1775 ; died there. May 30th, 1859. |
| 13768: | He was conductor of music at the Wesleyan |
| 13769: | Chapel, and latterly of the Unitarian Chapel, |
| 13770: | Canterbury. He published " The Union |
| 13771: | Harmonist, a selection of sacred music," 1841. |
| 13772: | " The Union Tune Book, a selection of tunes- |
| 13773: | and chants suitable for use in congregations |
| 13774: | and Sunday schools," London [1842] . Psalm |
| 13775: | and hymn tunes, n.d. Composer of "Cred- |
| 13776: | iton," and other hymn tunes. |
| 13777: | |
| 13778: | Clark, Windeyer, organist, pianist, and |
| 13779: | composer. Began his studies in a Tonic Sol- |
| 13780: | fa class. He entered the London Academy |
| 13781: | of Music, studying under Dr. Wylde, and |
| 13782: | afterwards took organ lessons from J. W. Ell- |
| 13783: | iott. From about 1877 he became amanuensis |
| 13784: | to Sir G. A. Macfarren, whose later oratorios |
| 13785: | he took down from dictation, and also played |
| 13786: | to the Cainbridge Professor the Degree exer- |
| 13787: | cises sent in. Held organ appointments at- |
| 13788: | St. Philip's, Paddington ; Curzon Chapel, |
| 13789: | Mayfair ; and Westbourne Grove Chapel. |
| 13790: | Gave frequent recitals, for some of which |
| 13791: | Macfarren wrote organ pieces. In 1889 he |
| 13792: | was made L.R.A.M. He composed some |
| 13793: | pieces for pf., and arranged the scores of Mac- |
| 13794: | farren's " ]\Iay Day," Haydn's " Creation," farren's " May Day," Haydn's " Creation," |
| 13795: | Mozart's First j\iass, and IMendelssohn's Mozart's First j\iass, and Mendelssohn's |
| 13796: | " Lauda Zion," for pianoforte and harmonium. |
| 13797: | Joint translator, with J. T. Hutchinson, of |
| 13798: | Gounod's commentary on " Don Giovanni," |
| 13799: | London, Cocks & Co., 1895. He died of con- |
| 13800: | sumption, June 13, 1896, at the early age of |
| 13801: | thirty-se\en. |
| 13802: | |
| 13803: | Clarke, Charles E. J 90-R-49 Clarke, Charles E. J., organist and |
| 13804: | composer, born at Worcester, 1796. He was |
| 13805: | a chorister in Worcester Cathedral. Organist |
| 13806: | successively of Durham Cathedral, 1812, and |
| 13807: | Worcester Cathedral, 1814. Conductor of the |
| 13808: | Worcester Festival from 1815 (when only |
| 13809: | nineteen years of age), to 1839. Ill health |
| 13810: | compelled him to relinquish the task in 1842, |
| 13811: | when Joseph Surman was appointed conductor. |
| 13812: | Died at Worcester, April 27, 1844. |
| 13813: | |
| 13814: | Clarke, Frederick William 90-R-59 Clarke, Frederick 'William, composer, Clarke, Frederick William, composer, |
| 13815: | born in 1852; died in 1883. He graduated |
| 13816: | Mus. Bac. Oxford in 1880. Composer of Re- |
| 13817: | veries, polonaises, gavottes, etc., for pf. ; Songs |
| 13818: | and other vocal music. An Album of his |
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