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COOKE.
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were at play ; Mark, where the silver queen
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of night ; Queen of the sea ; Round thy pillow ;
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Sweet warbling bird ; Why o'er the verdant
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banks. Collection of Eight Glees (Clementi)
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[1805] . Songs, etc.
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Cooke, Thomas Simpson 99-L-6
Cooke, Thomas Simpson, vocalist and
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composer, was born at Dublin in 1782. He
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studied under his father and Giordani. In
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1803 he acted as conductor of a theatre in
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Dublin, and made his debut as a vocalist in
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Storace's " Siege of Belgrade." In 1813 he
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appeared in London, and in the same year
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was appointed conductor and vocalist at Drury
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Lane Theatre. He married Miss Howell.
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Member of the Royal Academy of Music,
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Philharmonic Society, Noblemans' Catch
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Club, Glee Club, etc. He died at London,
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February 26, 1848.
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Works. — Music to Plays : The Count of
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Anjou; A Tale of the Times, 1822 ; The Wager,
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1825 ; Oberon, or the Charmed Horn, 1826 ;
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Malvina, 1826 ; The Boy of Santillane, 1827 ;
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The Brigand, 1829 ; Peter the Great, 1829 ;
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The Dragon's Gift, 1830; The Ice Witch,
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1831 ; Hyder Ali, 1831 ; St. Patrick's Eve,
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1832 ; King Arthur, 1835 ; The King's Proxy ;
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Frederick the Great ; The Five Lovers ;
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Numerous Farces. Adaptations of Foreign
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Operas. Mass in A minor. Glees : Six Glees
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for 8 and 4 voices, London, 1844 ; Come
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Spirits of Air ; Fill me, boy, as deep a draught ;
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Strike, strike the lyre ; Away with gloom and
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care ; strike the harp ; Take thou this cup.
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Duets : Love and War ; Army and Navy ;
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Songs. Singing Exemplified in a Series of
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Solfeggi and exercises, progressively arranged,
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London, n.d. ; Singing in parts, containing
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progressive instructions, extracts, exercises,
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and original compositions, London, n.d.
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[c. 1842] , etc.
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Cooke, Henry Angelo Michael 99-L-41
Cooke, Henry Angelo Michael. Grat-
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TAN Cooke, eldest son of the above, born in
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London in 1809. He studied at the R.A.M.,
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1822-28, of which he became a professor. In
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1837 he married Miss Kiallmark. He was
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band-master of the 2nd life guards 1849-56.
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In 1845 he appeared at the Hanover Square
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Rooms as a tenor singer, and took part in a
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glee at the Norwich Festival that year. He
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lived for nearly twenty years in retirement at
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Harting, Sussex, and died there September 12,
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1889. He composed a number of operettas
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and songs, and was a fine oboe player. Author
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of " Statement of facts and correspondence
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between the Directors of the Philharmonic
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Society and Mr. Grattan Cooke," London
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[1850] .
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Coombe, William Francis 99-L-58
Coombe, William Francis, organist and
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composer, was born at Plymouth, 1786. He
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studied under his father (a singing master)
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and W. Jackson of Exeter. Organist at Chard,
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Somerset, 1800; Totnes, Devon, 1802-11;
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and Chelmsford, 1811-22. He probably died

COOPER.
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at Chelmsford about 1850. He composed a
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few pianoforte sonatas, and other works.
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Coombs, James Morris 99-R-3
Coombs, James Morris, organist and
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composer, born at Salisbury, 1769. Chorister
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at Salisbury Cathedral, 1776-1784. He studied
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under Dr. Stephens and Parry. Organist at
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Chippenham, Wilts., 1789 to 1820. He died
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at Chippenham, on March 7, 1820.
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Works. — Set of Canzonets ; Te Deums ;
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Divine amusement for churches, families, etc.,
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being hymns, anthems and other sacred pieces,
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psahns, etc., from the works of Marcello,
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Handel, Haydn, Mason, etc., etc. ; Glees and
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songs.
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William Coombs, who flourished at Bristol
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in the latter part of last century, composed
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the psalm tune " Oxford," which is sometimes
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attributed to James ]Morris Coombs.
attributed to James Morris Coombs.
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Cooney, Edward 99-R-19
Cooney, Edward, organist and teacher.
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Educated at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
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Graduated Mus. Bac, 1885; Mus. Doc, 1887,
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Dublin. Organist, Parish Church, Ballymena;
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teacher of pf. and singing in Coleraine Aca-
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demic Institute. University Exercises :
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(Bac.) Psalm 145; (Doc.) Psalm 139, for soli,
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chorus, and orchestra. He has published
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Church Services and Anthems ; Songs and
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part-songs.
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Cooper, Alexander Samuel 99-R-29
Cooper, Alexander Samuel, organist
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and composer, born in London, April 30, 1835.
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F.R.C.O. Organist of St. John's, Putney, to
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1866; St. Paul's, Covent Garden, later. Award-
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ed a prize by the Ely Diocesan Church Music
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Society for a setting of the Nicene Creed,
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1869. Composer of anthems, music for Holy
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Communion, chants, hymn tunes, songs, and
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part-songs. Editor of "Parochial Psalter,"
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and " Parochial Chant Book," both of which
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have passed through several editions.
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Cooper, George 99-R-40
Cooper, George, composer and organist,
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born Lambeth, London, July 7, 1820. Suc-
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cessively organist of St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf ;
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St. Anne and St. Agnes, 1836 ; St. Sepulchre,
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1843 ; Christ's Hospital, and the Chapel Royal,
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all in London. He was also assistant organist
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for a time at St. Paul's Cathedral. He died,
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London, October 2, 1876.
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Works. — The Organist's Assistant, a series
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of arrangements . . . London (Novello). Or-
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ganist's Manual . . . select movements from
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the most eminent composers, London (Nov-
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ello). Organ Arrangements, London. Part-
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songs, songs, etc.
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His father, George Cooper, who died in
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London, in 1843, was an organist of repute.
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He was assistant organist of St. Paul's Cathe-
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dral, and organist of St. Sepulchre's until his
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death, when he was succeeded by his son.
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Cooper, Henry Christopher 99-R-59
Cooper, Henry Christopher, violinist,
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was born at Bath in 1819. Studied violin
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under Spagnoletti. Appeared as solo violinist
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at Drury Lane Theatre, 1830. Principal vio-.
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linist at Royal Italian Opera. Leader at


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