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STANHOPE.
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choral ballad, Norwich, 1896. Operas : The
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Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, composed, 1877,
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produced at Hanover, Februarj' G, 1881
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(libretto by W. Barclay Squire) ; Savonarola,
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produced, Hamburg, April 18, 1884 ; The
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Canterburj' Pilgrims, produced, Coveiit Garden
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Carl Rosa), April 28, 1884 (libretto by G. A.
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A'Beckett) ; and Shamus O'Brien, Opera
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Comique, London, March 2, 1896 (text by G.
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H. Jessoi? from Le Fanu). Incidental music
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to Tennyson's Queen Mary, Lyceum, April 18,
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1876 ; Tennyson's Becket, Lyceum, February
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6, 1893 ; ^schylus' Eumenides, Cambridge,
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1885 ; Sophocles' CEdipus, Cambridge, 1887.
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Mass in G, op. 46 (in memoriam, Thonias
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Wingham), Brompton Oratory, May 26, 1893;
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Psalm 150, IManchester, 1887 ; Awake, mj-
Psalm 150, Manchester, 1887 ; Awake, mj-
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heart (Klopstock), choral hymn, op. 16, St.
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Paul's Cathedral, November 3, 1881 ; Morning,
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Evening, and Communion Services in B fiat,
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F, and A ; Anthems, etc. Elizabethan Pas-
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torals, 4 voices; Three Cavalier songs, op. 18;
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Day is dying; To the rose; Eight songs
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(George Eliot), op. 1 ; two sets of 6 songs
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(Heine), op. 4, 7 ; and other songs. Editor of
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fifty Irish melodies, 1883 ; Song book for
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schools, 1884; Irish songs and ballads, Novello,
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1893 (?) ; The Irish melodies of Thomas IMoore,
1893 (?) ; The Irish melodies of Thomas Moore,
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Boosey, 1896. Orchestral : Symphony No. 1,
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in B flat (prize), 1876; No. 2, in D minor
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(Elegiac), Cambridge, March 7, 1882 ; No. 3,
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in F minor (Irish), Richter, June 27, 1887;
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No. 4, in F (Thro' youth to strife ; thro' death
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to life), Berlin Philharmonic Society, January
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14, 1889 ; No. 5, in D (L'Allegro ed il Pensi-
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eroso), op. 56, Philharmonic Society, London,
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March 20, 1895. Serenade, op. 17, Birming-
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ham Festival, 1882. Overtures, Festival, in B
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flat, Gloucester Festival, 1877 ; Queen of the
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Seas (Armada Tercentenary), 1888. Concerto,
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'cello and orchestra (MS.) ; Concerto in G, op.
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59, pf. and orchestra, Richter, May 27, 1895 ;
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Suite in D, violin and orchestra, Berlin, Jan-
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uary 14, 1889. Chamber Music : Sonata in A,
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op. 9, pf. and 'cello ; in D, op. 11, pf. and
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violin ; Three intermezzi, pf. and clarinet, op.
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13 ; Quartet in F, op. 15, pf. and strings ;
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Quartet in D minor, op. 25 (Dannreuther),
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1886 ; Trio in E fiat, op. 35 ; Sonata in D
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niinor, op. 39, pf. and 'cello. Popular Concerts,
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November 18, 1889; String Quartets in G, op.
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44 ; A minor, op. 54 ; D minor, op. 64. Pour
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Irish pieces, violin and pf. Sonata in D flat,
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op. 20 ; Three pieces, op. 42 ; Toccata in C,
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etc., for pf. Prelude and Fugue, organ, Pro-
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fessor Stanford's latest work is a Requiem
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Mass, accepted for perfornaance at the
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Birmingham Festival of 1897.
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Stanhope, Charles, Third Earl of 390-L-59
Stanhope, Charles, Third Earl of,
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peer and scientist, born 1753, succeeded 1786,
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died 1816. Author of "Principles of the
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science of tuning instruments with fixed
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tones," London, 1806.

STANLEY.
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Stanislaus, Frederick 390-R-1
Stanislaus, Frederick, composer and
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conductor, born at Kidderminster, December
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27, 1844. Studied the violin at an early age,
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and was one of the "Little men" taken on
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tour by Dr. Mark, of Manchester. Organist
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of Kidderminster Parish Church, and at
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Hartlebury. Conductor of several opera
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companies in London and the provinces.
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Went to America, and on his return was
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musical director at the Prince's Theatre, and
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later at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. He
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then went to the Prince of Wales' Theatre,
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London, and subsequently spent some time
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in Australia. He conducted the touring com-
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panies with the Gilbert-Sullivan operas, and
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was much in request as an accompanist, acting
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in that capacity for Sims Reeves and others.
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He died at Hammersmith, November 22, 1891.
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His compositions include an opera, " The
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Lancashire Witches," produced at the Theatre
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Royal, Manchester ; music to several panto-
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mimes ; part of the music to " The Palace of
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Pearl," Empire Theatre, London, 1886; songs,
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part-songs, etc. His wife, as Miss Fanny
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RoBiNA, sang with much success in comic opera.
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Stanistreet, Henry Dawson 390-R-26
Stanistreet, Henry Dawson, organist
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and composer, was a chorister in York Cathe-
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dral. Mus. Bac, Oxon., 1862. Mus. Doc,
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Dublin, 1878. Organist at Bandon, Cork,
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1862, of Taum Cathedral, 1864, and of Trinity
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College, Dublin. Composer of Psalms IG and
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69, anthems, and other Church music. He
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died at Dublin, August 1, 1883.
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Stanley, Charles John 390-R-34
Stanley, Charles John, organist and
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composer, born at London, January 17, 1713.
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He was accidentally made blind when about
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two years of age. Studied music under J.
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Reading and M. Greene, and became organist
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of All Hallows' Church, Bread Street, 1724 ;
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St. Andrew's, Holborn, 1726 ; and of the
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Temple Church, 1739. He graduated Mus.
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Bac, Oxford, 1729. In 1779 he was made
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master of the Royal band of music, in suc-
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cession to Boyce. He died at London, May
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19, 1786.
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Works. — Oratorios: Jex5hthah,1757; Zimri,
Works. — Oratorios: Jeohthah,1757; Zimri,
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1760 ; Fall of Egypt, 1774 ; Arcadia, or the
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shepherd's wedding, 1761 (dramatic pastoral
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to celebrate marriage of George III.) Six
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cantatas for a voice and instruments, London
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[1742] ; Second set [1750] . Songs : Dull un-
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animated wretch ; Heigh, ho ! ; I feel new
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passions rise ; Leave me shepherd; Power of
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musick and beauty ; The red breast. Instru-
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mental ■■ Op. 1, eight solos for a German flute,
mental Op. 1, eight solos for a German flute,
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violin, or harpsichord [1745], etc.; Op. 2,
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six concertos in seven parts for four violins,
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a tenor violin, and violoncello, with a thorough-
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bass for the harpsichord ; Op. 4, six solos for
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a Germaii flute, violin, or harpsichord [1770] ;
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0pp. 5, 6, 7, ten voluntaries for the organ or
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pf. ; Six concertos set for the harpsichord or
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organ [1760].


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