Allen, Sir Hugh Percy (1869–1946), musicologist and conductor, was born at Reading on 23 December 1869, the youngest of the seven children of John Herbert Allen (1834–1905), who was in business with Huntley and Palmers of Reading. His mother, Rebecca, née...
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Allen, Sir Hugh Percy (1869–1946), musicologist and conductor
W. K. Stanton
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Anstice, Joseph (1808–1836), classical scholar and hymn writer
Alexander Gordon
revised by M. C. Curthoys
Anstice, Joseph (1808–1836), classical scholar and hymn writer, the second son of William Anstice (1769/70–1850) and his wife, Penelope Polly Isbell (bap. 1772, d. 1857), daughter of John Poole of Over Stowey, Somerset, was born on 21 December 1808 at ...
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Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994)
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Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (1898–1994) by Walter Bird, 1968 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994), organist and college administrator
Richard Stoker
Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994), organist and college administrator, was born on 15 June 1898 at Peterborough, the only son of Amos Ebenezer Armstrong (1878–1950), an organist and choirmaster, and his wife, Elizabeth Annie West, née Handford (1880–1939), a former headmistress. He had two younger sisters, ...
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Barton, William (1597/8–1678), translator and hymnologist
A. B. Grosart
revised by D. K. Money
Barton, William (1597/8–1678), translator and hymnologist, matriculated as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, in Lent 1619; he graduated BA in 1622 and proceeded MA in 1625. He was ordained priest on 21 September 1623. He is probably to be identified with the ...
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Chilmead, Edmund (1610–1654), scholar and musician
Mordechai Feingold
Chilmead, Edmund (1610–1654), scholar and musician, was born at Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, where he received his early schooling. In 1625 he was made clerk at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1628 and proceeded MA in 1632, the year that also saw his instalment as petty canon of ...
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Cummings, William Hayman (1831–1915), singer and musical antiquary
Hugh J. McLean
Cummings, William Hayman (1831–1915), singer and musical antiquary, was born on 22 August 1831 at Sidbury, Devon, the son of Edward Manly Cummings and his wife, Julia. The family moved to London and he became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral. Because William Hawes...
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Galpin, Francis William (1858–1945)
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Francis William Galpin (1858–1945) by unknown photographer © reserved; Galpin Society
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Galpin, Francis William (1858–1945), Church of England clergyman, musicologist, and antiquary
Arnold Myers
Galpin, Francis William (1858–1945), Church of England clergyman, musicologist, and antiquary, was born on 25 December 1858 in Dorchester, the eldest of three children of John Galpin (1813–1883), an ironmaster, and his wife, Emily, née Hamsford (d. 1899). He is remembered for his outstanding contributions to the scholarship of musical instruments, although these were not achieved at the expense of his pastoral work. Because of his ecclesiastical title he is generally referred to in musical circles as ...
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Gill, William Henry (1839–1923), Manx folklorist and composer
Chloe Woolley
Gill, William Henry (1839–1923), Manx folklorist and composer, was born in Marsala, Sicily, on 24 October 1839, the eldest son of Joseph Gill (1810–1876), civil engineer, and his wife, Charlotte Augusta, née Stephen (1805–1862). Both parents were born in the Isle of Man...
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Greig, Gavin (1856–1914), folksong collector and teacher
Ian A. Olson
Greig, Gavin (1856–1914), folksong collector and teacher, was born on 10 February 1856 in the North Lodge, Parkhill estate, near Dyce in Aberdeenshire, the fourth of five children of Gavin Greig (1822–1881), forester and land steward, and his wife, Mary (1815–1893), daughter of ...
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Grove, Sir George (1820–1900), writer on music and lexicographer
Percy M. Young
Grove, Sir George (1820–1900), writer on music and lexicographer, was born on 13 August 1820 at Thurlow Lodge, 74 Thurlow Terrace, Clapham, Surrey, the eighth of the eleven children of Thomas Grove (1774–1852), fishmonger and venison dealer, and his wife, Mary (1784–1856), née...
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Grove, Sir George (1820–1900)
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Sir George Grove (1820–1900) by Robert Jefferson Bingham, 1863 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon (1899–1973), composer and university teacher
Eric Wetherell
Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon (1899–1973), composer and university teacher, was born at 66 Barton Road, Cambridge, on 5 March 1899, the younger of the two sons of William Sheldon Hadley (1859–1927), fellow and later master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, a distinguished classical scholar; his mother was ...
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Hague, Charles (1769–1821), violinist and composer
N. D. F. Pearce
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Hague, Charles (1769–1821), violinist and composer, was born on 4 May 1769 at Tadcaster, Yorkshire, the son of Robert Hague. He was taught music and the violin by his elder brother William. In 1779 he moved to Cambridge, where his brother had a music shop, and studied the violin and singing with ...
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Halket, George (bap. 1692, d. 1756), Jacobite songwriter and schoolmaster
William Donaldson
Halket, George (bap. 1692, d. 1756), Jacobite songwriter and schoolmaster, son of James Halket, was baptized in Banff on 6 July 1692. He completed his studies at King's College, Aberdeen, 1709–13, but—as was then quite common—did not graduate. In 1714 he was appointed schoolmaster, precentor, and session clerk of ...
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Harris, James (1709–1780), philosopher and musical patron
Rosemary Dunhill
Harris, James (1709–1780), philosopher and musical patron, was born on 24 July 1709, probably at the family home in the close, Salisbury, now called Malmesbury House. He was the eldest of three sons of James Harris (1674–1731) and his second wife, Elizabeth (...
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Harris, James (1709–1780)
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Hayes, William (bap. 1708, d. 1777), composer
R. F. Sharp
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Hayes, William (bap. 1708, d. 1777), composer, son of William Hayes (1685–1758), shoemaker, was baptized at St John's, Gloucester, on 26 January 1708. His name first appears among the list of choristers at Gloucester Cathedral in 1717, where it remains for the next ten years, during which time he was articled to the organist, ...
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Hayes, William (bap. 1708, d. 1777)
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William Hayes (bap. 1708, d. 1777) by Thomas Park, pubd 1787 (after John Cornish) © National Portrait Gallery, London
