Dr. Arne (1710-1778.) (Concluded) Author(s): F. G. E. Source: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 42, No. 706 (Dec. 1, 1901), pp. 798-803 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3369212 Accessed: 05-02-2016 11:45 UTC

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In St. Paul's CathedralI foundit necessaryto withhim the Sonatas, on which he wrote an appropriate play it slowly. It wouldbe interestingto trace inscription. the originof the Chorales whichMendelssohn Miss Preussercame to England in i86o, and builtherself introducedinto these Organ Sonatas. Several a charminghouse at Windermere,where she died in 1889. are well known; but I have neverbeen able to She devotedherself to philanthropicwork of all kinds,the trace that used in the opening of Sonata 5. chiefone beingthe placingof London Workhousewaifs as I, however,see someonein the room Otto fosterchildren amongst the small farmers in thelovely Lake (Mr. District she left a Goldschmidt) whose intimate acquaintance where she resided. Moreover, large with the literatureof GermanChorales would portionof her fortuneto aid in the continuationof that excellentwork. She these Sonatas and other enable himto give us valuable informationon alwayskept the precious MSS. under lock and key, and rarely allowed subject.' them to be seen. At her death she them MR. GOLDSCHMIDT, at bequeathed OTTO a subsequent to me.-ARTHUR O'LEARY. meetingof the Musical Association (February 12, 1895),said: ' In theFirst Sonata, Mendelssohn has given in his autographthe name of the Chorale (whichfor some reason the publisher DR. ARNE. has omitted)as " Was meinGott will " (" What God ordains"). I findthat it dates fromthe (1710-1778.) sixteenthcentury. Originallya French song, (Concludedfrom page 719.) it was annexed by the German Church. It is an eight-linedtune, and as such has been The followingadditional and interesting used in its entiretyby Sebastian Bach seven informationconcerning the sojournof Dr. and times-viz., in six cantatas and once in the Mrs. Arne in Dublin duringthe years 1742- "St. MatthewPassion." Mendelssohn,however, 1744 has been kindlyfurnished by Mr. W. H. has hereutilised the firstfour lines only. The Grattan Flood, organist of the Cathedral, Third Sonata contains the pathetic " Aus Enniscorthy,extracted from his forthcoming tieferNoth," and is used by Mendelssohnin book, ' The Historyof Music in Ireland':- its originalform. It was publishedin thefirst A referenceto the Dublin newspapersof the years 1742 - book of the in Luther's to 1744will at once settlethe oft-disputeddates regarding hymn Reformation, the musical the time The Fifth Sonata contains a tune doings of Dr. and Mrs. Arne in Irish (1524). metropolis. Faulkner's Dublin Yournal says: 'Last on which, regarding its origin,Sir John Stainer Wednesday (June 30, 1742), the ingenious Mr. Arne, laid particular stress and which so far, I have brotherto Mrs. Cibber,and composerof the musickof in vain tried to trace. It is five-lined,a metre Comus, togetherwith his wife (the celebrated singer), not often met with in German and arrived here fromLondon.' Garrick's 'entertainment' Hymnody, was at Smock AlleyTheatre on July I9, and, two days my impression is that it is Mendelssohn's later, Mrs. Arne's ' grand entertainment'came off,when own composition. In the Sixth Sonata, Handel, Dubourg,Kane O'Hara, and otherswere present. Mendelssohn has used the famous six-lined On August 14-16 we read that 'last week Lady King, Vater unser im Himmelreich" Our widowof the Rt. Hon. Sir HarryKing, and the celebrated Chorale, " (" Mr. Handel, so famousfor his excellentCompositions and Father, which art in Heaven "), which was finePerformances with which he entertainedthis townin first published in 1540, and is, I think, justly the mostagreeable manner,embarked for England'; and, ascribed to Luther.' on August24, it is announcedthat Messrs. Delane, Garrick, The facsimile of Mendelssohn's and Arne sailed for England.' On December 17, 1742, specimens Mrs. Arnesang forthe Dublin CharitableMusical Society autograph manuscript of the Organ Sonatas in ' Acis and Galatea,' accompanied on the violin by are reproduced (full size) by the kind and Mr. Arne,'who will introducecomic interludes, amongst special permission of Mr. Arthur O'Leary, whichwill be selectionsfrom " Tom Thumb," " The Dragon of " Miss in Town," intendedto the fortunate possessor of the originals. He Wantley," Lucy &c., give sends us relief to that grave attention necessary to be kept up in the followinginteresting note on their serious performances.' history:- An advertisement in Faulkner's _ournal, November 27-30, 1742, reads thus:-' This is to give notice to the In connectionwith these MSS. it may be interestingto Membersof the CharitableMusical Societyin Crow Street mentionthe circumstancesunder which theyfound their [this is the Societyat which Mrs. Arne sang] who have homein England. not alreadysubscribed for tickets, are desiredto send their andhis beautiful wereon terms names to Mr. Wm. Mainwaring,at his Musick-shopon Mendelssohn, wife,Cecilia, to of the mostintimate with the one of College Green,and informhim whether they will have friendship Preussers, Silveror Bath-metal,that theymay be readyagainst next the mostinfluential families in Leipzig. A daughterof the Wednesday,as no Ladies are to be admittedfor the future house, Miss AnnettePreusser, was an excellentmusician, withouttickets.' and Mendelssohntook great interest in her studies,sending On Januaryio, 1742-3,Arne's ' Comus' was produced at the Street conducted Mr. her exercisesto andothersuch attentions. Aungier Theatre, by Arne, contrapuntal work, who on the It is added that On the occasion of this nineteenth ' accompanies harpsichord.' young lady's birthday'an extraordinaryband of music will perform'; and (1846) a party was given in honour of the event, and Mr. John Neale, 'hautboy from London,' accompanied Mendelssohnand hiswife, in commonwith other notabilities, ' Sweet Echo.' On FebruaryIo, Mrs. Arne was given a were among the guests. Upon learningthat it was the benefitat AungierStreet Theatre,when were produceda Love and Mr. Arne young lady's birthdayparty, Mendelssohn expressed his grandserenata, ' Glory'-composed by in honourof the Nuptialsof His RoyalHighness Frederick, regretto Miss Annetteat not knowingof the eventbefore, Prince of Wales withthe Princess Augusta-and 'Lucy adding: ' I shall bringsomething for your acceptance in a in Town.' Sheridan had a benefiton February21, at dayor two.' Accordinglyhe calleda fewdays later, bringing Smock Alley,when he appearedin ' RichardIII.'

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At the last concert of the season, at Fishamble Street The autograph score of Judith-' formerly Music Hall, on May 20, 1743,Mr. Arne performeda solo the propertyof Mr. Bartleman,of Berners of his own composition. ' Rosamond' was announcedto '-is in Museum be at the Theatre Street, on Street now theBritish Library performed Royal, Aungier in three which May 27, but it had to be postponedowing to the illness (Add. MSS., 11515-17), volumes, of Mrs. Arne. However,it was performedon JuneiI, have not whollyescaped the ravages of the 'with muchapplause.' binder. Some of the composer'sdirections are For the openingof the season 1743-4,Mr. Dubourgand curious: ' No chords' occurs at certain Mr. Arneannounced that they would perform' six oratorios places of Mr. Handel's '; and bothcollaborated in the Birth-Day in the figuredbass part,as indicatingthat the Ode of His Majesty,words by Rev. Lewis Burroughs,D.D., organistis to play onlythe bass notes; again, givenon November20. ' Bassoons in semibriefs'; and ' Take care of for In December,1743, Mr. Arne publishedhis scheme the Instrumentalparts where I have mistaken fourperformances of 'King Alfred' and 'Abel,'-namely, The the ' contra two of each, bothcomposed by Mr. Arne'; and he adds: the lines.' terms(in chorus) ' Mr. Arnehas forsale the vocal score of " Comus," price altos' and ' contratenors,' against the present- 7 shillings. He will also sell very reasonable [sic] a day alto parts, seem to be somewhatloosely curious harpsichordfrom London, made by Kirchmann,employed; but this is a doubtfulpoint. At Tabel's foreman.' the end of the Arne has writtenthe By commandof the Viceroy and his lady, the Duke score, and Duchess of Devonshire, Arne conducted the words,Laus Deo. 'Beggars' Opera,' at the Theatre Royal, AungierStreet, Amongthe solo singerswho took part in the on December8; and on December 21, he and Mrs. Arne first performancewas the celebrated Mrs. assistedat a benefitfor Signor Barbatielli. Theresa of Soho On January9, 1743-4, Mrs. Arneperformed a comic part Cornelys, subsequently for the firsttime in the 'Dragon of Wantley'; and she Square, whose name is Italianized in the had a benefiton January28, when Mr. Arne appearedfor originalword-book as ' Mrs. Corneli' ! the firsttime as an actor,taking the partof Henry,Prince Mr. Frank Kidson, of Leeds, has kindly of Wales, with dancing betweenthe acts by M. Dumont furnishedthe informationin and Madame Chateauneuf. Mrs. Arne appeared as following regard Margery,at the benefitgiven to Mr. Sparks,on Thursday, to Arne'splaces of habitationin London. February9. Mr. Arne producedthe comedy of the ' Rehearsal' on Arnehad certainlyno dreadof' removals.' In January, March I (1743-4), at Aungier Street Theatre; and on 1740, he was at 17, Craven's Buildings,near DruryLane. March 15 he conducted the 'Beggars' Opera.' The From therehe issued his firstwork,' The Musick in the Serenata of 'Alfred' was given by Arne on March io, of Comus,' which was for him by with 'a favourableOde in honour of Great Masque engraved concluding William a noted music in who Britain, beginning "When Britain first at heaven's Smith, engraver Holborn, Command."' workedfor authors rather than publishers. Festing,Arne's had much of his work Smith. It The is beset withsnares on master, engraved by biographer every is very probable that he was the Mr. Smith to whom hand. In the firstinstalment of this sketch the Dr. Arneaddressed the note have on and misinformationof all writerson Arne you quoted p. 718, previous who was a fellowglee-singer of Arne's. It is certainthat was repeated-that concerningthe firstper- interestedin Catches and forhe ' the engraverwas Glees, formanceof his oratorio 'Judith (p. 717). was a subscriber(for 2 copies) in 1763 to Hall's ' Social Since then we have discoveredthat 'Judith' Harmony.' As Mr. Smith was a worker in metal, obtained its firsthearing three years earlier, Dr. Arne's anvil allusionis explained! in 1761, not 1764. Here is the information, Unless I am mistaken,Arne resided in Golden Square. derivedfrom the advertisementcolumns of The Mrs. Cibber was here in 1746 'in the centre house.' Public Advertiser of February 27, 1761 :- Before Arne had publishedhis Opera quarta (Book I. of he had to reside at Great At the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, Lyric Harmony') gone Queen, near Lincoln's Inn near to This Day, will be performeda new sacred Oratoriocall'd Street, Fields, conveniently Drury Lane Theatre. In 1754 he was in Charles Street, Covent Garden,and in 1761 he lived in a house ' in the The MusicJUDITH. DR. composedby ARNE, Piazza, nextthe Church,Covent Garden,' fromwhence he witha Concertoon the Organ. his 'Thomas and Sally,' issuing the work in Pit and Boxes will be laid at Half a Guinea. published together folioat hisown expense,John Walsh, the celebratedmusic First 5s. 6d. Gallery Upper Gallery 3s. publisher,afterwards buying the plates and copyright. Ticketsfor the Pit and Boxes be had of Mr. may Varney, About as we see by Dr. Cummings'sletter (p. 718), at the 1767-8, State-Doorof the Theatre. he was in West Street,Soho, and he died in Bow Street, To begin at halfan hourafter Six o'clock. CoventGarden. The same journal of the followingday It would be interestingto knowin what way Dr. Arne recordedthe performancein theseterms:- seemsto have offendedpompous Sir JohnHawkins, who in thewhole of his fivelarge volumescomprising his History Last the new sacred Oratoriocall'd Night Judith, of Music, has not a single reference to the composer of was performedat the Theatre in Royal Drury- 'Rule, Britannia' or his music. lane, to a most polite Audience, who gave it the greatest Approbation and Applause ever known on The early years of Arne's life were not the Occasion. (The Public Advertiser, February 28, unlike those of his famous contemporary, I76I.) Handel. There is no doubt that during his The work, as one of the Lenten Oratorio professionalcareer the English composerwas performances at Drury Lane Theatre, was overshadowedby the great German master. repeated on March 4 and 6, and again during Consideringthat for fortyyears theypursued Lent, in 1762. contemporaneouslyin London the moreor less

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uneven tenor of their ways, it seems strange mutton,walked out of the kitchen.Then waitingvery that Handel's biographers scarcely mention the patientlytill the waiter had servedit up,he heardone of the exclaim this meat is full of name of Arne. That he (Arne) had no great gentlemen 'Waiter! affection for his German rival, before whose maggots,take it away.' This was what the Doctor ' it me.' ' the serious works his own sank into insignificance, expected. Here,give O, sir,'says waiter, can'teat 'tis fullof '0, nevermind, is proved by the elaborate parody so ably 'you it, maggots.' cries the Doctor,'fiddlers have strongstomachs.' So described by Mr. Julian Marshall in Concordia bearingit away,and scrapingoff the cat-gut,he got a of January 22, 1876. The title of this work, heartydinner. issued seventeen years after Handel's death, of the libretto is in all and which probability The following is a catalogue of the various is as follows by Arne, : compositions by Dr. Arne, though it is to be WHITTINGTON'S FEAST ; JA New Parody on [ Alex- feared that the list is not so complete as one Feast. Written a The ander's I by College Wag. I overture,could wish. It is very difficult to gather with all the new songs,&c., grand I choruses, composedI togetherall the titles-for instance, it was only THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE JDoctor of Music. by the other day that, in turning over the leaves came It would be interestingto know if Arne met of the General Advertiser of 1750, we to be little Wolfgang Mozart during the visit of the across an advertisement of a concert Master latter to London in 1764-5. Otto Jahn is silent given (on April 3, 1750), by Jonathan a on this point. Snow, a youth nine years of age, doubtless Parke describes Arne as ' rather an eccentric son of Handel's trumpeter. This juvenile man.' There is no doubt that he was not music-making was announced 'to conclude call'd An Ode appreciated in his day, being looked upon as a with A Grand piece of Musick musical hack who wrote for the theatres. He to Chearfulness, composed by Mr. Arne.' No music is himself speaks of a composer as ' a poor devil mention of this Snowdonian a ' New of a crotchet-monger.' Dibdin records that he made by Dr. Arne's biographers,nor of and had ' a cheerfuland even temper which enabled serenata of one act call'd Beauty Virtue, This him to endure a precarious pittance.' In the written on the late Royal nuptials.'* be at later years of his life he wrote his own librettos, work was announced to performed Drury the Lenten e.g., Artaxerxes, The Guardian Outwitted, The Lane in 1762, when Arne directed Rose, &c., and in so doing furnishedproof that oratorios at that theatre. his literaryattainments were far inferiorto his COMPOSITIONS. genius as a composer, notwithstandinghis own assertion that he was a better poet than OPERAS, CANTATAS, AND OTHER DRAMATIC PIECES. musician! To the ' appreciation' of him as a Rosamond .. .. 1733 Love ina village(chiefly musician by the late John Hullah may be Tom Thumbthe Great compiled) .. .. 1762 Birth of Hercules added these words by Sir Hubert Parry: (' Set to music after The 'Arne left a mark the nation the Italian Manner') 1733 (not acted) .. .. 1763 permanent upon Dido and 'Eneas .. 1733 The GuardianOutwitted. by his admirable tunes, such as " Rule, The Fall of Phaeton .. 1736 Words also by Arne 1764 Britannia," and "Where the bee sucks."' Music in Zara.. .. 1736 Olimpiade(Italianopera) 1765 Ouseley referredto him as ' the firstEnglish- Comus (Masque) .. 1738 The Ladies' Frolick man who can be called an An hospitalfor fools, a (Comic opera,partly fairly original dramatic fable .. 1739 composed by a Mr. composer of dramatic music in the eighteenth The Judgmentof Paris 1740 Bates) .. .. 1770 century'; and Mr. J. S. Shedlock, in his Alfred(which contains Additionsto Purcell's admirable treatise 'The Pianoforte Sonata,' 'Rule, Britannia').. 1740 King Arthur .. 1770 in like it The Prince gives Dr. Arne as the first English composer Songs As you 1740 Fairy Songs in Twelfth Night 1741 (Masque) .. 1771 (or 3) to write a sonata for the harpsichord alone, The Blind Beggar of The Cooper (comic and says ' Arne's sonatas, if not great, contain Bethnal Green .. 1741 opera). Words also some neat, melodious writing.' Songs in The Merchant by Arne .. .. 1772 An Arne anecdote is related of Venice.. .. 1742 Elfrida, Music in amusing by of Dr. room and Orchestra Anec- Britannia (Masque) .. 1743 Mason's Tragedy 1772 Busby (Concert Eliza (English opera) 1743 Reffley Springt .. 1772 dotes of Music and Musicians, vol. iii., p. I36), The Temple of Dulness 1745 The Trip to Ports- of which it may be said se non e vero,e ben King Pepin'sCampaign 1745 mouth(Overture and trovato. Here it is:- Music in the Tempest 1746 dances) .. 1772 (?) Neptuneand Amphitrite1746 The Rose .. 1773 The Doctor [Arne] went to Cannons, the seat of the Don Saverio .. .. 1749 The Contestof Beauty late Duke of Chandos,to assist at the performanceof an The solemn Dirge in and Virtue .. .. 1773 .. Achilles in Petticoats oratorio[doubtless by Handel] in the Chapel of Whit- Romeo and Juliet 1750 1773 and May Day, or the little church; but such was the throngof company,that no Cymon Iphigenia (a cantata) .. 1750o (?) Gypsy (Opera) .. 1775 provisionswere to be procuredat the Duke's house. On The Prophetess .. 1759 Phcebe in Court .. 1776 going to the Chandos Arms,in the townof Edgeware,he The Sultan .. .. 1759 Caractacus, Music - in made his way into the kitchen,where he foundonly a leg Thomas and Sally 1760 (?) Mason's .. .. 1776 .. of muttonon the spit. This, the waiter informedhim, Artaxerxes (opera) 1762 was bespoken by a party of gentlemen. The Doctor (rubbinghis elbow-his usual habit) exclaimed,'I'll have * Doubtless the marriage of George III. to the Princess Charlotte, on September 8, 1761. thatmutton-give me a fiddle-string.'He tookthe fiddle- f According to the title-page, ReffleySpring rises in a little wood string,cut it in pieces,and privatelysprinkling it overthe about two miles from King's Lynn, in Norfolk.

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In addition to the above, he composed As an example of Arne's dramatic intuitive- many incidental songs, &c., forother plays-e.g., ness, his directions prefixedto the music of the The Tender Husband, The Rehearsal, The Solemn Dirge in ' Romeo and Juliet,' may also Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the be quoted :- Great, Almena, &c. At thebeginning of the processionthe Trumpets advance Oratorios-The Death of ? and words withthe Kettle Drums and sound the followingSolemn Abel, 174- Judith, notes betweenwhich the Bell till are off by J. Bickerstaff,1761. The of the tolls, they the autographmanuscript stage. [The second and kettledrums are directed latteroratorio (to whichrefer on p. 799) is in the libraryof trumpet the British Museum. Add. to be 'muffled.'] MSS., 11515-17. An Ode upon dedicating a building to Shakespeare, No account of Dr. Arne would be complete which was erected by the subscriptionof the Noblemen without further mention of his gifted sister, and Gentlemenin the neighbourhoodof Stratford-upon-Susannah Maria Arne, four his junior, Avon, 1769. years Love and glory,a grand Serenata in honour of the and his earliest pupil. When only twentyyears marriageof Frederick,Prince of Wales, with the Princess of age she marriedthat 'ugly ruffian'Theophilus Augusta. Cibber, son of Colley of that ilk, and she Six cantatasfor a voice and instruments(1756). achieved great fame, if she did not enjoy conjugal happiness, as Mrs. Cibber. A curious Eightovertures, in eightparts, four for violins, hoboys or instance of her brother's devotion came Germanflutes, and fourfor violins, French horns, &c. Six medleyor comic overtures,in seven parts,for violins out in a trial- Theophilus Cibber, Gent., and hoboys,with a bass forthe harpsichord and violoncello, Plaintiff, v. William Sloper, Esq., Defendant- compos'd by Dr. Arne,Lampe, Clarke,&c. (No. i, in G, heard in the Court of King's Bench, byArne). December 5, 1738. From the evidence of one Seven sonatas for two violins,with a thoroughbass for the harpsichordor violoncello. Opera terza. Stint-' a candle-snufferat the play-house'- Eight sonatas,or lessons forthe harpsichord.* it appears that Arne headed a mob of over a Six favouriteconcertos for the organ, harpsichord,or hundred strong and broke into Mr. Stint's pianoforte,with instrumentalparts forPublic and Private concerts. house in order to release his (Arne's) sister,who was detained in the candle-snuffer'shabitation i Mrs. Cibber's voice 'was indescribably Collections of his songs under the appeared plaintive, and her powers of expression enabled following titles :- her to impress most forciblyupon the mind of Lyric Harmony (with 'Colin and Phoebe,' in score). the hearer the of the to Two vols.(Book I is operaquarta.) meaning language which The AgreeableMusical Choice. she gave utterance.' How much there is in this SummerAmusement. (Printedfor the Authorand sold important qualification! Burney says: ' She at Pearce's China Shop in the Piazza, next King Street, captivated every ear by the sweetness and Covent Garden.) The Winter'sAmusement. expression of her voice in singing.' Moreover, The Syren. her remarkable histrionic gifts amounted to Vocal Melody. genius. ' Her rich plaintive voice, her sensi- The Vocal Grove, 1774- bility, and power of identifyingherself with the Thereare nearlytwenty books of songs sung at Vauxhall, characters she had to combined Ranelagh and Gardens. portray,' to Marylebone make her Thirteenglees, ten catches,and six canons are printed the greatest tragic actress of her day. in Warren'sand otherCollections. One of her most recent biographers (Sir Theodore Martin, in the ' ofNational The Shakespeare Ode in the above catalogue Dictionary contains a semi-chorus which has 'a strict Biography') says: ' Her studies as an actress had no doubt to her the of fuge for 4 voices' in 'Chapel time.' The given singing quality emotional based that ' Six Favourite Concertos' was a posthumous strong expression, upon publication. From the thorough understanding of the author's pur- publishers' (Harrison which to as it does and Co.) 'advertisement' thereto, it pose, gives acting, to appears its that they purchased of Michael Arne singing, principal charm.' (the The fact that Handel wrote his contralto composer's son) the copyrightof all his father's unpublished works. Dr. Arne wished to solos in the Messiah and the part of Micah in issue these particular concertos his Samson expressly for Mrs. Cibber, is an indica- during tion of the esteem in which he held her won- lifetime by subscription, for which he had derful of vocal At the prepared the following observations powers expression. first by way of the of dedication, preface, or advertisement:- performance Messiah-Dublin, April 13, Mrs. Cibber had ' He was To all Ladies and Gentlemen, on the 1742-after sung performers Organ, Dr. the friendand or e despised,' Delany, companion Harpsichord, Piano Forte--andevery skilful Professor, of who liberallywishes to promotea work,which has been Swift, got up, and in moving tones said executed with the utmost attention,and is offeredas an aloud-' Woman, forthis be all thy sins forgiven It not be without interestto humblecontribution towards their general endeavoursto thee!' may give a account of the first cultivateamong theirpupils an elegant and masterlystile contemporary performance of oratorio as recorded of performance,which they can never possiblyattain, by Handel's great in the employingtheir own and master'stime merelyon puerile leading Dublin newspaper of the day :- productions. On Tuefdaylaft Mr. Handel's Sacred Grand Oratorio, the MESSIAH, was performed in the New Mufick-Hall * A Minuetwith variations, and Dr. edited the in Fifhamble-street; the belt Judges allowed it to be the late Allegro,by Arne, by FrederickWestlake (No. 7 of Lyra Studentium),is publishedby moft finifhedpiece of Mufick. Words are wanting to EdwinAshdown, Ltd. exprefs the exquifiteDelight it affordedto the admiring

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croudedAudience. The Sublime,the Grand,and the Mr. Dubourg,Mrs. Avolio,and Mrs. Cibber,who all Tender, adapted to the moftelevated, majeftickand performedtheir Parts to Admiration,acted alfoon the movingWords, confpiredto tranfportand charmthe same difinterestedPrinciple, fatiffied with the deferved ravifhedHeart & Ear. It is butJuftice to Mr. Handel, Applaufeof the Publick,& the confciousPleafure of that the World fhouldknow, he generouflygave the promotingfuch useful & extenfiveCharity. There Money arifingfrom this Grand Performance,to be were above 700 People in the Room, and the Sum equally fharedby the Society for relievingPrifoners, collected forthat Noble & Pious Charityamounted the CharitableInfirmary, and Mercer's Hofpital,for to about 4001, out of which 1271 goes to each of the which they will for ever gratefullyremember his three great & pious Charities. (Faulkner's Yournal, Name; & that the Gentlemen of the two Choirs, April13 17, 1742.)

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Mrs. Cibber predeceased her brother. She reproduce above, has been kindly lent by died at her house in ScotlandYard, January30, Sir FrederickBridge. The ' Musical Doctor' 1766, and is buried in the North cloister of has always been regardedas Dr. Arne. But WestminsterAbbey. as the Doctor died in 1778, and Rowlandson The caricature by Rowlandson, which we did not begin his caricaturingcareer till 1781,

This content downloaded from 193.61.135.174 on Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:45:54 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-DECEMBER I, I9oI. 803 there is just a doubt as to whetherthe central Mr. Hermann Klein, the well-knownteacher of figurein the proof is the composerof ' Rule, singingon the methodof his distinguishedmaster, Britannia.' This however,does not the veteran Manuel Garcia, is, we regretto learn, scepticism, aboutto leave London and settle in New York. detract from the comicalityof the drawing, He the and was born at Norwich,July 23, 1856,and owes not especially unprofessional domestic a littleto the benefithe derived,during a residence natureof the lowerpart of the picture. of two years in Liverpool,from listeningto the For kind help in the preparationof this weeklyorgan recitals givenby the late W. T. Best. article gratefulacknowledgment is made to He made the acquaintanceof Mr. Garcia in a curious Dr. W. H. Cummings; Mr. Leopold Dix, of way. For ten years-about 1872to 1882-the great Dublin; Mr. William H. Grattan Flood, of teacheroccupied two roomson the groundfloor of the house in BentinckStreet where Enniscorthy; Mr. Burnham W. Horner, the (London) Hermann author of an little on Klein and his parents resided. He overheard interesting monograph numberlesslessons that Garcia gave to his many Arne,read beforethe Sette of Odd Volumes; distinguishedpupils, and, in the overhearing,picked Mr. C. T. Johnson, for the loan of his copy up much practical knowledgeat an impressionable of the Bartolozzi caricature; Mr. Frank Kidson, periodof his life. He himselfstudied under Mr. Garcia of Leeds; Mr. Robert A. Marr, of Edinburgh; and the Rev. E. H. Mosse, M.A., Rector of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. F. G. E.

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MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY : Sir FrederickBridge - - December 5. Charles W. Pearce - - ,, 5. JohnE. West ,, 7. Pietro Mascagni ,, 7. AlgernonAshton - - ,, 9. WilhelmKuhe - ,, IO. Henry Gadsby - ,, 15. Charles L. Graves - -15. MoritzRosenthal - ,, 18. Stephen S. Stratton - ,, g. Ernst Pauer ,, 21. George B. Arnold - - ,, 22. Edouard de Reszke ,, 22. Alan Gray ,, 23. Enrique FernandezArbos ,, 25. William Henry Hadow - ,, 27. Henry Hiles ,, 31.

The recentSammelbiinde der Internationalen Musik- gesellschaft(October-December, 190o), contains an interestingarticle by Mr. N. Kilburn, of Bishop Auckland,on the subject of ' Additionalaccompani ments to Handel's Acis.' Mr. Kilburn's paper resolvesitself into a carefuland completecomparison betweenthe originalHandel and the Mozart and the Mendelssohnversions of the orchestral score, a MR. HERMANN KLEIN. profitablestudy, in fact, on the instrumentation(From a Photographby Mr. H. S. Mendelssohn,Pembridge Crescent.) methodsof the three composers. But in justice to Mendelssohn,his re-scoringof the work-a task of the year 1828, as Mr. Kilburnsays-should be forfour years-1874 to 1878. But he did not at once, lenientlyjudged as being,more or less, in thelight of a on the terminationof his pupilage,start in practice youthfulindiscretion. His letters to Devrient,in as a teacher of singing. He went througha 1833, furnishabundant proof of this. He says : ' I self-imposedapprenticeship, so to speak, in the considerthat this matter of re-instrumentingrequires study of a voice, its upbuilding,its capabilities, the utmostconscientiousness.' He was veryanxious and so on, all the while observing,comparing, to regainpossession of the partshe had and equipping himself by practical experiments. preparedAt the actual commencement (at the age of 19) for the Berlin Singakademie of his tuitionperiod performance,but apparently without result; therefore, he came to the conclusion that most European with this knowledge,it is a pitythe additionswere languages interferedwith the productionof tone as ever published. The above-mentionedmasters are based on the Italian vowels. From 1881 to 18865he not the onlymusicians that have suppliedadditional steadilyworked out the ideas he had formedon this accompanimentsto 'Acis and Galatea'; Cipriani subject,and, as he maintains,with successful results. Potter, in 1831; Tom Cooke, in 1842; and Costa in 1858; thusthere are fiveat least who have triedtheir hands at the business. The stage representationsin As a professorof singingat the GuildhallSchool England of Handel's tunefulserenata may furnisha of Music for fourteenyears, and directorof the subjectfor consideration on somefuture occasion. operatic class during 1891, in addition to private

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