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and Its Author(s): Dotted Crotchet Source: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 43, No. 716 (Oct. 1, 1902), pp. 646-654

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occasion, at the private house of an amateur his honoured name fresh for nearly a century, in London, there met four of the greatest and have become an indispensable part of the pianists of the day - Hummel, Kalkbrenner, equipment of all pianists fromLiszt downwards. Moscheles, and Cramer. The first, on being In the words of so eminent an authority asked to play, improvised at some length, but as Mr. Dannreuther,-from his fine appreciation with comparatively poor results. Kalkbrenner of the old pianist in Grove's 'Dictionary of and Moscheles refused to give some 'touch Music and Musicians' -' Spiritually,though not of their quality,' and Cramer was invited to mechanically, Cramer occupies a field of his gratify the company. He at first declined to own, which all pianists respect. . . . Though play, but being strongly pressed by Hummel, not of the firstauthority, he must be considered Cramer consented. ' Sitting down to the piano- one of the fathers of the church of pianoforte- fortein his usual unpretendingmanner,'-records playing, and worthyof consultation at all times.' the author of Musical Recollections ' of the last The portrait of John Baptist Cramer, which Cramer half-century'-' began to play one of forms our special supplement, is from an oil then almost new Beethoven's sonatas, entirely painting by Mr. Callcott Horsley, R.A., not to German ears. In John to English, though a and an early work of that distinguished artist. moments his audience few were literally en- It has long been in the possession of Messrs. tranced, and sat breathlesslylistening to every John Broadwood and Sons, Ltd., and, by their of note and phrase the several motivos, which kind permission,is reproduced forthe firsttime. seemed to reveal some new at inspiration every F. G. E. turn. When he had finished,Hummel rushed up to him, seized him in his arms, and kissed him on each cheek, exclaiming, " Never till now have I heard Beethoven."' EXETER AND ITS CATHEDRAL. One more anecdote, in which Liszt-the Exeter, under its various names of Isca greatest of all great pianists-figures as the Damnoniorum, Caer Wisc, Exanceaster, is dis- centre of attraction. In the year 1840, during tinguished as the one great English city which Liszt's visit to England, the veteran 'glorious has, in a more marked way than any other,kept John' and the 'young lion' met. Cramer, then its unbroken being and its unbroken position orderingupon seventy,had not been expressing throughout all ages. ' It is the one city of the a particularlyhigh opinion of Liszt, who was a present England,' says Professor Freeman,' in youth of seventeen. But when the latterarrived, which we can see within recorded times the the old man joined in the request that he should Briton and the Englishman living side by side. play. 'Oh, yes,' said Liszt, ' I'll play, and in It is the one city in which we can feel sure that sooth a duet with you, Mr. Cramer!' Both human habitation and city lifehave never ceased took their places at the instrument,and seldom from the days of the early Caesars to our own.' was Hummel's beautiful duet sonata in A flat In the time of AEthelstan,Exeter was a city of more beautifullyplayed. Old Cramer took the two nations and two tongues, and even now the treble, and Liszt, with that true gentlemanly cityremains a countyin itself. Its existenceof more feeling so eminently characteristic of him, than eighteen hundred years has been so eventful ' accommodated' his playing of the bass part to and important as to place it in the frontrank the style of his venerable colleague. When they of English cities of historicalinterest. Long after had finished,Liszt was called upon to perform weekly posts were firstdespatched fromLondon alone, and this is what he did-he played one to various parts of England, Exeter was still, as Cramer study afteranother, each one surpassing it were, on the borders of territoryscarcely the other in genial execution. Could there be a explored, and the city was the farthestwestern more generous tribute of homage fromone great point to which letters were conveyed from the artist to another ? Metropolis! Cramer was a prolificcomposer forthe piano- Notwithstanding its fine shops and other forte. His output included eight, if not more, indications of twentieth-centurybustle, it is still concertos, 105 sonatas, and a large number of freefrom electric cars which cut into (and in two) showy pieces of ephemeral value. The wayfarerson highways. As a matter of fact,the ' Periodical Sonatas,' said to have been composed city is almost void of public conveyances of the by him, the present writer has been unable to penny-faretype-even of omnibuses. A disused trace, but a clue thereto may be found on the tram-linelaid through part of the city seems to title-page of Op. 42, which states: 'This sonata furnish evidence that Exeter clings to old was composed during the firstweek in January, methods. No wonder,therefore, that the stranger I809.' This may have been one of a periodical within her gates finds a welcome change from series which justified the name. In addition to the bustling strenuousness that characterises the foregoingthere must be added two pianoforte larger centresof population, even though they be quintets, about fortytrios for pianoforte,violin, of more mushroom growth than the pleasant and violoncello, and two serenades forpianoforte, Western city set upon a hill. harp, flute,and two horns. But all these have Exeter has received several marks of royal passed into the region of oblivion. The fame of favour, resulting from the visits of various Cramer rests on his Studies. They have kept English kings. Edward I. held a parliament

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This content downloaded from 141.233.160.21 on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:17:07 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 648 THE MUSICAL TIMES.-OCTOBER I, 1902. there. The courteous Inspector of Police at of . The grave, the ancient Guildhall shows with pride the immediately below a high and ivy-covered wall, fine sword of King Edward IV., given to is severely simple, being covered by a flat stone the Mayor of Exeter in the year 1470; also the bearing the followinginscription: cap of maintenance and sword of Henry VII., In memoryof presented in 1497 in returnfor the loyalty of the MARY, daughterof Samuel Sebastian Wesley, of this city. citizens, and ordered to be carried before the She died February i3th, 1840, aged 9 weeks. Mayor on all state occasions. The Guildhall Alsoof the above named itself,rebuilt in 1330 and is a noble SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY, 1464, panelled who died at apartment some fine from Gloucester, April 19th, 1876, containing portraits aged 65 years. the brushes of Hudson and Sir Peter Lely. It was in this room that a former Mayor made Wesley particularlywished to be buried in the ready a sumptuous repast to set before their same grave as his much-loved infant and only Majesties King George III., Queen Charlotteand daughter. Another grave may be visited, situated within the walls of St. Stephen's Church-that of the composer of 'Jackson in F,' a native of Exeter and sometime of the Cathedral. The inscriptionreads thus : WILLIAM JACKSON Born in this city xxix May MDCCXXX. Died v July MDCCCIII. In the Science of Music an eminent Professor,whose genius united elegant expression, pure and original melody, with delicacy of harmonic combination. In painting, in literature, in every liberal study that --NO enlightensthe intellect,or expands the heart, his attain- :~~~~~~tCit4--ii::-i-ii'~j:::: Crnerqfti ~i:i ments were rare and distinguished: a writer,novel and -:::e:here::::::ric:::::::::ark..: is"'--:-i:::_~:::::::iii-:aiiiii,~i ::_s M a at ra ph..el Sebastian W acute in a correctand _:--::-:-::iniigi::-ii::::i:::: as :iien:'ii:iiii~iii-i~iapresman at...... i::::iiti -:ere observation, discriminatingcritic, .-:-: --ubi foiiri~ii:::-::: ps so a tearft allmiration :':: :ci~i~~iii~iiiii-iiliendeared to his select associates a conversationand ::i~:-_?-:iii--i:?::ai':'o:: ::: pe u t asua l by p pAroOfiro demeanourof and anantlifyears TWO OgntrgofankSureator impressive fascinatingsimplicity. Also the remains of Mary relict of the above :iili~i-,-iii~it'ii~i:.i~?:-i:,i~i~i:::-:-:--_::::_ii Jackson, rxathis Cathrttrab named William Jackson, who died x January, MDCCCXL, i-i-iiiisiisbi - -xgtte . in the 82nd of her x;rb-99--76rt atGloatister,n? 3 year age. Mary, wife of John Downman, Esq. (whose remains .sburich...... inaV t in with those of her four brothers, Charles, Frederick, Romulus and Remus are deposited near this place), directed this monument to be raised; and of herself required no other memorial than that she was the daughterof William Jackson. In St. Paul's Church we find a tablet bearing the followinginscription : RICHARD LANGDON, Batchellorof Music, died the 8th September, 1803, aged 74. The church of St. Olave's is as curious as it is ancient. Its tower is within and on the right-hand side of the church and the pulpit forms part of it. St. Petrock's is another THE MONUMENT TO DR. S. S. WESLEY IN THE church of historical interest; the entrance to it NAVE OF . is between two shops. It dates back to io66, and the formerchurch had a -loft on which daughters three, during their sojourn of three stood an organ dating from1472. In 1513 a Jesus days in the city. The viands included [500o Altar was erected, and the aisle called Jesus worthof jellies and custards, but thisjelliefication Aisle. The Vicars' College (or College Hall) is was frustratedowing to a serious disagreement an ancient room which stands in South Street. between the ecclesiastical and municipal It was originally built in 1388 forthe use of the authorities,the formerclaiming the entire enter- cathedral vicars, Priest and Lay, by tainment of the royal visitors. Is it any Brantyngham, and in 1401 the Society was wonder that the Mayor declined the honour of incorporated by Royal Charter. The present knighthood! building, circa 1530, is all that remains of the A walk through the city reveals many Vicars' Close. It contains several portraits and features of interest. The musician will probably some fine specimens of old oak furniture,and is find his way to the old cemetery, pleasantly used by the College of Vicars for their situated on sloping ground. In the uppermost business meetings. tier of graves he will experience reverent Almshouses are much in evidence in Exeter. emotions in standing over the last resting place These quiet spots are pleasantly situated, and

This content downloaded from 141.233.160.21 on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:17:07 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-OCTOBER I, 1902. 649 betoken a happy haven of rest for those who and no one is more qualified to say it-' formsa have borne the burden and heat of the day. In class by itself. As far as detail goes, no building two instances their picturesque and cobble-faced of its age shows us the taste of that age in greater courtyards contain miniature chapels, still perfection.' Its external length is 409 feet,and used by the inmates fordivine service. Mention the and together are longer must of course be made of Rougemont Castle, than the Nave. If, therefore,vastness is not a probably dating fromSaxon times,besieged in the feature of this Cathedral there are some splendid reign of King Stephen and bravely defended by compensations. The visitor on beholding the Baldwin de Redvers, Earl of , in 1140. West Front is struckwith its hoary or grey-beard The visit of King Richard III. to the castle appearance. The sculptured screen, containing in 1483 is referred to by Shakespeare in his sixty-fivefigures of apostles, martyrs,saints and play of that name (Act iv., Sc. 2):- kings, is an addition to the main building. Richmond !-when last I was at Exeter, Behind this screen, and in the thickness of the The mayor in courtesyshow'd me the castle, West wall, is an chapel dedicated And call'd it-Rouge-mont: at which name I started; great interesting Becausea bardof Ireland told me once, to St. . But the chief external glory of I should not live long afterI saw Richmond. Exeter is manifested in the 'cliff-like' masonry

EXETER CATHEDRAL, FROM THE PALACE GARDENS. (Photo by the PhotochromCo., Ltd.)

While in this fortressregion it may be mentioned of the stately Transeptal Towers, unique in this that the Volunteer movement originated (in country,except the church of OtterySt. Mary, a 1852) in Exeter. It was the outcome of copy of Exeter. These noble Norman creations, suggestions made by Dr. John Charles Bucknill reared in II1112, are like castles, ' and,' as to the Lord Lieutenant of the County. Dr. Chancellor Edmonds says, ' it is possible that Bucknill became Secretary of a Committee for some idea of defence was in the mind of their carrying out the idea; volunteers were enrolled, builders.' Standing on the top of one of these and the Exeter corps consequently enjoys the Transeptal Towers, one cannot failto be impressed proud distinction of being the Ist R.V. At with their colleagues, so to speak, in strengthand one time the city was a place of coinage; the beauty, the imposing flying buttresses and the product of its mint is known by the letter E graceful pinnacles, all of which are marked immediately under the King's head. features of Exeter's chief sanctuary. The Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Exeter, But what may be said of the interior? Much possesses a distinctive beauty all its own. more than space permits, even were it possible ' The Church of Exeter,' says Dr. Freeman-- to attemptan adequate descriptionof its manifold

This content downloaded from 141.233.160.21 on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:17:07 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 650 THE MUSICAL TIMES.-OCTOBER I, 1902. beauties. First, the richly-ribbed roof extends and as they are not coloured the flyingbuttresses throughout the entire length of the building. can be seen through them. Among the details Well may Chancellor Edmonds say 'it is the of the wealth of decoration mention must be high-watermark of English vaulting.' There is made of the corbels in the Nave, which form no Lantern to break the continuityof this perfect quite a portrait gallery of Plantagenets. The roof--' one church from end to end, a church at excellent modern stained glass of Messrs. unity in itself.' Next, the beautiful Purbeck Clayton and Bell is an appropriate adjunct to marble columns, due to the genius of the great the stonework of past ages. Bishop Quivil. 'Standing between the Lady The Bishop's throne, nearly six hundred Chapel and the Choir, the visitor is in the cradle years old, is of oak, and although it rises more where Quivil rocked his ideas. There the pillar than sixty feet fromthe floor,it does not contain grew: the Exeter pillar of sixteen shafts was a single nail. This splendid canopied seat has born there. The eye falls there upon a fourfold more than once been taken to pieces. One of pillar, then upon an eightfold; then upon a the fortyMisereres is carved with the figure of clustered pillar of sixteen shafts. Thenceforth a knight in a boat drawn by a swan; it is there is no change; that pillar is repeated probably the first appearance of Lohengrin in Exeter. To sum up, this interior is not only a study in bilateral symmetry,but it leaves an impression upon the beholder of something that is harmoniously beautiful. A visit to the Cathedral Library is made specially enjoyable and instructive with the Rev. Chancellor Edmonds as a cicerone. Its chief treasure is the volume known as the Codex Exoniensis,or , a precious manuscript of the eighth, or beginning of the ninth century. This ' most glorious relic of pre-Conquest literature' is written in West Saxon (Anglo- Saxon) language, by Cynewulf. Its author was discovered by a passage in one of the poems containing Runes representing the letters forming the name Cynewulf. The contents forma great English book on all sorts of subjects wrought in verse, beginning with a fineChristian Epic on Christ. This is followed by other poems, allegorical and otherwise, of varied interest in which, as the Chancellor points out, Milton and Wordsworth are foreshadowed. We give a specimen stanza (original and translation) from the ' Christ' poem, wherein the writer refersto life as a perilous voyage, but there is a heavenly port and a heavenly pilot : Utan us to thaerehythe Let us in that port hyhtstathelian our confidenceplant, tha us gerymde which forus laid open rodera waldend the Lord of the skies, halge on heahthum (holy port in the heights) the he heofnumastag. when he went up to A PICTURESQUE CORNER OF EXETER CATHEDRAL heaven.t SHOWING THE TRANSEPTAL TOWERS. (Photo by thePhotochrom Co., Ltd.) A charter of zEthelred (993) and a manuscript of Canute (io18) take us back to a remote past in everywhere and carries harmony in form and the history of our country. Of special interest colour fromope end to the other.'" is the Foundation Charter of Exeter Cathedral, In the Clerestory region is a beautiful placed by on the altar of Minstrels' gallery, which gives the Cathedral St. Peter (the Cathedral) at the enthronementof quite a foreign character. Twelve winged , the first Bishop, in 1050. This re- figuresfill the frontspace and the two returns. markable document, 850 years old, and which This fourteenth-centuryorchestra consists of remained unknown for three hundred years, two , , flageolet, violin, harp, transferred the See of the Bishopric from two wind instruments,, organ, tambour to Exeter. It bears at the foot the and cymbals, as shown in our illustration. names of ' Eadweard (the Confessor), his two The Clerestory windows are unusually large, f The reader may be referred to an interesting little volume entitled * Exeter Cathedral. By the Rev. Edmonds. Isbister & Co. 'Anglo-Saxon Literature,' by Professor Earle, published by the A very interesting little book. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

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Archbishops, Earl Godwine, and Harold, his Later on, however, the authorities seem to have son, who fell at the Battle of Hastings, been more liberal--perhaps their consciences half-a-dozen and abbots and an equal were 'prick'd,'-as in 1748 they authorised the number of nobles and thanes. 'Are these the following payment : original signatures ? ' we ask Chancellor Silvester's note forpricking services ... 75. 7s. 6d. Edmonds. ' none of them could Probably In 1678 the bells were hung 'Sally-wise' by write,' he replies, with a merry twinkle in his a Mr. Warren at a cost of This reference Another is the Exeter ['40. eye. manuscript to the bells suggests mention of the recent Domesday, of io86, a description of lands in of two and the of the whole the counties of Somerset recasting rehanging Devon, Wilts, Dorset, of this fine of ten bells, with an extra one and Cornwall-the Rolls made the peal original by sounding A flat:-- Conqueror's commissioners. The Act Books of the Cathedral contain much -- - interesting information on various matters, SI

THE MINSTRELS' GALLERY. (Photo by Mr. John R-. Browning, Exeter.) musical and otherwise. For instance, an entry The last bell of the series gives forth a lovely at Michaelmas, 1389, reads:- note, and the whole peal is not only a delight For mending the organs of the chapel of St. Mary's to the ear, but the heaviest and finest toned in . . [the Lady Chapel] 2s. 4d. the country. It will be observed that with the Ten years later the following extravagant aid of the extra bell the melodic minor is recorded: (A flat) expenditure scale of C can be obtained-' producing a very Paid fora porpoise taken at forthe use of the Canons 6d. beautiful effect when muffled for a funeral,' . . . remarks Dr. an we that Under the heading 'Quire, 1681,' we findthis Wood; effect, may add, economical act' of the and is ' most musical, most melancholy.' ' Chapter:- To return to the Act Books. There is more Ordered that ye several Vicars and Secondaries shall prick theirown books or get themto be done at theirown than one entry bearing testimony to strained expence. relations between Dr. S. S. Wesley and the

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Chapter during the organistship of the former. But a quartet of noble Bishops must yet be added Here is one under date of May 16, 1840 :- to the above-Peter Quivil (1280), designer and They [the Dean and Chapter] ordered that Dr. Wesley firstbuilder of the Decorated Cathedral; Thomas be informedthat he is not to give lessons on the organ who carried on the either his to Bitton (1292), Quivil to apprenticesor any other person,the order Walter de and not being meant to extend to a prohibition to the traditions; Stapeldon (I3o8) John apprenticesto practise any service foruse in the church. Grandisson (1327), the last named 'the most of all the of Exeter'-for In less than a year the composer of 'The magnificent Bishops Wilderness' shook the dust of Exeter from off the noble work they did in the erection of the and whose memories are in his feet and went to Leeds; but before his Cathedral, engraven the beautiful fane as we behold successor was the drew a it to-day. appointed Chapter up We now turn to matters long Minute setting forth the duties of the may strictlymusical, in terms. Poor ! His and first,the organ. One of the earliest entries organist stringent Wesley the Rolls is for the genius and methods were not understood and in mending (claudenda) organs not the Exeter and other in 1280. A charge 'pro novis organisin fullit' certainly appreciated by in but the therein referred cathedral clergy of his day. appears 1513; pulpit Before to the and to is the organ screen, from which elevated spot referring organs the But the first of the Cathedral, one or two of the Bishops Bishop preached. important organ in Exeter Cathedral was that built in 1665 by John Loosemore, a native of Exeter and resident in the city. This fine instrument, mentioned by Macaulay in his 'History of England,' consisted of great and choir manuals, each having a compass of four octaves and a fifth, GGG to D2. It contained a very remarkable double open diapason stop. The speaking part of its largest pipe (GGG) was 20 ft. 6 in. long, and so capacious that it could hold three hogsheads, 8 gallons! Between the year 1660-67 the records contain several referencesto the building of Loosemore's organ, e.g. :- Jan., They [the Dean and Chapter] ordered thatI662. Mr. Loosemore shall be sent into Cornwall unto my Lord of Bath att ye comon charge of the Chapter to make choice of Tyn forthe new organs to be made in this church. March, I662. They ordered the horshire for Mr. Loosemore and his man to be paid for their journey into Cornwall. Oct. 1663. They ordered Mr. Loosemore's charges to be paid by the Chapter in riding to Salisbury to see the organ there,the better to informhimselfe to make the new organ of this church. Jan., i663. 201 lent to Mr. JohnLoosemore. [This entrywas probably a payment on account of the organ, which occupied two years in building.] Loosemore is buried in the Cathedral; his monument bears a inscription, of which the following translation, by Mr. John S. Bumpus, is taken from Mr. John E. West's DR. D. J. WOOD, Organists' :- ORGANIST OF EXETER CATHEDRAL. 'Cathedral Here lies, in of the Resurrection, (Photo by Messrs. Scott and Sons, Exeter.) hope JohnLoos(e)- more, formerlythe most faithfulCurator to the Dean and Chapter of this Church, and by far the chief among may be mentioned. A former holder of the the workmenof his kind: may this noble organ, placed See of Exeter was Miles Coverdale, the famous near, be a perpetual monumentof his art and genius. reformer,whose translation of the Psalms still He died 18 April, 1681, in the 68th year of his age. holds its place in the Book of Common Prayer. In course of time the organ underwent repair The name of Jonathan Trelawney is preserved at the hands of Christopher Schrider, Abraham in the famous Cornish ballad in which Jordan,who 'transposed the whole organ forthe occur the words 'And shall Trelawney die?' benefit of the choir,' and other builders. The Bishop Blackall the founder of built in is an (7I17), Charity present instrument, 1891, unusually Schools, bore the christian name of Offspring,fine specimen of the handiwork of Father Willis, and of more recent bishops the names and consists of fourmanuals, fifty-sevensounding of , now Archbishop of stops, ten couplers, and two ventils-sixty-nine Canterbury,and Edward Henry Bickersteth,the draw-stops in all. Two open diapasons of editor of the ' Hymnal Companion to the Book Loosemore's organ still remain in the great of Common Prayer,' will readily be recalled. organ. The late Sir John Stainer had a

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special predilection for this Exeter Cathedral absence and disorderlylife'; this proceeding of organ, which he regarded as one of the most the Dean and Chapter may have accounted for beautifully-voicedinstruments he had ever heard: his only known anthem, ' Have mercy.' need anything more be said? Richard Langdon, composer of the well- Before making mention of some of the known double chant in F bearing his name, organists, it may be stated that Exeter is a reigned from 1753 to 1777. A manuscript cathedral of the old foundation-Bishop and evening service in G, by him, is still sung in Canons, not Abbot and Monks. There are the Cathedral. It is somewhat in the style two in always Canons residence, and the Chapter of the well-known services of King. Langdon meets on weekly, Saturday mornings, for the was followed by William Jackson, of 'Jackson dispatch of business. The College of Vicars in F' fame. No manuscript copy of this cele- -Priest and Lay, the latter to the number of brated service is to be found at Exeter; it must twelve-has been already referredto. There is have been sung there long before it was printed a choir school at which the fourteen choristers at the instigation of Jackson's successor, James are educated, boarded and partly clothed. The Paddon, some years after the composer's death. excellent tone of the choir, and their artistic The inscriptionon Jackson's monument,already rendering of the service have been frequently quoted, states the versatilityof his gifts,of which remarked upon, and deservedly so, by musical the Service in F is perhaps the weakest example.

THE WEST FRONT, EXETER CATHEDRAL. (Photo by the PhotochromCo., Ltd.)

visitors. The voluntary Sunday evening choir From 1835 to 1842 the chief musician was which leads the singing at the congregational Samuel Sebastian Wesley. It may suffice to service in the Nave, consists of forty-twoadd to what has so often been said, that he voices. composed while at Exeter those beautiful organ The firstknown organist of Exeter Cathedral pieces which he dedicated to Lady Acland, a was 'a pious, gentle and clever youth' named member of one of the best known families in Matthew Godwin, who 'lived seventeen years and Devonshire. five months, and departed hence to heaven, 12 The present holder of the organistship is January, 1586,' as the Latin monument to his Dr. Daniel Joseph Wood, who was born at in the North records. To memory Brompton, near Chatham, August 25, 1849. him succeeded, first, Arthur Cock, and then As a boy he entered the choir of Rochester Edward Gibbons, elder brother of the famous Cathedral. Among his fellow choristers were Orlando. Mr. Richard Henman-who came the late Joseph Maas and Dr. Joseph C. Bridge, upon the scene one hundred years after Mr. of Chester Cathedral; the eldest brother of the Cock-was dismissed (in 1741) 'for his long latter,Sir Frederick Bridge, had leftthe choirjust

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before Master Wood joined. After having of musical rhythm, Dr. Burney was famous been deputy-organist of , merely and actually as the fatherof the author of Dr. Wood held, in succession, the organistships 'Evelina,' 'Cecilia,' 'Camilla.'* Macaulay of Holy Trinity Church, Old Brompton (Kent); rightly appreciated the value of the Lady of Cranbrook Parish Church; Lee Parish Church; Fiction. Yet who now reads ' Cecilia'? Who Boston (Lincolnshire) Parish Church; and reads the ' Diary'? On the other hand, . In 1876, upon the death Macaulay was totally ignorant of the real value of Alfred Angel, Dr. Wood was appointed of Fanny Burney's father. It was far more organist of Exeter Cathedral, a post which important to him that Johnson should have he still worthily holds, the services testifyingpetted the young girl at the house in St. Martin's to the reverent and painstaking care with Lane, than that Charles Burney should have which he discharges his duties. He is a speculated profoundlyupon the art of his choice, Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and upon the musical tendencies of the various and Bachelor of Music in the University countriesthrough which he travelled. Macaulay of Oxford; in 1896 he received the Degree of makes indeed the most casual of references,as Doctor of Music Cantuar. As conductor of though he were unearthing a dilettantematter of the Western Counties Musical Association the least historical moment, to certain musical and the Exeter Orchestral Society, Dr. Wood parties given by Burney, at which his daughter extends the scope of his artistic interestsbeyond met the types of such characters as she embodied the Cathedral precincts,and his influenceon music in the pages of ' Evelina.' in the cityand surroundingsof Exeter is distinctly All the while that grave and reverend'Signior' for its progress and well being. In the Rev. had been building up unseen foundations of a Arnold D. Culley, Mus. Bac., one of the Priest really great futurereputation. Justas it may be Vicars, Dr. Wood has an excellent colleague as the fashion of to-day for a ' man about town' to Sub-Organist, an official appointment rightly assure a musician, not without pride in the made by the Dean and Chapter. assurance, that-' I know nothing whatever Finally, full acknowledgment, coupled with about music, but I think very little of Edward thanks, must be made of the valued assist- Elgar '-so the wits and fops made a goddess of ance rendered by the Rev. Chancellor W. J. the daughter, and frankly confessed that the Edmonds, B.D., Canon of Exeter, and Dr. father was a negligeable quantity. And to-day D. J. Wood, organist, in the preparationof these some of us who agree very whole-heartedlywith notes on Exeter and its Cathedral. the verdict of praise given in favour of Fanny DOTTED CROTCHET. Burney, cannot help feelinga certain regretthat a tradition bolstered up by Macaulay should still remain a matter of serious influence with the bulk of readers. ' Mr. Burney,' writes this master of the the A FORGOTTEN ENTHUSIAST. greatest occasional prose in language, 'obtained the degree of Doctor of Music from the In the historyof English Music it would not be ; and his works on connected with his art easy-I may go farther,and declare that it would subjects gained him a not be absolutely impossible-to find so genuine a place, respectable, though certainly men of letters.' It sufficed critic,so thorough a learner, so indefatigable a eminent, among labourer in the fields of his art as was Dr. for Macaulay that his literary master, Johnson, condescended to that Charles Burney. Not for the firsttime have I ' growl out Burney was an it taken pen wherewithto expound his merits,and honest fellow,a man whom was impossible not to like.' Nor did it occur to this man of rare to linger upon his most indubitable gifts of resolution, of stern devotion to his innermost accomplishment,so disdainful of every art other than his that it must have ideals, and to note the physical martyrdomto own, necessarily ensured the of an which he chose to subject himselfin the pursuit possession surely amazing and for the of his pet aims. Burney, as I shall attempt to extraordinary capacity that, example, cream of Italian artists in show through his own words, was an insatiable visiting England exerted themselves to obtain his that musician. His accomplishment lay almost ' suffrage,' Pachierotti became his most intimate altogether on the critical side of the matter,and friend, that even for him for the in this province he thirstedfor refreshment. No Agujari sang pleasure of the or that all the lovers of music who traveller stepping the desert (and music in thing, England was a veritable desert in the day of his visited the glimpses of a too often obscured London moon created a blockade on his concert enthusiasm) was more eager for an oasis, for a pool with its triple palms, than was Burney for nights with their chariots, or that on these the confirmation of his desires, for the occasions 'his little drawing-room was crowded ' Invention '-in the elder sense of the term-of hisassured fellowshipin art throughoutthe whole * Sir George Trevelyan records that Macaulay knew two tunes- 'God save the Queen,' and the other. The splendid formalist of world. There is a strange picture of him in words was rather proud of his limitations in this respect; and yet the To the man whose sense of same writer conceived the peroration to the Essay on 'Warren Macaulay. literary Hastings,' and he wrote the Roll Call of St. Peter's ad Vincula literaryprose rhythmwas only surpassed by his of the Tower. With these prose fantasias to remember him by, the mystery of music becomes all the more remote and insoluble, in utter, his abased, his acknowledged ignorance view of his entire lack of musical ear.

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