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The Three Choirs Festival Author(S): Roland Austin Source: the Musical Times, Vol The Three Choirs Festival Author(s): Roland Austin Source: The Musical Times, Vol. 63, No. 954 (Aug. 1, 1922), p. 576 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/909900 Accessed: 07-01-2016 13:01 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Musical Times Publications Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Musical Times. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 144.122.201.150 on Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:01:52 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 576 THE MUSICAL TIMES-AUGUST I 1922 Most musicians, I should think, would agree that Spirits and prepared me for going to-morrow after Beethoven produced works that could be placed respectively Dinner to Worcester, where I shall remain till friday in these three categories-the good, the great, and the Evening that I may attehd the three Mornings at the supreme.-Yours, &c., ARTHUR PHILLIPS. Cathedral the Musick of my Admiration Handel. ' 210, Harrow Road, W.2. Yesterday Evening Lady Reed with all her Curtsies July 7, 1922. left this place but not without inviting Your Gentleman to come as Connoisseur to visit her Mackaws, Parrots, and Parroqueets. Tell Gooly that she is not forgot for THE THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL Sestini's Songs are played in honour of her on the SIR,-The pleasures of 'grangerising' have appealed to walks and Dear Mr. Hunt enquired very kindly of the collectors in every walk of life, and though anathema to Colonel after Her. lovers of books there is no dispute that a work which lends 'I ever remain, itself to extra illustration is made remarkably interesting 'My Dearest Sophia, through the addition of prints, documents, autograph 'Your most affectionate Father, letters, and other matter which may relate to the subject 'GEORGE R. concerned. Among such collectors was the late A. M. 'P.S.-It is not right to tell stories out of Schools Broadley, who spared no pains in time or money in extra- or I could mention that the Gentleman is the admira- illustrating books which interested him; and his library, tion of all the Ladies and that on the walks He is ever when dispersed a few years since, bore witness to the energy talking to some Lady or other not known by those who with which this had been pursued. Among the books thus have been here some time, indeed I believe the treated was The Origin and Progress of the Meeting of the Knowledge of His coming has brought them from all Three Choirs, the edition by Mr. C. Lee Williams and parts of the Island.' Mr. H. Godwin in selected. Chance, published 1895, being the documents are some of date. As the result of some years of labour this single volume Among original early was extended to twelve the addition of over eleven One is a bill in the autograph of Dr. Blow for expenses of by the hundred of musical and choristers of the Chapel Royal attending the funeral of portraits, engravings topographical Mary II., in 1695 - interest, autograph letters, original music, programmes, and Queen much other matter relating to the music meetings which it 'February, 1694-5. For ye Funerall of her late would be practically impossible to gather again. Matie., Dr. John Blow, Master of ye Children of his A. M. Broadley had more than a passing interest in the Maties. Chapple craves allowance (vizt.)- Festivals, for he was a great-great-grandsonof Dr. William For ye Tenn Children of his Maties. Hayes, the musician, who was born at Gloucester and did Chapple.-For 60 pairs of waxt so much for music in the city of Oxford. For thirty years leather shooes att 3s. 6d. p. pair ... "IO IOs. Hayes was closely associated with the Gloucester meeting, For Ralph Allison, John Pennington, conducting there on several occasions. In a specially Alexr. Gerrard, 3 Chapple Boys gone printed introduction to these volumes Broadley sets out of-For 6 pr. of shooes at 4s. 6d. p. the chief facts of the career of Dr. Hayes and of his three pair ... ... ... ... ... I 7s. sons-Thomas, Philip, and William-two of whom achieved For John Webb, his Maties, Towle fame in the musical world. It was the relationship to his Keeper-For 2 pr. of of wax leather distinguished ancestor that led Broadley to form the shooes at 4s. 6d. p. pr. ... ... o 9s.' which at the sale of his in collection, library December, 1917, One of the volumes contains much material was acquired for the Gloucester Public Library through conceming the of a Alderman Edwin Lea. William and Philip Hlayes, with biographical notes, copies generosity good friend, of views of with which were It is impossible to do more than give a general idea of the compositions, places they interest of these volumes. The aim of the collector connected, and records of gatherings of their descendants, great The note now made was to insert a portrait or print of the singers, composers, arranged by Broadley. presents and referred to in the and he was only a very slight survey of the richness of this book, the places text, singularly of which is a matter for to all successful in autograph letters from a number possession congratulation adding large interested in the History of the Three of distinguished musicians and others who are mentioned. Choirs.-Yours, &c., There are engravings of Gloucester, Hereford, and Gloucester. ROLANDAUSTIN Worcester, the homes of these meetings; of Oxford for the July IO, 1922. (Librarian, Public Library, Gloucester). association with William Hayes, who became organist at and was in measure Magdalen College great responsible for PARRY MEMORIAL FUND the establishment of the Music Room there; and of Cheltenham, Exeter, Malvern, and of London theatres, SIR,-It has been decided, with the consent of the Dean with which some of those who took part in the Festivals and Chapter, that the tablet to the memory of Sir Hubert were connected. Parry in Gloucester Cathedral shall be unveiled during the Portraits are naturally the more numerous. They include forthcoming musical Festival. It will take place on many good engravings, some in mezzo-tint, as well as photo- Wednesday, September 6, at 3.45 p.m., in the course of the graphs of performers and others long since passed away, Festival performance. Lord Gladstone has kindly under- and of others still living. Among names selected at hazard taken to unveil the memorial, and Dr. Herbert Brewer are those of Dr. Boyce, Dr. Burney, Charles Wesley, informs me that he has revised the afternoon programme as Handel, tGounod, Jenny Lind, Philip Bisse, John Braham, follows: Madame Catalini, Mozart, Purcell, Rossini, Dr. Croft, 2.30 p.m.: (I) Symphony in D .. Brahims Philip and William Hayes, Maria Linley, and Francois (2) New Work .... Bantock Cramer. (3) Motet ... .... Bach The autograph letters number nearly three hundred, and Unveiling of the Tablet, with short address include those of Philip Hayes (to Dr. Arnold), Jenny Iind, by Lord Gladstone Thomas Linley, the composer (to Sheridan), Mario, the (4) 'Blest Pair of Sirens' ... Prry and others on various matters written vocalist; by of Mendelssohn, Charles Sir Ilugh Allen, at the request Dr. Brewer, has Meyerbeer, John Braham, Burney, Sir Hubert work. Cherubini, William Crotch, Mrs. consented to conduct Parry's Delany, Grisi, Mary The erection and of this tablet the Linley (mother of Mrs. Sheridan), Sir George Smart, and unveiling completes Charles and Samuel One written III. first part of the Memorial represented by this Fund. The Wesley. by George the of the from Cheltenham, and to his attendance at the committee has further undertaken publication referring score of last which is to be Worcester Festival of I784, is appended: Parry's Symphony, '1912,' performed at the Leeds Festival in October, and also pro- 'Cheltenham, August 4th, I784. poses to found a Scholarship for a chorister in Gloucester 'MY DEAREST SOPIIIA,-The account this Day of Cathedral similar to that recently founded as a memorial to Mary is so charming that it has quite put me into Dr. Charles Lloyd. The Parry Memorial Fund is not yet This content downloaded from 144.122.201.150 on Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:01:52 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions.
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