Music at Balliol Author(s): Ernest Walker Source: The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 42, No. 703 (Sep. 1, 1901), p. 621 Published by: Musical Times Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3366050 Accessed: 22-11-2015 06:58 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 and Singing Class Circular. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 132.174.255.116 on Sun, 22 Nov 2015 06:58:35 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions THE MUSICAL TIMES.-SEPTEMBER I, 1901. 621 Mendelssohn's Violin Concertowas played for the first CORRESPONDENCE. time in England, a circumstanceto which we refermore particularlyin anothercolumn (p. 602). It was, however,as a musical criticthat Mr. Lincoln did A LAST WORD ON 'THOMAS AND SALLY.' his mostimportant work. On January21, 1846,the Daily News issued its firstnumber under the editorship of Charles TO THE EDITOR OF 'THE MUSICAL TIMES.' Dickens. At the or soon start, after, Lincoln became Sir,-Mr. Kidson is correctas to the date to the and held this for perfectly of secretary paper, post twentyyears. Dr. Arne's 'Thomas and Sally.' The workwas printedin He ably servedthe journal foranother twenty years-1866 and the libretto the of musical 1761, was by a Dublin man, Isaac to i886-in capacity critic,in whichavoca- Bickerstaffe,born in fromother tionhe succeeded Dickens's father-in-law. 1733. Apart arguments GeorgeHogarth, it is ridiculousto suppose thatthe authorof ' Thomas and 'The Organist's Anthology,'a series of organ arrange- Sally' could have produceda musical comedy at the age ments (now publishedby Messrs. Novello & Co.), and the of three! He was a articles'March,' 'Overture,' Pollini' contributedto page to Lord Chesterfield,Viceroy of and' Ireland, in 1746, and was an officerin a Grove's'Dictionaryof Music and Musicians,'constitute the subsequently marinecorps. His librettowas printedin 1760, and set to permanentwork of this busy journalist of the past, who, in to the music by Dr. Arne in 1761. Our Irish authorwrote ' Love addition appointmentalready mentioned, was for in a in in musical criticof the London News. village' 1763; 'Judith,' 1764, &c., &c., and died manyyears Illustrated in November,1816. One who knew him well, writesto us: ' I liked Lincoln. Yours verytruly, He was an upright,humble, sincere man. His character was no doubtinfluenced his bachelorlife. WM. H. GRATTAN FLOOD. by solitary He Lismore, dwelt on his in life and the unduly disappointments August 3, 1901. absence (as he thought)of adequate reward for his hard, unselfishwork.' His remainswere interredin Highgate Cemeteryon the I9th ult. Mr. Lincoln bore a strong resemblanceto Tennyson,in fact he was more than once mistakenfor the late Poet Laureate. MUSIC AT BALLIOL. TO THE EDITOR OF 'THE MUSICAL TIMES.' THE COMPOSER OF 'LA MASCOTTE.' Sir,-In your obituarynotice of Mr. John Farmer,it is EDMOND AUDRAN, the famous composer of operettas, stated thathe popularisedmusic at Balliol 'more fromthe died at Paris on the i6th ult.,aged fifty-nine.He was a social than the artisticside.' With regard to the latter pupil of the Ecole Niedermeyer,where he obtainedthe first halfof this,may I, as his successorand his colleague here prize for composition,and at the age of seventeenwas for several years,be allowed to quote a handfulof names appointedto an organistshipat Marseilles. It was at the taken practicallyhaphazard fromthe list of performers great French port thathis firstsuccesses as a composerof at our Sunday concertsof comparativelyrecent date- lightopera were made. Upon his removalto Paris, where Dr. Joachim,Mr. Leonard Borwick,Miss Fanny Davies, at firsthe occupied a humblelodging in a garret,he was Miss Marie Fillunger,Miss GabrieleWietrowetz, Madame soon enabled to takeup his residencein a morefashionable Marie Soldat, Miss Maud MacCarthy,Mrs. Hutchinson, quarter by the enormous vogue which attended the Miss Muriel Foster, Miss Agnes Nicholls, Mr. David bringingout of his ' Les Noces d'Olivette' in 1879, and, Bispham, Mr. Plunket Greene, Mr. Johann Kruse, Mr. in the followingyear, of the still more successful' La AlfredGibson, Messrs. Josefand Paul Ludwig, &c., &c. Mascotte.' These graceful,sparkling and melodiousworks All our programmesare of the most uncompromisingly have been equally popular in this country,and indeed, artisticstandard as regardschoice of music; thereare few togetherwith the composer's subsequent productions- of the great chamberworks or the greatsongs that have ' La Cigale,' 'Miss Helyett,' and 'La Poup6e '-have not been heard,and nearlyall the laterpiano compositions delightedaudiences all overthe world. of Brahms,as well as some importantsolo vocal worksof Bach, have been given at Balliol for the firsttime in England. Yours faithfully, ERNEST WALKER. We regrethaving to recordthe deathof Mr. ALEXANDER BIGGAR, of Sauchiehall which Balliol College, Oxford, Musicseller, Street,Glasgow, August I, 1901. took place on the 9th ult., aged sixty-two. Mr. Biggar, who was a native of Paisley, commenced his musical career as an assistant with Mr. Harrison, in Clifton. Returning to Scotland, he started business on his own account in JEWISH METHOD OF RENDERING Rothesay, subsequently removing PSALM to Glasgow, where since 1876 he has been a familiar XLVI. and much respected and appreciated personage in TO THE EDITOR OF 'THE MUSICAL TIMES.' musical and commercialcircles. Mr. Biggar, along with Mr. William Adlington,founded the Glasgow Music Sir,-May I bringthe followingunder the noticeof your Trades Association in 1893, and almost up to the last readers? Dr. Margoliouthsome years ago told me that acted as its secretary. With Mr. Elliot Bell (of Messrs. a square choir, controlledby Fuglemen, sang the 46th James Graham and Co.) he was joint secretaryof the Psalm antiphonally-theverse ' The Lord of Hosts is with Scottish Music Trades Association. He was also an us, the God of Jacob is our refuge' being used as a full originalmember of the Glasgow Societyof Musicians,and chorus,and the verse 'Be still then,and know that I am in which for many years he held office. Mr. Biggar God' as a solo, sung by the High Priest concealed in the accomplishedmuch good workfor musicin Glasgow, and 'Holy of Holies.' Dr. Margoliouthwas a friend of his demisewill be keenlyfelt in the West of Scotland. The Mendelssohn,and so impressedwas the latterby the idea, business so successfullyestablished by Mr. Biggar will that he said the Psalm should be produced in London be continued under the management of his son, Mr. in the way described,under his direction,and set to his J. A. H. Biggar,who has been associated withits leading music. Mendelssohn,alas, did not live to carryout the departmentsfor many years. idea. Will some one of the manypresent-day composers care to do so ? I ventureto thinkthat a magnificenteffect Mr. CHARLES WOOLHOUSE, the music publisher, of could be obtained with a choir of,say, I,ooo voices, a Wardour Street, we regretto state, died, after a short central orchestra,and possibly, an organ placed in a illness,on the IIth ult., aged sixty-two. He was a son of gallery. late Mr. W. the S. B. Woolhouse, a mathematicianof Yours faithfully, veryhigh attainmentsand authorof ' A treatiseon musical CAMERON BROCK. intervals.' We understand that the business will be Upper Norwood, carriedon by the deceased's son,Mr. F. R. Woolhouse. August, 1901. This content downloaded from 132.174.255.116 on Sun, 22 Nov 2015 06:58:35 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions.