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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
25 lines. Read by computer on 4 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 366. See the scan on archive.org.
1Lost; Festival March for orch.; Romanza for vln.; do. for cl., vcl. and piano; concert-études and other works for piano; songs (Songs of the Sea, etc.).
3Harris, (William) Victor, song-composer; b. New York, April 27, 1869. Pupil of Charles Blum (pf.), 1879–86; of Wm. Courtney (voice), 1887–91; of Fred. K. Schilling (harm. and comp.), 1890–92; and of Anton Seidl (conducting), 1895–96. From 1889–95, org. at various churches in Tuxedo Park, Brooklyn, and New York; 1893–4, cond. Utica Choral Union; 1892–5 répétiteur and coach at Metropolitan Opera, N. Y.; 1895–6, asst.-cond. to Seidl at the Brighton Beach Summer Concerts. Since 1902, cond. St. Cecilia Club, New York; now (1917) living in New York as a vocal instructor, cond. and composer. He has publ. about 100 songs, many of which enjoy considerable vogue; also a number of choruses for men's, women's and mixed voices. In MS. he has several orchl. works.
5Harrison, Annie Fortescue (wife of Lord Arthur William Hill), English composer.—Works: The Lost Husband, operetta (London, 1884); a cantata, The Ferry-girl (St. George's Hall, 1883); many patriotic songs, and others; piano-music.
7Harrison, Beatrice, distinguished violoncellist; b. Roorkee, India, Dec. 9, 1892. Pupil of Prof. W. E. Whitehouse at the R. C. M., where at the age of 10 she won the gold medal of the Assoc. Bd. of the R. C. M. and R. A. M. in open competition with 4,000 aspirants (mostly adults). Although she made a most successful appearance with the Queen's Hall Orch. (H. J. Wood) on May 29, 1907, she did not begin her career, but went to Berlin, where she was for almost 3 years a pupil of Hugo Becker at the 'Kgl. Hochschule für Musik,' graduating as the winner of the coveted Mendelssohn Prize (for the first time awarded to a 'cellist). She then made her début in the fall of 1910 in Berlin with pronounced success; since then she has been touring Europe, mostly in company with her sister May, the violinist; from 1913–15 she made an extensive and very successful tour of the U. S. In spite of her youth she has succeeded in winning a place among contemporary masters of the 'cello. She plays a fine Petrus Guarnerius.
9Harrison, May, fine violinist; b. Roorkee, India, March, 1891. Pupil at the R. C. M. of E. Arbos and A. Rivarde; like her sister Beatrice, she won at the age of 10 the gold medal of the Assoc. Bd. of the R. C. M. and R. A. M. over 3,000 competitors; she then st. for some time under L. Auer in Petrograd; made her début in 1904 in London with marked success, and has since toured Europe, mostly in company with her sister. In 1906 she appeared with the Madrid Symph. Orch., of which her teacher, Arbos, was cond.; at the Mendelssohn Centennial celebration in Helsingfors (1909) she took the place of Kreisler, who had suddenly become indisposed.
11Harriss, Charles Albert Edwin, comp. and organist; b. London, Dec. 15, 1862. At eight he was chorister at St. Mark's, Wrexham, where his father (Edwin H.) was organist. Ouseley scholar at St. Michael's Coll., Tenbury, in 1875; asst.-org. at St. Giles', Reading, in 1880; org. at Welshpool, and private org. to the Earl of Powis, in 1881. Since 1883 he has lived with his father at Montreal, Canada; at first as org. and 'regens chori' at Christ Ch. Cathedral, later at the Ch. of St. James the Apostle, now famed for excellent music. Also founded a glee and madrigal society.—Works: Opera Torquil (Montreal, 1896); cantata Daniel before the King (1890); many anthems; pf.-and org.-music, songs, etc.
13Hart, George, b. London, Mar. 28, 1839; d. there Apr. 25, 1891. An excellent violinist, pupil of Sainton and Macfarren at the R. A. M.; on the death of his father, John Thomas, he became head of the business; wrote the valuable works The Violin, Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators (London, 1875, and many other editions; French, 1886), and The Violin and Its Music (London; Novello, 1881).—The present head of the firm is his son George, b. Warwick, Jan. 4, 1860.
15Hart, James, bass singer and comp.; d. May 8, 1718. To 1670, singer at York Minster, then Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and lay vicar of Westminster Abbey. Comp. several songs publ. in 'Choice Ayres, Songs, and Dialogues,' 1676–84; 'The Theater of Musick,' 1685–87; 'Banquet of Musick,' 1688–92.
17Hart, John Thomas, English violin-maker; b. Dec. 17, 1805; d. London, Jan. 1, 1874. Pupil of Gilkes, he made a complete study of Italian violins, became a famous expert, and carried on an extensive commerce in old instrs. under the name of Hart & Sons.
19Hart, Philip, organist of various London churches; d. abt. 1749; comp. anthems, org.-fugues, mus. f. Hughes' Ode in Praise of Musick (1703), and for The Morning Hymn from Milton's 'Paradise Lost,' Book V (1729).
21Här'tel. [Music-publisher.] See BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL.
23Här'tel, Benno, pianist and composer; b. Jauer, Silesia, May 1, 1846; d. Berlin, Aug. 4, 1909. Pupil of Hoppe (pf.), Jappsen (vln.), Kiel (comp.). 1870, app. teacher of theory in the Berlin Royal High School for one of two readings
24Här'tel, Benno, pianist and composer; b. Jauer, Silesia, May 1, 1846; d. Berlin, Aug. 4, 1909. Pupil of Hoppe (pf.), Japps (vln.), Kiel (comp.). 1870, app. teacher of theory in the Berlin Royal High School for one of two readings
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