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Biographical dictionary of musicians : with a bibliography of English writings on music, 1886
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1(Constable's Miscellany, v. 52). Trans. into French, Paris, 1832, and into German, Weimar, 1835. A work of no authority, and now very generally condemned.
3STAGGINS (Nicholas). English comp., was made master of the Royal music, 1682; and Mus. Doc. Cantab. First Prof. of Music in Cambridge University, 1684. Comp. Odes, Songs, etc. D. 1705.
5STAINER (Jacob), or STEINER. German violin-maker, B. Absam, near Innsbrück, July 14, 1621. D. (insane), 1683.
7One of the most famous German makers, and one whose instruments are held in very high repute. He worked in or near his native place, and was patronized by the Archbishop of Salzburg, the Archduke Ferdinand Charles, and others. His instruments follow the Italian or Cremona model, and are celebrated for tone and finish.
9STAINER (John). English comp., org., and writer, B. London, June 6, 1840. Chorister in S. Paul's Cath., 1847-1856. Org. and choir-master of St. Benedict and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, 1854. S. under Bayley, Steggall, and Geo. Cooper. Org. at S. Michael's Coll., Tenbury, 1856. Mus. Bac. Oxon., 1859. Org. Magdalen Coll., Oxford. B.A., Oxford, 1863. Org. to University of Oxford. Mus. Doc., 1865, and M.A., Oxon., 1866. Org. S. Paul's Cath., London, 1872. Examiner for musical degrees for various institutions. Mem. of R. A. M., and Vice-president of Coll. of Organists. Government Inspector of Music in Schools in succession to Dr. Hullah, 1882. Hon. Mus. Doc., Durham, 1885.
11Works.—Gideon, oratorio. The Daughter of Jairus, cantata, Worcester Festival, 1878. S. Mary Magdalen, cantata, Gloucester Festival, 1883. Church Services in E flat, A and D. Communion Service. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, in A. Canticles of the Church arranged to Gregorian Tones. Choir Book of the Office of Holy Communion. Anthems: Awake, awake, put on Thy strength; Deliver me, O Lord; Drop down, ye heavens; Hosanna in the highest; I am Alpha and Omega; I saw the Lord; Lead, kindly light; O clap your hands; The Lord is in His holy temple; The morning stars sang together; The righteous live for evermore; They have taken away my Lord; They were lovely and pleasant in their lives; etc. Arrangements and other works for Exercises for Students, Lond., 1871, 8vo (3rd. ed., 1876). Dictionary of Musical org. A Theory of Harmony founded on the Tempered Scale, with Questions and Terms, Lond., 1876, la. 8vo (with W. A. Barrett); abbreviated edition, 1880. Harmony (Music Primer), Lond., 1877, 8vo. The Organ (Music Primer), Lond., 1877, 4to. The Music of the Bible, with an Account of the Development of Modern Musical Instruments from Ancient Types, Lond. [1879], 12mo. Composition (Music Primer), Lond., 1880, 8vo. Tutor for the American Organ, Lond., 1883, 4to.
13STAINS (V. D. de). Author of "Phonography, or the Writing of Sounds, in Two Parts, viz., Logography and Musicography," Lond., 1842, 8vo.
15STAMATY (Camille Marie). Italian pianist and comp., B. Rome, March 23, 1811. S. under Kalkbrenner, Fessy, and Mendelssohn. Married, 1848. Chev. of Legion of Hon., 1862. D. Paris, April 19, 1870. Comp. concertos, variations, and studies for Pf., and a number of didactic works for Pianoforte. Teacher of Saint-Saëns.
17STAMITZ (Johann Karl). Bohemian violinist and comp., B. Deutschbrod, 1719. D. Mannheim, 1761. Comp. sonatas, concertos, and violin music. His son Karl, B. Mannheim, May 7, 1746. D. Jena, 1801. Comp. an opera, symphonies, concertos, and other instrumental pieces.
19STANFORD (Charles Villiers). Irish comp. and cond., B. Dublin, Sept. 30, 1852. Son of the late John Stanford, Esq., Examiner in the Court of Chancery, Dublin. S. under Arthur O'Leary and Sir Robert Stewart of Dublin, and in 1874-76, under Reinecke at Leipzig, and Kiel at Berlin. Org. Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1873. Cond. of University Musical Soc. Graduated in Classical honours, Cambridge, 1874. M.A., Cambridge, 1877. Prof. of comp. and orch. playing at Royal Coll. of Music, London. Hon. Mus. Doc. Oxon., 1883. Cond. of the Bach Choir, 1885.
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