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Biographical dictionary of musicians : with a bibliography of English writings on music, 1886
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1H. J. Bärman and Karl, his son, were reckoned among the foremost clarinet players of their time. Heinrich's brother, Karl, was a bassoon player of considerable ability.
3BARNARD (Charles). American writer, has compiled a series of biographical hand-books entitled the "Tone Masters." The volumes published are—"Bach and Beethoven," Boston, 1871; "Handel and Haydn," do.; and "Mozart and Mendelssohn," 1870.
5BARNARD (Mrs. Charles) "Claribel." English song-writer, B. 1834. D. Dover, Jan. 30, 1869.
7Works.—Songs: All along the valley; Although the day; Answer to the dream; The Bell's whisper; Blind Alice; Blue Ribbon; The Broken Sixpence; The Brook; By the blue Alsatian mountains; Children's voices; Come back to Erin; Do you remember?; Dreamland; The dressmaker's thrush; Drifting; Farewell to Erin; Far away in bonnie Scotland; Five o'clock in the morning; Friends for ever; Friendship and love; Golden days; Half-mast high; Hidden voices; Hope; Hussar's parting; I cannot sing the old songs; I leaned out of the window; I remember it; Jamie; Janet's bridal; Janet's choice; Kathleen's answer; The life-boat; Little bird on the green tree; Lowland Mary; Maggie's secret; Maggie's welcome; Milly's Faith; My brilliant and I; Norah's treasure; The old house on the hill; Only a year ago; Out at Sea; Riding thro' the Broom; The Sailor Boy; Silver Chimes; Spring-time; Susan's story; Tell it not; Through the Jessamine; Walter's wooing; When I was young and fair; Won't you tell me why, Robin? Vocal duets, trios, quartets. Pianoforte pieces, etc.
9The wide-spread popularity of the majority of the songs above noted, was principally due to the homely events which they were intended to illustrate, and the pretty and extremely vocal melodies to which they were set. It is a mistake to suppose that the popularity of these effusions was due to bad taste on the part of the public, for the truth of the matter is that the people prefer songs which contain an element of humanity, however distorted, and of necessity must accept the efforts of those who will deign to write to their level. Great composers, as a rule, do not strive to elevate the taste of the people by first writing music easy of comprehension and afterwards raising the tone of their efforts, but uniformly confine themselves to the production of works calculated to please the learned. The songs of Mrs. Barnard lay no claim to be considered works of art, but they are certainly healthy and fairly interesting.
11BARNARD (Rev. John). English divine, published a "Book of Psalms, together with Fifty Tunes to sing them, neatly engraven on copper-plates." 1727. Also "A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in the Churches." Boston (U.S.A.), 1752, 12mo.
13BARNARD (Rev. John). English divine, lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. Minor-canon of St. Paul's Cath., temp. Charles I.
15Barnard is famed as having been the first to issue a collection of cathedral music. His collection of "Cathedral Music" appeared in 1641, and contains services, anthems, etc., by Tallis, Gibbons, Mundy (W.), Parsons, Bird, Morley, Tye, Bull, etc. The only perfect copy of this work is contained in the library of Hereford Cathedral. The title of this most valuable work is, "The First Book of Selected Church Music, consisting of Services and Anthems, such as are now used in the cathedral and collegiate churches of this kingdom; never before printed, whereby such Books as were heretofore, with much difficulty and charges, transcribed for the use of the Quire, are now, to the saving of much Labour and Expense, published for the general good of all such as shall desire them either for public or private exercise. Collected out of divers approved Authors, 1641."
17BARNBECK (Friedrich). German violinist and comp., B. Westfälisch-Minden, Nov. 17, 1807. Writer of lieder, violin and Pf. music, etc.
19BARNBY (Joseph). English comp., org., and cond., B. York, Aug. 12, 1838. Chor. in York Minster. S. at R.A.M., London. Org. of S. Andrew's Ch., Wells Street, London, 1863-71. Precentor and Choir-master, S. Anne's, Soho, 1871; Precentor and director of musical instruction of Eton Coll., 1875,
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