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1BRANSCOMBE.
31850, "Hymns for the Church, or home circle," London, 1861. Composer of duets, songs, and pf music.
5Branscombe, Edward, tenor vocalist, born at Camberwell, London. Studied for three years at the Guildhall School of Music, at the R C M for two years, under Blume, and later with Sims Reeves When nineteen, he was appointed choirmaster and assistant organist of St Paul's, West Brixton, and formed the Brixton Orpheus Glee Club. A concert he gave in Brixton Hall, October 19, 1885, brought him into notice as a singer. In 1887, he was appointed to the Church of St. Andrew, Wells Street; and in December, 1890, lay-vicar, Westminster Abbey. He has sung at the principal London concerto, at the Crystal Palace, and in the chief provincial centres. He married MARRIE HOOTON, the contralto vocalist, who studied at the R.A.M., winning the Westmoreland Scholarship, 1888, and the Parepa Rosa Gold Medal, 1890. The artist pair now rank among the most successful of our younger singers.
7Braun, Charles, composer, born in Liverpool, 1868, where his father, an accomplished amateur, was partner in a large business firm. He was educated at Clifton, and Cambridge. Studied music at Leipzig, under Hans Sitt. Resident in England, and engaged in composition. His cantata, "Sir Olaf," was produced at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, March 5, 1889, and attracted much attention. In December, 1890, a second cantata, "Sigurd," was produced with success at the same place, both performances being conducted by Mr Rodewald, an amateur, who has done much for music in Liverpool. Charles Braun has written a good many songs, and is now engaged on an opera.
9Bray, Mrs. Anna Eliza (born Kempe), writer, born at St. Mary, Newington, Surrey, December 25, 1790. She died at London, January 21, 1888. Wrote a number of novels and miscellaneous works, and "Handel: his Life, Personal and Professional, with Thoughts on Sacred Music," London (Ward & Co.,) 1857.
11Breakspear, Eustace John, composer, writer and pianist, born in Birmingham, April 22, 1854. Studied under S. S. Stratton. Has appeared at concerts in Birmingham, as solo pianist and accompanist, but is better known as a writer on music. He has read papers on "Musical Aesthetics," and other subjects, at meetings of the Musical Association (1880-2-3), the College of Organists (1883), and at various institutions in Birmingham. His contributions to the Musical Standard, Musical Record, Musical Times, Musical Opinion, and other papers, are very numerous, and embrace a wide range of subject matter. He has written a Suite, and many pieces for pf, and a number of songs, but hitherto very little has been published.
13BREMA.
15Brechin, William, teacher, and inventor of "Brechin's Stave Sol-fa Notation," was born at Brechin, Forfar, 1824. He held appointments as precentor in Montrose, Forfar, Perth, Leith, and Edinburgh. The principal feature of his system is the employment of letters, as in the ordinary Tonic Sol-fa, to represent the notes, together with certain signs to mark the duration. The notes are written on the staff. In addition to the invention of the Stave Sol-fa Notation, Brechin has edited and compiled "Vocal Exercises, Rounds, etc., in the Stave Sol-fa Notation, forming a short course of Lessons in Sight Singing in the key of F" "Congregational Music, Psalms, Hymns, etc., in Stave Sol-fa Notation" "The Standard Scottish Psalmody" (compiled from the foregoing) "Exercises in Sight Singing", "School Song Books"; "The Stave Sol-fa Journal" (publishing in parts) containing pieces by Croft, Beethoven, Mason, Stevenson, Blow, Handel, etc.", Two Books of Swedish Songs.
17Breden, Owen, music master at St. Mark's College, Chelsea, was born at Norwood in 1841. He was for five years a pupil teacher at King's Somborne School, Hants.; and in 1860, gained a Queen's Scholarship at St. Mark's College, as a student. He had previously learned pianoforte and organ playing; and as the organ at the College Chapel was put up while he was a student, he has played it from the first, and continues to act as organist and choirmaster. He became successively master of the upper school, tutor, and vice-principal; and in 1883, gave up the last to undertake the musical work. For this, he had qualified himself by studying pianoforte under Dr Wylde, organ under Dr. H. J. Hopkins, and singing under John Kilwin.
19Brekell, John, clergyman, author of "A Discourse on Musick, chiefly Church Musick; occasioned by the opening of the new Organ in St. Peter's Church in Liverpool … Sermon," London, 1766.
21Brema, Marie, originally BREMMER, vocalist, mezzo-soprano, a native of Liverpool. She studied under G. Henschel, and made her début at the Monday Popular Concerts, February 23, 1891. Later (October) in the same year, she appeared as Lola in "Cavalleria Rusticana," at the Shaftesbury Theatre. She first sang at the Philharmonic Concerts, April 20, 1893, and at the Crystal Palace, March 24, 1894. She was engaged for the Bayreuth performance of 1894, appearing as Ortrud, and in 1896, as Fricka and Kundry. Her Festival début took place at Birmingham, October 3, 1895, when she created a marked impression by her dramatic rendering of the part of the Evil Spirit in Hubert Parry's oratorio, "King Saul." She now ranks among the leading singers of the day.
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