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3that ne'er return, Flower of my life; Fill up the wine cup; Flowers of summer, Gc, thou art free, Highlander's bride, Her heart is mine, Highland soldier; Highland minstrel boy; Hark, the fairy bells, Hope for the best, Here's a health to merry England, The Holly; Hark, hark to the sound; I have been to the woods, Is the reign of fancy over? Knight of the golden crest; Light guitar; Light of heart am I, Lord, I believe, List to my wild guitar, My home beside the Quadalquiver; Minstrel's lament; Mermaid's song, Maid of Athens, My native land, good night, Maiden of Sicily, Now the lamp of day has fled, Normandy maid, Rock me to sleep, Rose of Lucerne, 1823, Rise, gentle moon; Swiss shepherd; Sing, nightingale, sing, Sailor boy's song; Spirit of love; There sits a lovely maid; The opal ring; The ship, Vesper hour, Up to the Forest, Village bells; Young moss rose; Year's last hours Systems and Singing Masters, a Comment upon the Wilhelm System, and remarks upon Mr J Hullah's Manual, London, 1842, also, 1877. School for the Voice, a theoretical and practical treatise, London [1845]; since reprinted several times
5Barnett's Mountain Sylph was the first English Opera cast in the dramatic form followed by Weber and other masters. It was very popular on its original production in 1834, and had a run of over 100 nights. Of the immense number of songs and other vocal pieces published by Barnett, amounting in all to nearly 2000 items, only a few are known to the present generation of musicians. His eldest daughter married Mr. Robert E. Francillon, the well-known novelist.
7Barnett, John Francis, pianist and composer, born in London, October 16, 1837; son of Joseph Alfred Barnett. His first pianoforte teacher was his mother. In 1849 he was placed under Dr. Wylde, and in 1850 he won a King's Scholarship at the R.A.M., and was re-elected in 1852. He appeared for the first time in public at the New Philharmonic Concert, June 29, 1853, playing the solo part in Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Concerto in D minor. In 1856 he went to Leipzig, and studied at the Conservatorium, under Hauptmann, Rietz, Plaidy, and Moscheles. He played at the Gewandhaus concerts, March 22, 1860, the D minor concerto of Mendelssohn. At his reappearance in London, New Philharmonic, April 16, 1860, he was heard in Beethoven's Concerto in E flat; and at the Philharmonic Concert, June 10, 1861, in that composer's Concerto in C minor. He was afterwards associated with Dr. Wylde as a teacher of the pianoforte in the London Academy of Music. In 1883, was appointed a Professor R.A.M., and is F.R.A.M. and Member of the Philharmonic Society. Was for a time conductor of the Berkshire Musical Society; and conducted a Philharmonic concert, April 23, 1884. First came into notice as a composer by a Symphony produced by the Musical Society of London, 1864; and receiving a commission for the Birmingham Festival of 1867, he soon attained a prominent position among the younger English composers.
9Works.—Cantatas. The Ancient Mariner (Birmingham Festival, 1867), Paradise and the Peri (the same, 1870); The Raising of Lazarus (Oratorio, New Philharmonic, June 18, 1873; Hereford Festival, 1876), The Good Shepherd (Brighton Festival, 1876); The Building of the ship (Leeds Festival, 1880), Ode, The triumph of labour (Crystal Palace, August, 1888), The wishing bell, Cantata for female voices (Norwich Festival, 1893) Part-songs; Songs, The Harp of Life, The Golden Gate, etc. Orchestral. Symphony in A minor (1864); Symphonic Overture in E (Philharmonic, 1868), Overture, A Winter's tale (British Orchestral Society, February 6, 1873); Suite, The lay of the last minstrel (Liverpool Festival, 1874), Symphonic Poem, The Harvest Festival (Norwich Festival, 1881; and revised as a Pastoral Suite, Philharmonic, May 31, 1888); Concerto in D minor, pf. and orchestra, The Ebbing tide; Liebeslied, and other smaller works for orchestra. Chamber Music Quintet in G minor, Quartet in D minor, strings, Trio in C minor, pf. and strings, Sonata in G minor, Op 41, pf and flute, in E minor, pf and violin. Pianoforte solo: Sonata in E minor, Op 45, Three Impromptus, Home scenes, nine pieces, Seven characteristic studies, and a large number of shorter pieces, elegant in style and widely popular. Offertone in G and other organ pieces.
11Barnett, J. Maughan, pianist and organist. For some years resident at Tunbridge Wells, where he held several organ appointments, and annually gave concerts. Delicate health caused him, in 1889, to leave England for New Zealand, where he soon established a reputation as a brilliant pianist and organist, giving performances also in Tasmania. He holds the office of conductor of the Wellington Musical Society, N.Z. He has written some pieces for pianoforte
13Barnett, Joseph Alfred, tenor vocalist and teacher of singing, brother of John Barnett, was born in London. Early in life he was articled to Mr. Reeve of the Olympic Theatre, and appeared as a juvenile vocalist. Afterwards he sang as a tenor vocalist, in London and the provinces, but gradually he retired from public life, and devoted himself to voice training. He married a daughter of William Hudson, the artist, and had a large family, among whom may be named John Francis and Emma, who are separately no-
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