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1various authors, arranged for four voices, under the title of 'The Harmony of Sion,' 1752. [His son JOHN, Mus.Bac., born about 1740, was organist of St. Mary Magdalen's, Newark-on-Trent, from 1758-68. He was organist of the parish church of Walsall, from 1773 till his death, March 30, 1791. Between 1770 and 1780 he published songs, anthems, etc.] W. H. H.
3ALDAY, a family of musicians in France. The father, born at Perpignan, 1737, was a mandoline player, and the two sons violinists. The elder of the two, born 1763, appeared at the Concerts Spirituels, first as a mandoline player, and afterwards as a violinist. He settled in Lyons and established a music business there about 1795. His works are numerous, and include a 'Méthode de Violon,' which reached several editions. Paul Alday, le jeune, born 1764, a pupil of Viotti, was a finer player than his brother, and achieved a great reputation. He played often at the Concerts Spirituels up to 1791, when he came to England, and in 1806 was conductor and teacher of music in Edinburgh. [He went to Dublin in 1810, purchased a music business in Rhames Street in 1811, opened a musical academy in 1812, and was established as a professor of the violin in 1820. He died in 1835. W. H. G. F.] He published three concertos for violin, three sets of duos, airs variés, and trios, all written in a light, pleasing style, and very popular in their day, though now forgotten. M. C. C.
5ALDRICH, HENRY, D.D., was born in 1647, and educated at Westminster School. In 1662 he passed to Christ Church, Oxford, of which foundation he was afterwards so distinguished a member. He took the B.A. degree in 1666, and M.A. in 1669. He then took holy orders, and was elected to the living of Wem, in Shropshire, but continued to reside in his college and became eminent as a tutor. In Feb. 1681 he was installed a Canon of Christ Church, and in May following he took his degrees as Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity. In 1689 he was installed Dean of Christ Church. He was as remarkable for the zeal with which he discharged the duties of his station as for the urbanity of his manners. His college was his first consideration, and he sought by every means to extend its resources and uphold its reputation. He closed his career Jan. 19, 1710.
7Dr. Aldrich was a man of considerable attainments, a good scholar, architect, and musician. He wrote a compendium of logic, Artis Logicæ Compendium, which is still used at Oxford, and a number of tracts upon theology, the classics, etc., the titles of which may be seen in Kippis (Biog. Brit.). He was also one of the editors of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. Of his skill in architecture Oxford possesses many specimens; amongst others Peckwater quadrangle at Christ Church, the chapel of Trinity College, and All Saints' church. He cultivated music with ardour and success. 'As dean of a college and a cathedral he regarded it as a duty, as it undoubtedly was in his case a pleasure, to advance the study and progress of church music. His choir was well appointed, and every vicar, clerical as well as lay, gave his daily and efficient aid in it. He contributed also largely to its stock of sacred music; and some of his services and anthems, being preserved in the collections of Boyce and Arnold, are known and sung in every cathedral in the kingdom.' He formed a large musical library, in which the works of the Italian composers, particularly of Palestrina and Carissimi, are prominent features. This he bequeathed to his college, and it is to be regretted that a catalogue has not been printed. Catch-singing was much in fashion in the Dean's time; nor did he himself disdain to contribute his quota towards the stock of social harmony. His catch, 'Hark the bonny Christ Church Bells,' in which he has made himself and his college the subject of merriment, is well known. He afterwards wrote and used to sing a Greek version of this catch. He was an inveterate smoker, and another of his catches in praise of smoking is so constructed as to allow every singer time for his puff.
9Dr. Aldrich's compositions and adaptations for the church are 'A Morning and Evening Service in G' (printed by Boyce); 'A Morning and Evening Service in A' (printed by Arnold); and about fifty anthems, some original, others adaptations from the Italian. Some of these are to be found in the printed collections of Boyce, Arnold, and Page; others in the Ely, the Tudway, and the Christ Church MSS. (Hawkins, History; Biog. Dict. U.K.S.; Hayes, Remarks on Avison, etc.). E. F. R.
11ALDROVANDINI (wrongly called Aldovrandini), GIUSEPPE ANTONIO VINCENZO, born at Bologna about 1673; member of the Philharmonic Academy at Bologna (1695), and honorary maestro di cappella of the Duke of Mantua's band; studied under Jacopo Perti. He composed eleven operas (1696-1711)—of which 'Amor torna in cinque et cinquanta,' in the Bologna dialect, was perhaps the most famous—also 'Armonia Sacra' (Bologna, 1701), a collection of motets, five oratorios, and other music, sacred and instrumental. M. C. C.
13ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND D', born in Paris, Nov. 16, 1717, died there Oct. 29, 1783, was an eminent acoustician, and wrote various treatises, such as 'Recherches sur la courbe que forme une corde tendue mise en vibration' (1747); 'Éléments de musique théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de M. Rameau' (1752); 'Recherches sur les cordes sonores' (1761); and 'Recherches sur la vitesse du son.' The second of these was translated into German by Marpurg, and published 1757, the others were also translated into
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