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Grove's Dictionary Of Music And Musicians Vol I A. To E., 1904
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1chester Cathedral, and in 1802 was appointed organist. [His appointment to Winchester College seems not to have taken place till 1832. He was also organist of St. Maurice with St. Mary Kalender Church, Winchester. He was famous as a trainer of boys' voices (West's Cath. Org.)] In 1812 he took the degree of Doctor of Music at Cambridge. He composed some church music and other sacred pieces, some of which have been published, and some songs and glees; of the latter he published 'Twelve Glees, for three, four, and five voices.' He died May 23, 1849, aged eighty-four, and was buried in the cloisters of Winchester College Chapel. W. H. H.
3CHARITY CHILDREN, MEETING AT ST. PAUL'S. A festival service attended by the children of the old charity schools of the metropolis, was held annually in June under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, the children taking a prominent part in the singing. The first of these festivals was held in 1704, on the Thursday in Whitsun-week, at St. Andrew's Holborn; the second in 1705 at St. Sepulchre's, where the service took place until 1738, when it was held at Christ Church, Newgate St., and was continued there until 1801. In that year the children met at the cathedral, where the services were subsequently held, except in 1860 when the cathedral was under repair and the schools assembled on the Handel orchestra at the Crystal Palace. On April 23, 1789, the children met at St. Paul's, when George the Third went in state to return thanks for his restoration to health; and, earlier still, on July 7, 1713, at the thanksgiving for the Peace of Utrecht they were assembled in the streets. The effect of the music has been recorded by many eminent musicians, including Haydn, in whose memorandum book in the Conservatoire at Vienna there is a note on the service, quoting Jones's double chant (Pohl's Haydn in London, p. 212), and Berlioz, who was present in 1851 ('Soirées de l'Orchestre,' No. 21). The number of the children varied, but was generally between 5000 and 6000; they were arranged in an amphitheatre constructed for the occasion under the dome. The service, which included the Hallelujah Chorus, was accompanied by the organ, trumpets, and drums. Up to 1863 the 113th Psalm had been sung before the sermon, but in that year Mendelssohn's 'Sleepers, wake' was substituted for it. In 1865 Sir John Goss wrote a unison setting of the 'Te Deum,' which took the place of Boyce in A, and in 1866 he wrote a 'Jubilate' in the same form. Among the conductors have been Mr. Bates, Mr. H. Buckland, and Mr. Shoubridge. [The last festival service was held in June 1877, after which the custom was discontinued.] C. M.
5CHARLES THE SECOND. An English opera in two acts; the words by Desmond Ryan, the music by Macfarren. Produced at the Princess's Theatre, London, Oct. 27, 1849. G.
7CHARPENTIER, GUSTAVE, French composer, born at Dieuze (Alsace-Lorraine), June 25, 1860, was at school at Tourcoing, where his parents took up their residence after the Franco-German war. At the age of fifteen he was put into business for two years, but was admitted into the Lille Conservatoire, and having carried off many prizes then entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1881. A pupil of Massart for violin, he was afterwards in Pessard's class for harmony, competing twice for prizes without success. In 1885 he entered Massenet's composition class, and in 1887 won the grand prix de Rome, with his 'scène lyrique,' 'Didon,' first performed at one of the séances of the Institut, and afterwards at a Colonne Concert and at Brussels. Among the works composed at Rome were the orchestral suite, 'Impressions d'Italie,' which rapidly became famous, and was heard at the leading centres of symphonic music; and 'La Vie du Poète,' a 'symphonie-drama' in four movements for orchestra, soli, and chorus, set to words of his own. His latest works include 'Fleurs du Mal,' set to Baudelaire's poems, some with chorus; 'Quinze poèmes chantés,' some with chorus; a second orchestral suite (1894); 'Sérénade à Watteau' (performed in the Luxembourg Gardens, Nov. 9, 1896); 'Impressions fausses,' voices and orchestra; 'Orphée' in four acts, 'Tête rouge,' 'La Couronnement de la Muse,' etc., not yet performed.
9Charpentier's most important work is the 'roman musical' of 'Louise,' in four acts, produced at the Opéra Comique in Paris, Feb. 2, 1900, and since then on all the most important continental stages; the independence and novelty of this work has made it one of the most noteworthy of modern French operas. The poetic instinct, the exact observation of character, the art of contrast, and the balance of proportion, are marked features of the libretto, which is by Charpentier himself; the orchestral writing and the treatment of the voices are alike skilful in the highest degree, and show consummate musical taste throughout. G. F.
11CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE, was born in Paris, 1634. He went to Italy while still young, and studied music under Carissimi in Rome for some years. On his return to France Louis XIV. appointed him maître de chapelle to the Dauphin, a position afterwards held by Lulli. Charpentier then entered the household of Mademoiselle de Guise as maître de musique; and later on gave lessons in composition to the Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France, and became his Intendant de musique. He was appointed maître de musique to the Collège and to the Maison-professe of the Jesuits in Paris, and soon afterwards to the Sainte-Chapelle, where he remained till his death in March 1702, and where he was buried.
13Although working in Paris at a time when all operatic composers were more or less overshadowed by Lulli's influence and capacity,
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