The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-17
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Some F Famous Irish Musicians

The first musical treatise printed
in English was from the pen of Will
liam Battle, Of Drumcondra, Dublin,
and was published in 1854. Battle
became a Jesuit priest and went to
Spain, where, at the time Of his death
in 1914, he was the chaplain of the
Spanish court at Madrid and esteemed
as one Of the most learned men OF
his day.
There were many distinguished mu
sicians among the harpers of the 18th
and 18th centuries, yet Through
O'Carolan stands pre-eminently as the
representative Irish musician of that
period. O'CaroIan was born at New
town, Co. Meath, in the year 1870.
He became blind in his 22nd year, and
being an excellent player on the harp,
determined to make music his profess
sion. His compositions number over
200, and many of them are famous.
\ The innovation of the musical
glasses was due to Richard Pockrich,
native Of the Co. Monaghan, in the
year 1741 John Clegg, born in Dublin
in TIA, was one of the greatest vio-
linists of his time. Another cele-
brated Irish musician of this period
was the Able Henry Madden, of the
Ilyrecourt Go. Galway family. He
was successfully chapel master of
Tours Cathedral 0725), then to the
King Of France 073O, and finally of
the Chapel Royal, Versailles, Q74D.
lie died at Versailles in 174S.
Carrot Wesley, the father OF the
Duke of Wellington, was a musical
prodigy as boy. In 1857 he founded
Academy of Music, Dublin. This body
was the first to introduce ladies in
in the chorus. Wesley, or Lord Morn
! ington, as he afterwards became, was
the first Professor of Music in Trinity
| College. A fine edition of Lord Morn
| ingtOn's Glces and Madrigals was
edited by Sir Henry Bishop, in 1916
The earliest book on Church Plain
| Chant, was printed and published by
an Irishman, John p. Coghlan. in
17S2. John Field. born in Dublin
July 26th, 1882, was a marvellous boy
| pianist. His father took him to Lon
| don where he appeared with great
success. He was the inventor of the
musical form known as the Nocturne
His teacher, Clement, took him or
a concert tour through Europe with
wonderful success. Field settled ir
Russia where he became the fashion
able music teacher for many years
He died in Moscow.
There are many other Irish mu
sicians of later days who are SO wei
known to our readers that it would
be impossible to devote space tt
them here. We have only to mention
| William Michael O'Bourke, who
changed his name to Rookie, the in
structor of Balfe and q famous com
poser himself; John Augustus Wade
also a pupil Of O'Rourke, and the com
poser of several operas; Michae
Kelly, historian, singer and composer
Michael William Balfe, William Win
cent Wallace, George Alexander Os
borne, Of Limerick, Sir Robert Pres
colt Stewart, Augusta Holmes, borl
in Paris Of Irish parents and famous
both as pianist and composer
Charles Villiers Stanford, Hamilton
Harry, Patrick Sarsfeld Gilmore ant
many others, to show what an inter
esting history Of Irish musical cele
brities might be compiled, to the ad
vantage of their native land and t.
the credit Of the race from which
they sprung.
-MDies MuYDhp in the Hibernidn