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Henry Bishop (composer)

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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (18 November 178630 April 1855) was an English composer. [1]

42 relations: Aladdin, American Civil War, Anna Bishop, Ballad opera, Burletta, Cantata, Carl Maria von Weber, Coloratura soprano, East Finchley Cemetery, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Frederic Reynolds, Freemasonry, Heather Professor of Music, Home! Sweet Home!, Incidental music, Jockey, John Howard Payne, Joseph Edwards Carpenter, Knight, Margate, Newmarket, Suffolk, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Oberon, Ogg, Reid Professor of Music, Robert William Elliston, Royal Opera House, Royal Philharmonic Society, Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion, Stephen Glover (composer), String quartet, Sydney, The Comedy of Errors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Thomas Simpson Cooke, University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford, Vauxhall Gardens, William Crotch, William Shakespeare.

Aladdin

Aladdin (علاء الدين) is a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anna Bishop

Anna Bishop (9 January 181018 March 1884) was an English operatic soprano.

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Ballad opera

The ballad opera is a genre of English stage entertainment that originated in the early 18th century, and continued to develop over the following century and later.

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Burletta

In theater and music history, a burletta (Italian, meaning "little joke", sometimes burla or burlettina) is a brief comic opera.

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Cantata

A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

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Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 1786 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.

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Coloratura soprano

A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills.

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East Finchley Cemetery

East Finchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road, East Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet.

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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869) was a British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date, the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party.

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Frederic Reynolds

Frederic Reynolds (1 November 1764 – 16 April 1841) was a British dramatist.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Heather Professor of Music

The Heather Professor of Music is the title of an endowed chair at the University of Oxford.

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Home! Sweet Home!

"Home, Sweet Home" is a song adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan, the song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne.

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Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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John Howard Payne

John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had most of his theatrical career and success in London.

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Joseph Edwards Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter (2 November 1813, London – 6 May 1885, BayswaterBoase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921) was an English playwright, composer, and songwriter.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Margate

Margate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in Kent, England.

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Newmarket, Suffolk

Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk, approximately 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of London.

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Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (9 August 1789 in Montmédy, Meuse, France – 6 January 1856 in Sydney) was a musician and composer.

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Oberon

Oberon is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature.

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Ogg

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

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Reid Professor of Music

The Reid Professorship in Music was a position founded within the University of Edinburgh in 1839 using funds provided in a bequest from General John Reid.

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Robert William Elliston

Robert William Elliston (7 April 1774 – 7 July 1831) was an English actor and theatre manager.

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Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.

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Royal Philharmonic Society

The Royal Philharmonic Society is a British music society, formed in 1813.

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Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion

Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion is an 1812 oil painting by John Martin.

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Stephen Glover (composer)

Stephen Glover (1812/13–1870), was a composer and teacher.

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String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – two violin players, a viola player and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.

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Theatre Royal Haymarket

The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Thomas Simpson Cooke

Thomas Simpson Cooke ("Tom Cooke") (July 1782 – 26 February 1848) was an Irish composer, conductor, singer, theatre musician and music director – an influential figure in early 19th-century opera in London.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden in Kennington on the south bank of the River Thames and accessed by boat from London until the erection of Vauxhall Bridge in the 1810s.

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William Crotch

William Crotch (5 July 1775 – 29 December 1847) was an English composer and organist.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bishop_(composer)

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