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Henry Forbes (composer)
Henry Forbes (1804 – 24 November 1859) was an English pianist, organist and composer. Forbes was a pupil of George Thomas Smart, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Ignaz Moscheles, and Henri Herz, and had greater success as executant and teacher than as composer. While organist of St Luke's Church, Chelsea, a London church, he published (1843) '' National Psalmody'', containing some original numbers. His opera '' The Fairy Oak'' was disliked by the critics, but had a run of a week or two after its production at Drury Lane, 18 October 1845. A cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ..., ''Ruth'', was performed in 1847. Forbes frequently associated with his brother George Forbes (1813–1883) in concerts, and was between 1827 and 1850 conductor of the Società Armonica. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomas Smart
Sir George Thomas Smart (10 May 1776 – 23 February 1867) was an English musician. Smart was born in London, his father being a music-seller. He was a choir-boy at the Chapel Royal, and was educated in music, becoming an expert violinist, organist, teacher of singing and conductor. He taught for many years at the Royal Academy of Music where his notable pupils included Elizabeth Greenfield, John Orlando Parry, Mary Shaw, and Willoughby Weiss. In 1811 he was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, having conducted a number of successful concerts in Dublin. On 1 April 1822 he was appointed organist at the Chapel Royal. From that time onwards, Sir George Smart was one of the chief musical leaders and organizers in England, directing the music for the opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851, conducting at the Royal Philharmonic Society, Covent Garden, the provincial festivals, etc., and in 1838 being appointed composer to the Chapel Royal. He was a master of the Handelian tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Società Armonica
The Societa Armonica, founded about 1827, gave subscription concerts in London, England. Symphonies, overtures, and occasionally instrumental chamber works were intermingled with vocal numbers usually drawn from Italian operas. The concerts were successively held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, Freemasons' Tavern, and the Opera Concert room in the Haymarket. They terminated in or about the year 1850. Beethoven's Overture in C major, Berlioz's Overture to '' Les francs-juges'', Carl Gottlieb Reissiger's Overture in F minor, and the Overture to Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots'' were among the works which were first performed in England at the society's concerts. Henry Forbes was the conductor, and Tolbecque and the younger Mori were the leaders of the orchestra. The orchestra included Spagnoletti, A. Griesbach, John Willy, Wagstaff, Joseph Dando, Patey, John Jay, Alsept, Robert Lindley, John Liptrot Hatton, Brookes, Domenico Dragonetti, Howell, Card, José María de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
