Article: Michael William Balfe

Article: Barri, Odoardo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      23 words ...Barri, Odoardo [ Slater, Edward ] ( b Dublin, 1844; d London, 1920). Irish composer of Eng. drawingroom songs (e.g. The Boys of the Old Brigade , 1874).

Article: Hughes, Herbert
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      26 words ...Hughes, Herbert ( b Belfast, 1882; d Brighton, 1937). Irish composer and critic. Collected and arr. many Irish folk-songs. Mus. critic, Daily Telegraph , 1911–32.

Article: Bohemian Girl, The
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      51 words ...Bohemian Girl, The. Opera in 3 acts by Balfe to lib. by Alfred Bunn based on a ballet-pantomime The Gipsy by Saint- Georges (1839) and orig...

Article: John Field
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      49 words ...1782-1837, Irish composer and pianist. In London he studied with Clementi , with whom he later toured Europe. In 1804 he settled in Russia. Field was a successful...

Article: Special guest at Laurel and Hardy event.
Carluke Gazette (Carluke, Scotland);  August 9, 2007 ;     194 words ...Showing of The Bohemian Girl THERE was a very special, surprise guest of honour at Sunday...duo, The Sons of the Desert, staged a special showing of The Bohemian Girl, the Laurel and Hardy comedy which was the first film screened...

Article: O'Riada, Seán
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      60 words ...O'Riada, Seán [ Reidy, John ] ( b Cork, 1931; d London, 1971). Irish composer. Ass. mus. dir. Radio Éireann 1954–5, mus. dir. Abbey Th., Dublin, 1955–62. Lect., Univ. Coll., Cork, 1963...

Article: Barry, Gerald
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      43 words ...Barry, Gerald ( b Ennid, Co. Clare, 1952). Irish composer. Lived in Ger. for 5 yrs. Taught at Univ. Coll., Cork, 1982–3. Works incl. operas The Intelligence Park (1982–7) and TV opera The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (1994). Also much orch., chamber, and vocal mus.

Article: Davies, Ben (Grey)
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      53 words ......b Pontardawe, 1858; d Bath, 1943). Welsh tenor. Won prize at Swansea Eisteddfod, 1877. Début Birmingham 1881 in The Bohemian Girl . Sang with Carl Rosa and other opera cos. but after 1894 was chiefly to be heard in concerts and oratorio, particularly...

Article: Victory, Gerard
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      59 words ...Victory, Gerard [ Alan Loraine ] ( b Dublin, 1921; d Dublin, 1995). Irish composer and conductor. Mus. producer, Radio Telefis Eireann 1948–67, dir. of mus. 1967–82. Works incl. 15 operas and operettas...

Article: Moody, Fanny
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      51 words ......Dublin, 1945). Eng. soprano. Début London 1885; stage début with Carl Rosa Opera, Liverpool, 1887 (Arline in The Bohemian Girl ). Married Charles Manners 1890, with whom she formed Moody-Manners Opera Company. Sang at CG and was first Eng. Tatiana...

Article: Sons of the Desert converge on Lanark.
Carluke Gazette (Carluke, Scotland);  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......71 years since Stan and Ollie's classic musical comedy The Bohemian Girl was the film chosen to be the first screened at the opening...will run from around 4.30pm to 9.30pm and, along with The Bohemian Girl there are two of Stan and Ollie's early silent classics...

Article: Irish Composer Series: Romantic Ireland. Music of Gerard Victory, A.F. Potter, Padraig O'Conner, John Larchet, Arthur Duff, and Sean O Riada. Proinnsias O Duinn, RTE Sinfonietta. Marco Polo 8.223804.(Review)
Sensible Sound;  November 1, 1997 ;     154 words ...Irish Composer Series: Romantic Ireland. Music of Gerard Victory, A.F. Potter, Padraig O'Conner, John Larchet, Arthur Duff, and Sean O Riada...

Article: Wallace, (William) Vincent
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      77 words ...Wallace, (William) Vincent ( b Waterford, 1812; d Château de Haget, nr. Vieuzos, 1865). Irish composer. Played org. and vn. as boy. Led orch. in Dublin th. Emigrated to Australia 1835, opening music coll. in Sydney (which failed...

Article: Cather, Wllla 1873-1947
American Decades;      700+ words ......she published in the August 1912 issue of McClure's , "The Bohemian Girl," about an ill-fated romance between two young immigrants...Tha t fall Cather left McClure's , and a year later "The Bohemian Girl" reappeared as a tragic subplot in her first major novel...