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LABITZKY, Josef. Add date of death, Aug. 19, 1881.
LACHNER. Add date of death of Theodor, May 22, 1877. P. 81 b, l. 3 from bottom, for death read retirement.
LACHNITH, L. W. P. 82 b, l. 6, for Aug. 20 read Aug. 23. Add date of death, Oct. 3, 1820.
LACOMBE, Louis. See vol. ii. p. 732 b, and add date of death, 1884.
LAFONT, C. P. Add day of birth, Dec. 1. Line 15 from bottom of page, for 1812 read 1816. Line 9 from bottom, add day of death, Aug. 23.
LAGUERRE, Jean. Add that in 1737 he sang in Capt. Breval's ‘Rape of Helen’ the part of Mercury, and that his name was correctly spelt in the cast.
LAHEE, Henry, born at Chelsea in April, 1826, held the post of organist at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, from 1847 to 1874, and is well known also as a professor and composer. His music is thoroughly English in character, and is influenced by the traditions of our old part-song writers. Mr. Lahee has been the victor in various prize competitions for glees and madrigals: in 1869 with ‘Hark, how the birds’ (Bristol); in 1878, with ‘Hence, loathed Melancholy’ (Manchester); in 1879, with ‘Away to the hunt’ (Glasgow); and in 1880 and 1884, with ‘Love in my bosom’ and ‘Ah! woe is me’ (London Madrigal Society).
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- A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450–1880)By Eminent Writers, English and Foreign, pp. 694 - 706Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1890