Cambridge in February 1876, the exercise being a setting of Psalm xxiii. for chorus, solo voices and orchestra; and his Doctor of Music degree in May 1878, his exercise, 'Jesus, an oratoriette,' for solo voices, eight-part chorus, and orchestra, having been performed with great success in the chapel of Queen's College, Cambridge. He is Examiner in Music to the College of Preceptors; was sub-organist at the Crystal Palace for some three years, and conductor for thirteen years of the South Norwood Musical Society, with which he has given 73 concerts of high-class music.
Dr. Westbrook has published much in various branches: very many organ-pieces, original or arranged; songs, part-songs, madrigals, canons; English text to many songs of Mozart, Schubert, and Fesca, etc.; in part or entirely the English text of De Beriot's, Dancla's, and Alard's Violin Schools; Organ Tutors; a large portion of the first 12 volumes of the 'Musical Standard'; very many pieces for the harmonium, etc., etc. He has a large number of pupils in the neighbourhood of his residence.
WESTERN MADRIGAL SOCIETY, THE, was one of the results of that impulse to the study of ancient music which began in England in the latter part of the first half of this century, and which produced the Musical Antiquarian, Handel, and Motet Societies, V. Novello's Purcell, and edition of Boyce's Cathedral Music, Burns's Services and Anthems, the Parish Choir, and other monuments.
It was founded at a meeting held at 27 Soho Square, Feb. 24, 1840: its first president was Mr. Joseph Calkin, and its first conductor Mr. W. Hawes, who was succeeded by Messrs. J. Turle and James Coward, Dr. E. J. Hopkins and Dr. J. F. Bridge. Ten practice- meetings are held annually, from October to April, at the house of the Royal Society of Musicians, Lisle Street, Leicester Square. The annual subscription is two guineas, and the number of ordinary members forty. Prizes are occasionally given for the composition of madrigals. The Society has accumulated a fine library.
WESTLAKE, Frederick, pianist and composer, born 1840, at Romsey, Hants. From 1855–59 he was a student at the Royal Academy of Music, of which institution in 1860 he was made Sub-professor, then Associate, and in 1863 Professor. Mr. Westlake played in public with success, until the demands made on his time for teaching became too great. He re-appeared, Oct. 22, 1873, at Mr. W. H. Holmes's concert, and played, with his pupil Miss Agnes Channel,[1] Chopin's Rondo for Two Pianofortes, probably for the first time in England. Mr. Westlake is a member of the Philharmonic Society and the Society of Musicians. His compositions include a Mass in E♭; an Salutaris; a Kyrie and Gloria (with orchestra); hymns included in 'Hymns Ancient and Modern'; a Duo Concertante for Piano and Cello; an Allegro con forza, a set of nine 'Episodes,' and a Fugue in Octaves for Piano Solo; Songs and Part Songs, 'Lyra Studentium,' etc. He also completed Sterndale Bennett's edition of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues.
WESTMINSTER. Under this head may be mentioned the Catholic Gregorian Association for the study, practice, and use of Plain Chant, founded in 1882 by Mr. W. Marsh, under the patronage of Cardinal Manning and several other Bishops. The Society consists of active, honorary, and corresponding members; the subscription of the active members is 2s. 6d. a year; the affairs are managed by a Council; the Musical Director is the Rev. Charles A. Cox, and the Secretary Mr. W. Marsh, Archbishop's House, Westminster, S.W.
WESTMORELAND, John Fane, eleventh Earl of (of the creation of 1624)—better known in the musical world by the courtesy title of Lord Burghersh, which he bore before his succession to the earldom—was born Feb. 3, 1784. He entered the army and served in the various campaigns from 1805 to 1815, and was subsequently envoy at Florence, and ambassador successively at Berlin and Vienna. His love for music manifested itself in early youth, and he became a good violinist. Whilst a student at Cambridge he obtained instruction from Dr. Hague, the University professor; he also studied under Zeidler at Berlin and Mayseder at Vienna. He essayed composition, and produced 6 Italian operas, 'Bajazet,' 'Il Torneo,' 'Fedra,' 'L'Eroe di Lancastro,' 'Il Ratto di Proserpina,' and 'Lo Scompiglio teatrale'; an English opera, 'Catherine'—a re-setting of Cobb's 'Siege of Belgrade'; a Grand Mass, a Service, a Magnificat, and two anthems, besides hymns, madrigals, songs, duets, etc., etc. In 1817 he was one of the unsuccessful competitors for the prize offered for the best setting of William Linley's Ode on the death of Samuel Webbe. His real claim to distinction, however, is not his musicianship, but the energy, perseverance and success with which he advocated, and ultimately succeeded in procuring, the establishment of an Academy of Music in London, and the zeal with which, as its President, he strove at all times to advance its interests. [See Royal Academy of Music.] In 1832 he was appointed a Director of the Concert of Antient Music. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father, Dec. 15, 1844, and died Oct. 16, 1859.
WESTROP, Henry John, born July 22, 1812, at Lavenham, Suffolk; made his first appearance at 13, at the Sudbury Theatre as pianist, violinist and singer. He afterwards became organist at St. Stephen's, Norwich; in 1831 at Little Stanmore; 1832, at Fitzroy Chapel, and April 3, 1834, at St Edmund, Lombard Street, which he held till his death. He at one time played the violin at the Royal Italian Opera and the Philharmonic Society, of which he was a member.[2] Westrop's abilities as a composer were greater than his reception by musicians and the public would imply. His com-
