A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Musical Association, The
MUSICAL ASSOCIATION, THE, established in 1874, after preliminary meetings at the house of Mr. W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., and at South Kensington Museum, at the latter of which, on May 29, Mr. John Hullah presided and several members were enrolled. On August 4, 1874, the first general meeting of the members was held, Mr. A. J. Ellis, F.R.S. in the chair, and it was resolved that the Society's title should be 'Musical Association for the investigation and discussion of subjects connected with the Science and Art of Music.' The members, according to the rules, 'consist of practical and theoretical musicians as well as those whose researches have been directed to the science of Acoustics, the history of Music or other kindred subjects.' The Association meets at the Beethoven Rooms, Harley Street, on the first Monday of every month from November to June, when papers are read and discussed and published. Subscription is one guinea a year, and members are elected by ballot. The President is the Rev. Sir F. A. G. Ouseley, Bart. The Vice-presidents are Messrs. W. Chappell; Otto Goldschmidt; G. Grove; J. Hullah; Prof. G. A. Macfarren, Mus. Doc.; G. A. Osborne; W. Pole, Mus. Doc.; C. K. Salaman; W. Spottiswoode; W. H. Stone, and J. Tyndall. The Council includes the vice-presidents and Messrs. W. A. Barrett, Mus. Bac.; C. H. Barry; J. Bennett; R. H. M. Bosanquet; J. F. Bridge, Mus. Doc.; W. H. Cummings; W. H. Monk; A. H. D. Prendergast; J. Stainer, Mus. Doc.; and C. E. Stephens. The other officers are—Treasurer, Mr. Stanley Lucas; Auditors, Messrs. W. S. Collard and C. Mackeson; and Hon. Sec., Mr. J. Higgs, Mus. Bac. During the five sessions since the establishment of the Society, papers on a great variety of subjects have been read, including musical nomenclature, musical notation, pitch, temperament, systems of harmony, ecclesiastical music, musical criticism, Bach's Art of Fugue, Purcell and his family, the formation of a national musical library, orchestral music, the history, character and possible improvements of certain instruments, and questions connected with acoustics and the mathematics of music. The Society's Proceedings are published annually by Lucas & Weber. [App. p.722 "The list of Vice-Presidents for the present season (1888–9), is as follows:—Prof. W. G. Adams; R. H. M. Bosanquet; J. F. Bridge, Mus.D.; W. Chappell; G. F. Cobb; F. E. Gladstone, Mus.D.; Otto Goldschmidt; Sir George Grove; J. Higgs; Mus.B.; W. H. Monk, Mus.D.; G. A. Osborne; W. Pole, Mus.D.; C. K. Salaman; J. Stainer, Mus.D. The ordinary members of council are as follows:—H. C. Banister; C. A. Barry; Major G. A. Crawford; W. H. Cummings; F. W. Davenport (Hon. Sec.); F. Praeger; A. H. D. Prendergast; E. Prout; W. de M. Sergison; T. L. Southgate; C. E. Stephens. The auditors are Messrs. D. J. Blaikley and W. S. Collard."]
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