A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Turk

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3925070A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — TurkGeorge GroveGeorge Grove

TURK, a dog, who by his connexion with a great singer and a still greater composer, has attained nearly the rank of a person. He belonged to Signor Rauzzini, and after his death his master put up a memorial to him in his garden at Bath, in which he was spoken of as his master's 'best friend.' Haydn and Burney visited Rauzzini at Bath in 1794, and Haydn was so much struck by the memorial as to set a part of the inscription—apparently the concluding words—as a canon or round for 4 voices.

Canon a quattro.

${ << \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "1" } \relative b' { \key bes \major \time 3/4 \autoBeamOff \override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #'#(#f #f #f) bes4\fermata a8 bes c16.[ d32 ees16.] d32 | c4 r8 ees d16.[ ees32 f16.] ees32 | d4 r8 f d bes | g4 r8 ees'8 c a \bar "||" \stopStaff \once \override Score.Stem #'stencil = ##f \once \override NoteHead.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead.text = \markup \lower #0.5 "2" bes4 } \addlyrics { Turk was a faith -- ful dog; a faith -- ful dog, and not a man, And not a } \addlyrics { dog. } \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "2" } \relative b' { \key bes \major \autoBeamOff bes4\fermata r8 g ees c | f16.[ g32 a16.] bes32 c4 r8 a | bes16.[ c32 d16.] ees32 f4 r8 d | bes g ees c f f \stopStaff \once \override Score.Stem #'stencil = ##f \once \override NoteHead.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead.text = \markup \lower #0.5 "3" bes4 } \addlyrics { man. Turk was a faith -- ful dog, a faith -- ful dog, and not a man, And not a } \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "3" } \relative b' { \key bes \major \autoBeamOff bes4\fermata r8 bes g c16.[ bes32] | a16.[ bes32 c16.] bes32 a8 c a f | f' d bes d bes d, | ees4 g8 r a r \stopStaff \once \override Score.Stem #'stencil = ##f \once \override NoteHead.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead.text = \markup \lower #0.5 "4" bes4 } \addlyrics { man. Turk was a faith -- ful dog, and not, and not a man, and not a man; Turk, Turk, } \new Staff \with { instrumentName = "4" } \relative b' { \key bes \major \autoBeamOff \override Staff.Rest #'style = #'classical bes4\fermata r r | f'2 f8 f | f2 f4 | f8[ ees] r ees ees c \stopStaff \once \override Score.Stem #'stencil = ##f \once \override NoteHead.stencil = #ly:text-interface::print \once \override NoteHead.text = \markup \lower #0.5 "1" bes4 } \addlyrics { Turk! Turk was a faith -- ful dog a faith -- ful } >> }$

The house was then known as 'Perrymead' (not 'The Pyramids,' as Pohl^[1] gives it), but now as 'Warner's,' and is situated in the south-east part of Bath. All trace of the memorial seems to have disappeared.^[2]

[ G. ]

↑ 'Haydn in London,' p. 275.
↑ I am much indebted to Mr. O. T. Payne and Mr. Jerom Murch for their kindness in ascertaining that nothing further is to be found.

[1] 'Haydn in London,' p. 275.

[2] I am much indebted to Mr. O. T. Payne and Mr. Jerom Murch for their kindness in ascertaining that nothing further is to be found.

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