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Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Albert, Prince

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68844Complete Encyclopaedia of Music — Albert, PrinceJohn Weeks Moore

Albert, Prince. Soon after he married Queen Victoria, he was appointed the director et the Society for the Performance of Ancient Music, and is spoken of as being familiar with the compositions of the classical masters of every school. The society of which he was director consisted of 170 performers.