BARNBY, Joseph

Mr. Barnby is one of the ablest conductors of vocal music now living. With Mr. H. Leslie he shares the honour of being the most successful cultivator of choral music; and like him, his choir is of universal renown. He was the first to introduce the modern orchestra into the church, by conducting Bach’s Matthew Passion music in Westminster Abbey. To him also belongs the merit of having introduced more new and great works to the English public than any...