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Joseph Robinson (composer)

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38:, Dublin, between 1823 and 1831. When his voice broke he succeeded his brother John (1810–1844) as organist of Sandford Church, Dublin. He was a vicar choral (singer) at Christ Church (1836–43) and St Patrick's (1843–8 and again 1854–6). Together with his three brothers Francis junior (c.1799–1872), William (1805–1881), and John (1810–1844) they were known as "the four wonderful brothers", frequently performing glees and partsongs as a vocal quartet. 45:, a private choral society that grew to become Dublin's leading orchestral and choral society and the "hub of Dublin's musical life" in the mid-19th century and conducted it until 1862. Later he also conducted the University of Dublin Choral Society (1876–88) and the Philharmonic Society. At a performance of 87:
His busy teaching and conducting schedule left comparatively little time for composition. Two evening services and some anthems constitute his religious music, and there are also a number of songs and arrangements of Irish folk songs, the latter particularly lauded by Stanford. He twice declined the
65:. He liked conducting at massive choral and orchestral occasions such as the 1852 Cork Industrial Exhibition, the 1853 Great Industrial Exhibition in Dublin, the 1865 Dublin International Exhibition of Fine Arts and Manufactures, and the centenaries of 61:(1831–1879; later known as "Mrs Joseph Robinson" or Fanny Robinson) in 1849, and their house at 3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street became a centre for visiting international musicians, including 80:
in 1848 and professor of singing there (1856–75, and again from 1887), also conducting choral and orchestral classes, and a vice-president of the institution's Board of Studies, 1892–6.
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conferment of a "Doctor of Music" (MusD) title from Trinity College Dublin, preferring to be known as "Joe Robinson".
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at Birmingham in August 1846, Robinson (successfully) asked Mendelssohn to orchestrate the accompaniment of his
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Joseph Robinson was the youngest son of Francis Robinson senior, a "writing master" at
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Modern edition, with commentary, in Gerard Gillen & Andrew Johnstone (eds.):
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for performance by the Antient Concerts Society. He married the English pianist
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Improved Instructions for the Harmonium with a Selection of Exercises
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Charles Villiers Stanford: chapter "Joseph Robinson" in
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vol. 6) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001), p. 147–79.
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A History of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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The Organist's Friend. Collection of Voluntaries etc.
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Index

Christ Church Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral
Antient Concerts Society
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Fanny Arthur
Joseph Joachim
Daniel O'Connell
Thomas Moore
Royal Irish Academy of Music
Charles Villiers Stanford
Categories
1815 births
1898 deaths
19th-century Irish classical composers
19th-century Irish conductors (music)
Irish classical composers of church music
Composers for piano
Glee composers
Irish Anglicans
Irish choral conductors
Irish male classical composers
Irish music arrangers
Irish male songwriters
Musicians from Dublin (city)
Romantic composers

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