Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Death of Sir John Stainer. [ARTICLE]

Death of Sir John Stainer.

Following closely upon the death of Sir Arthur Sullivan, England has lost another of its eminent musicians, Sir John Stainer, professor of music in Oxford university. Though not so widely known as Sullivan, whose reputation was largely due to his operettas, Professor Stainer was in every respect as well equipped a musician. His larger works were only a few cantatas, of which “The Daughter of Jairus” and “St. Mary Magdalene” - are the, most important, but he greatly enriched English psalmody as well as secular music with his hymns, anthems and songs. As teacher and musical scholar he stood at the head of his profession in England, and besides this had national fame as an organist. 'His various treatises upon harmony, composition and the science of music are among the best of their class, and <the “Dictionary of Musical * Terms,.” which he published jointly with W. A. Barrett, is the standard authority of its kind in English. He received the highest honors for his scholarship, and will long be remembered as one of the most proficient of contemporary scientific musicians.