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Rh After two or three years of successful work in conjunction with this society, he was offered the exceedingly lucrative post of Precentor and Director of Musical Education at Eton, and as this was not to interfere with his work at St. Anne's, or with the conductorship at the Albert Hall—where he has introduced more new works of a large calibre to London audiences than any man living—he found it possible to accept the offer, and carried on his Eton work for seventeen years. In addition to these duties he has conducted at most of the State receptions—of the Shah twice, after an interval of eighteen years—of the Czar, of the Emperor of Germany, and also at the opening of the Fisheries and Colonial Exhibitions, &c. In 1892 a vacancy occurred in the principalship of the Guildhall School of Music, and Sir Joseph, feeling a strong desire to enter once more into the fierce fight of metropolitan life, accepted the appointment, although it entailed the serious loss of half his income. It is characteristic of the unselfish nature of the man, who had done all that he could do, and who felt that the power of doing good in such a position would be gigantic, to let no such mundane considerations stand in the way. He had scarcely accepted the post when he received an intimation from Lord Salisbury that the Queen had notified her desire that he should receive the well-merited reward of knighthood. As a composer Sir Joseph Barnby has contributed largely to the world of music. Among many works are his oratorio ’Rebekah,' his motett ’King all Glorious,' the cantata ’Psalm xcvii.' composed for the Leeds Festival, together with hundreds of anthems, part-songs, services, trios and chants. Indeed, hard work, the ’genius of industry,' may be said to be the keynote of his existence.

Alike in private life and as a conductor, Sir Joseph Barnby possesses a personal magnetism that draws all hearts towards him. Souvenirs of the esteem and affection in which he is held abound on all sides of Lady Barnby's drawing-rooms. Albums in handsome Russia