MAINZER

Joseph . b. Trèves 21 Oct. 1801; ed. in the maitrise of Trèves cathedral; ordained priest 1826, became an abbé; singing master to the college at Trèves; left Germany on account of his political opinions and went to Bru els 1833; musical editor of L’Artiste; taught singing cla es at Paris 1834; came to England 1839, in Edinburgh 1842 to 1848, at Manchester 1848 to death; LL.D.; author of Singing for the million 1841–2, 6 ed. 1843; A treatise on musical grammar with principles of harmony 1843; The Gaelic psalm tunes of Ro shire and the neighbouring counties. Edinb. 1844; The standard psalmody of Scotland. Edinb. 1845; Music and education 1848; edited The musical athenæum 1842, four numbers only; edited Mainzer’s musical times 1842–4, continued as The musical times 1844. d. Manchester 10 Nov. 1851. A. Guilbert’s Sketch of life of J. Mainzer (1844); Chambers’s Journal 14 Feb. 1852 pp. 103–5.