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    Henry Fothergill Chorley (15 December 1808 – 16 February 1872) was an English literary, art and music critic, writer and editor. He was also an author...
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    Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, 8 miles (13 km) north of Wigan, 11 miles (18 km)...
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  • Chorley Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. They currently compete in the National League North...
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    " One of the earliest reviews, by the extremely conservative critic Henry Chorley in the highly regarded London Athenaeum, described it as [A]n ill-compounded...
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    The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley, which is an unparished...
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    Lind's London debut in Robert le diable, and his friend, the critic Henry Chorley, who was with him, wrote: "I see as I write the smile with which Mendelssohn...
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    him unaffiliated. Chorley constituency consists of the majority of the borough of Chorley. As well as the central market town of Chorley itself, the seat...
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    establishing the Tate Gallery in London. Born in White Coppice, a hamlet near Chorley, Lancashire, Tate was the son of a Unitarian clergyman, the Reverend William...
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    first visited England. The critics received Robert's music coolly, with Henry Chorley being particularly harsh. She returned to London in 1865 and made regular...
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    to hear Lind's British debut, in the role of Alice. The music critic Henry Chorley, who was with him, wrote: "I see as I write the smile with which Mendelssohn...
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    not all contemporary critics approved of his work. The English critic Henry Chorley allowed in 1846 that "he is the only modern man...having a style—for...
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    distinctive musical component to the exhibition of 1862. Music critic Henry Chorley was selected as advisor, and recommended commissioning works by William...
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    book caused a sensation in England equal to Jane Eyre. English critic Henry Chorley also noted that, with The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven...
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    made against Callas".[page needed] Ardoin points to the writings of Henry Chorley about Pasta which bear an uncanny resemblance to descriptions of Callas:...
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    Chekhov's play, is dominated by the theme. In 1842, English author Henry Chorley wrote "God, the Omnipotent!", set to Lvov's tune and published in 19th-...
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  • letters Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), English music critic John Rutter Chorley (1806–1867), English scholar of Spanish literature Richard Chorley (1927–2002)...
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    the role of Valentin, 'Even bravest heart may swell' (with words by Henry Chorley). This number was then translated into French for subsequent productions...
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  • cook employed by Henry Chorley, a surgeon and local magistrate, at his house at 8 Park Square, Leeds, Yorkshire. In January 1865, Chorley discovered that...
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  • century, for instance, New York and London based critics, including Henry Chorley, Herman Klein, and George Bernard Shaw, castigated a succession of visiting...
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    the London Wagner Society in 1872. In 1863 he had been recruited by Henry Chorley to play the piano in London at the Crystal Palace Concerts. His performances...
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    the Allegro of an unpublished piano concerto of his own in June 1852, Henry Chorley remarked, "We have met with no Englishman for whom we have so long been...
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    contemporary social thought on women in the public sphere." Felix's friend Henry Chorley wrote of Fanny: "Had Madame Hensel been a poor man's daughter, she must...
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    W. Davison, rarely pleased by modern music, was not an admirer, but Henry Chorley of The Athenaeum was an enthusiastic supporter, and writers in The Musical...
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  • high critical reputation throughout the years: 19th-century critic Henry Chorley said that "there is not a bad melody, there is not an ugly bar in Le...
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  • Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, KCVO, KBE, DL (19 January 1924 – 11 September 2001), was a British peer and racing manager...
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    diable (The Dæmon, or the Mystic Branch, 21 February 1832). According to Henry Chorley, she had considerable execution, a piquancy and taste of her own, a...
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    wrote, 'the mantle of Braham is destined to fall' (on Reeves). Critic Henry Chorley wrote that Reeves had created 'a positive revolution in the interpretation...
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    Jenny Lind's British debut, in the role of Alice. The music critic Henry Chorley, who was with him, wrote "I see as I write the smile with which Mendelssohn...
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  • text Tennyson, music by Joseph Barnby The Long Day Closes, text by Henry Chorley, music by Arthur Sullivan The Bluebird, text by Mary Coleridge, music...
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    Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley (14 August 1930 – 21 February 2016), was a British chartered accountant and peer. The son of the Robert Chorley, 1st Baron...
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