Odoardo Barri (13 September 1844 – January 1920) was the pseudonym of Edward Slater. He was born in

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and became a composer, music teacher and an oratorio singer in Italy and Spain.see IMSLP After working in Italy and Spain, he opened a music school in London and ran it for 50 years. He claimed to have been born in

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and that he had fought at

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. His most notable composition was "

The Old Brigade ''For the Irish Republican song see The Boys of the Old Brigade'' The Old Brigade is a slow march composed in 1881 with music by Irishman Edward Slater, and words by Frederic Weatherly. It was popularised by a recording of 1926 by Peter Dawson. T ...

" with words by

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. His other works include a Mass for the King of Spain and about 1500 songs, including "The Shadow of the Cross", "Saved From the Storm", "The Good Shepherd", "The Armourer’s Gift" and "Birdie’s Nest". He also wrote the operettas: "M.D." (1879), "Our Amateur Theatricals" (1894) and "That Terrible Turk" (1898). Barri also worked as a theatre manager.

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Irish composers Musicians from Dublin (city) 1844 births 1920 deaths {{Ireland-composer-stub