Thomas Oliphant (1799 – 1873) was a Scottish musician, artist and author whose works were well known in their day. He wrote the chorale for the wedding of the future

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.Marriage ceremonial and chorale sheet 10 March 1863 Printed by Harrison and Sons. Chorale words by Thomas Oliphant All Ye Who Music Love (SATB)
, Wisconsin Music Educators Association. Oliphant wrote the words to " Deck the Hall(s) with Boughs of Holly"."Welsh Melodies" Publisher: Addison, Hollier and Lucas; Lamborn Cock and Co.; J.B. Cramer & Co (London). Vols. 1&2 published in 1862. Vol 3 in 1870 and vol. 4 in 1874 Crystal Palace, Sydenham

Family background

Thomas was the fifth son of Ebenezer Oliphant, 7th of Condie and Mary, 3rd daughter of Sir William Stirling, Bt. of

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. Thomas was baptised at

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on Christmas Day in 1799.Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition, The Kingdom in ScotlandBurke's Peerage & Baronetage 107th Edition Oliphant was closely related to Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne. Oliphant had a total of six brothers and sisters. His eldest brother was Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie, Member of Parliament for Perth from 1832 to 1837. Another older brother, Sir Anthony Oliphant, was Chief Justice of

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. A third brother, Lt. Col. James Oliphant, was Chairman of the

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and it is from this brother that the present chiefly line of Oliphants descend. Thomas died unmarried on 9 March 1873 in Great Marlborough Street.Dictionary of National Biography

Early life

Oliphant was educated at

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but left early. He became a member of the

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but after a short time left to pursue his interest in music and literature.

The Madrigal Society

In 1830 Oliphant was admitted a member of the Madrigal Society and in 1832 he became the Honorary Secretary of the society, a position which he held for 39 years, eventually becoming first the Vice-President and then a year later President of the Society in 1871. He wrote English words to a considerable number of Italian Madrigals for the Society's use, in some instances his words were translations but in many, they were his own creation.

Musical career

Like his more famous cousin, Oliphant was primarily a lyricist, writing his own new words or his own interpretations to his "translations" of existing songs in foreign languages. Oliphant took part in the Great Handel festival in Westminster Abbey in the chorus as the bass vocalist. In 1855, he was asked by the directors of the

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to translate portions of Wagner's opera ''

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'' which were then performed by the Philharmonic Society's (now known as the

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) orchestra and chorus at the

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and conducted by Wagner himself. Oliphant wrote the words for the chorale for the wedding of

and

in 1863. The music was composed by Prince Albert and when

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heard the recital, she was said to have been much affected by the chorale as Prince Albert had died over a year before in 1861. Oliphant was described as the "Poet of the Court", as he wrote lyrics for Royal events and other important occasions. In Victorian Britain the vogue for translating foreign lyrics into English was popular. It was a pastime at which Oliphant was prodigious. Oliphant's position in the music world has diminished to the point where he is largely unknown but in his lifetime his standing was significant. An illustration of this is a letter in ''The Musical World'' dated October 1869, concerning someone else's transgression: "We shall next have the musical knowledge of Hogarth called into question or the profundity of

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; or the orchestral skill of Hullah; or the madrigalian researches of Oliphant; or the genius of Louis Emmanuel; or the modesty of Eliason....". In spite of his extensive interpretations of German songs, it would appear that, at one time at least, Oliphant did not speak German. As one of his friends and contemporaries put it: "Many a popular drawing-room song of those days bore on its title-page the intimation, ' Words by Thomas Oliphant, Esq.' Tom knew no German, and when he was told of a song in that noble tongue which was likely to suit him commercially, he asked me to give him a bare English prose translation of it, which he then turned into metre..... 'The Standard-Bearer' was one of the most successful of the many prose-skeleton songs of which I thus furnished him." Given the quantity of "translations" which Oliphant produced, it is hard to see how he could not have gained some knowledge of German in the process. Oliphant also drew from Welsh, French, Italian and other languages, it is possible that he was not fully conversant in these languages either (nevertheless it is known from his collection of Italian sketches, that he did at some stage travel in Italy), which is probably partly why his English verses are not translations but his own interpretations. "Nos Gallen" is a notable example, since it is a New Year's Eve song, which Oliphant turned into the Christmas carol "Deck the Hall" (although he published it as "Nos Gallen" in 1862 and it has since become known by its first line). Oliphant commissioned eighteen works by

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who worked under the pseudonym of 'P.B. Czapek' (alluding to the Hungarian word for a Hat, for 'Hatton'). These compositions were based on the style of German classics. Following Oliphant's death in 1873, his valuable music collection was sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson.

Some musical works by Oliphant

English version of Beethoven's works "

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", "The Mount of Olives" and "Adelaide". Beethoven's "The praise of music" – the English version adapted expressly for the concerts of the Vocal Society by Thomas Oliphant. "

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" English

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by Thomas Oliphant; music by

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. Other works by

with the English by Thomas Oliphant: "Let me weep again" "I came when Spring was smiling" " Fast Homeward there rode (the erl king)" "Thine is my Heart" " Forlorn I track the mountains steep (the Wanderer)". "Sleepest Thou Fair Maiden" "Death Thou Unrelenting Foe" "Behold yon Rose Tree"; "My Pretty Fisher Maiden" "All Unstrung Hangs my Lute" "On Mossy Bank Reclining" "Weary Flowers their Buds are Closing (Serenade)" "The Passing Bell" "Calm as a Child in its Cradle" "Weep not for Friends Departed" "My life is but a Summer Day" "Why Fond Youth such Wild Emotion" "Tis Sweet to Think" "Dear Mother do not Chide Me, (the Echo)" "A Warrior I Am" "Time Likely Hath Flown O'er Me" "Smooth is the Moonlit Sea" "Proudly Our Heads We Lift on High" "Hark The Lark" and "Who is Sylvia?" " The Trout" "Thy Face is Every Blooming Flower I see"; "La Circassienne". A comic opera in three acts. Composer Daniel François Esprit, (1782–1871). English translation by Oliphant. "Maiden Fair, O Deign to Tell" by Thomas Oliphant/

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. "O have you seen a bonny lass" words by Thos Oliphant Esqr. music by Maurice Cobham, 1840. Works with music by Friedrich Curschmann, English words by Thomas Oliphant:- "Rest Love The Twlight Is Closing" – A Serenade and "She is Mine", "Thine is my heart" (Dein ist mein Herz), "Arise Bright Golden Star Of Day" – A Song Oliphant wrote the English words for the opera "The Regicide", the music by

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and authored/set by

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"Down in a Flow'ry Vale", a Madrigal for Four Voices – The Words imitated from the Italian by Thomas Oliphant, original by Constantius Festa, "The daughter's gift" (ballad), the poetry written by Thomas Oliphant, the music composed by Jules Benedict. "Heart Fond Heart, Why Dost Thou Languish" (Herz. mein herz. warum so Traurig) English Version by T. Oliphant Esq. Music by

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"The Mist is rising from hill & dale" ("Thale dampfen" from the opera "Euranthe") English Version by T. Oliphant Esq. Music by

"Could I Thro' Aether Fly" (Konnt Ich Durch Raume Flieh'n), music by

Bernhard Molique Bernhard Molique (''Wilhelm Bernhard Molique;'' 7 October 180210 May 1869) was a German violinist and composer. Biography He was born in Nuremberg. His father was a musician and the boy studied various instruments, but finally devoted himself to ...

, English words by Thomas Oliphant "The Jewish Maiden" (Das Madchen von Jud) and "All is Still in Slumber Deep" (Schlummerlied), music by Kucken and English words by Oliphant. "The Post Horn", German song adapted to English words, music by

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, lyrics by Oliphant "Stay One Moment Gentle Sires" words and music by Thomas Oliphant. "Bid Me To Live, and I will Live" words and music by Thomas Oliphant. "David of the White Rock" (

Dafydd y Garreg Wen Dafydd y Garreg Wen is a traditional Welsh musical air and folk song. There is a tradition that the tune was composed by David Owen (1712–1741), a harpist and composer who lived near Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire. He was known locally as ''D ...

) Welsh words by John Hughes, English words by Oliphant. "All ye who Music Love" by Donato Baldassare, English words (which are not a translation) by Thomas Oliphant. "Where floats the standard" (Die Fahnenwacht) English version by Thomas Oliphant composed by

Peter Josef von Lindpaintner Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor. Born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor, he studied with Peter Winter and Joseph Graetz. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart. Some o ...

"Llewelyn, A Dramatic Cantata" was dedicated to the Prince of Wales. It was composed by Queen Victoria's harpist, John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'; 1826–1913) the harpist and Welsh bard, with Welsh words by the bard John Jones (Talhaiarn 1810–69) and parallel English words by Thomas Oliphant, "The Lark". Welsh words by

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, English words by Oliphant. "

The Ash Grove ''The Ash Grove'' ( cy, Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song whose melody has been set to numerous sets of lyrics. The best-known version was written in English by Thomas Oliphant in the 19th century. History The first published version ...

" published in Volume I of the 1862 collection ''Welsh Melodies, With Welsh And English Poetry'', by

& Thomas Oliphant. " Santa Lucia" Neapolitan barcarolle, edited by Mario Favilli, translated by Thomas Oliphant. "The Shepherds Winter Song", "The Violet" and "The Chapel" with music by P B Czapek, and English words by T Oliphant, "

Men of Harlech "Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (Welsh: ) is a song and military march which is traditionally saidFuld, James J., ''The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk'', Dover, 5th ed. 2000, p. 394 to describe even ...

" translated into English by Thomas Oliphant. published in Volume 2 of the 1862 collection ''Welsh Melodies, With Welsh And English Poetry'', by

& Thomas Oliphant. " All Through the Night" Welsh words by John Jones (Talhaiarn 1810–69), English words by Thomas Oliphant. "The eye of night", the English version by T. Oliphant, music by Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda. Similarly, Oliphant wrote English words for other works by Kalliwoda: "The mill stream is roaring" and " Let me not hear". "Tell me where bloometh true love" – words by Oliphant and music by

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. "Where'er I Careless Wander" (Greeting) English words by Oliphant, music by

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

. "Ah Me! How Soon" (Autumn Song) Op.63 English words by Oliphant, music by

. "Service and Responses" edited by Oliphant original by

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"Song of Forty Parts" edited by Oliphant original by

. 149th Psalm: "I will give thanks":

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(Words T Oliphant) "O Be Joyful":

(words T Oliphant) "Be Not Thou Far From Me":

(Words T Oliphant) "Hard By A Fountain": Huberto Waelrent (words Oliphant) "Let Us All Sing, Merrily Sing": Jer. Saville (words Oliphant) "Ah Me! Where Is My True Love?" :

Felice Anerio Felice Anerio (26 or 27 September 1614) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was the older brother of another important, and somewhat more progressive composer ...

(words Oliphant) "Lady, See, On Every Side" :

Luca Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...

(words Oliphant) "When April deck'd in roses gay" :

(words Oliphant) used in the Commemoration of Sir Thomas Gresham, Saturday, May 14, 1836 "Stay limpit Stream"

(English words written after the manner of "The Triumphs of Oriana" by Oliphant) "Hark, The Village Maids Are Singing" : Cherubini (words Oliphant) "All Hail, Britannia!" :

Antonio Lotti Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. Biography Lotti was born in Venice, although his father Matteo was ''Kapellmeister'' at Hanover at the time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti be ...

(words adapted Oliphant) Many songs by the Rev. Christopher Tye had new words given to them by Oliphant. "Nymphs are sporting" a cappella R. L. de Pearsall, text by Thomas Oliphant "Dainty fine bird." Madrigal by Orlando Gibbons, arranged by T. Oliphant "The Two Nightingales" duet by Anton Hackel (The English version by Thomas Oliphant) Oliphant also wrote words to works by

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, and others.

Other appointments

In 1841 Oliphant was appointed to catalogue MS and printed music at the

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. By 1842 he had completed the first catalogue of the manuscript music. He began the cataloguing of the printed music which he completed by 1849. Oliphant resigned from the

in 1850 as a result of a "run-in" with Panizzi. In 1852 he became librarian to the Musical Institute of London. In the 1860s he was arranging musical productions at

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. He was also an Auditor of the Royal Society of Female Musicians and of the

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. Oliphant was also Literary Illustrator of the London Glee and Madrigal Union in 1860 and 1861.

Art

On leaving the British Museum, Oliphant returned to his childhood home in Scotland. Between 1850 and 1860 Oliphant completed three (known) volumes of sketches. The first is a visual record of pencil sketches of landscapes and buildings as he journeyed through

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, Shetland,

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, Sutherland,

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and

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, 1852. The second volume actually starts in 1850 with drawings of his ancestral home and is a series of sketches of landscapes mainly around

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but also charts his journey to the West Coast of Scotland in 1853, the

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and his journey back to the South of Englandfamily collection and the last is a collection of sketches of

between 1855 and 1860. What makes the last volume interesting is that

with whom Oliphant collaborated on all four volumes of "Welsh Melodies" (1862–1874) was for a while an architect who worked on

under

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. Oliphant returned to Scotland the year after for another purpose. His brother, Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie and 30th Chief of Clan Oliphant, was involved in (what turned into a twenty one year) legal battle to be recognised as heir to his cousin's estate. In a genealogical chart, re-drawn in 1889, are the words: "sed Chartum virginum ex variis documentis antiquis Thomas Oliphant A.D. 1854 collegit:-"

Publications

1834 "Comments of a Chorus Singer at the Royal Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey" under the pseudonym Saloman Sackbut. 1835 "A Brief Account of the Madrigal Society". 1836 "A Short Account of Madrigals". 1837 "La Musa Madrigalesca". The book contains the words of nearly four hundred madrigals, ballets and roundelays. Publishers Calkin and Budd 1840 "Catches and Rounds by Old Composers" adapted to Modern Words by Thomas Oliphant. 1862 "Welsh Melodies, With Welsh And English Poetry", vols. 1 & 2, by

& Thomas Oliphant. Author: John Thomas. 1870 "Welsh Melodies, With Welsh And English Poetry", vol. 3, by

& Thomas Oliphant. Author: John Thomas. 1874 "Welsh Melodies, With Welsh And English Poetry", vol. 4, by

& Thomas Oliphant. Author: John Thomas.

References

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