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SHEPHERD SHERWOOD 441
was appointed Instrnetor of the choristers and
organist of Magdalen College, Oxford, which
office he resigned in 1543, was reappointed to
it in 1546, and held it until 1547. He was
a Fellow of the College from 1549 to 1551.
On April 21, 1554, having then been a student in
music for 20 years, he supplicated for the degree
of Mus.D., but it does not appear whether he
actually took the degree. John Day's Morning
'
and Evening Prayer,' etc., 1560, contains two
Anthems, a 4, by him—
' I give you a new
commandment,' and Submit ' yourselves.' The
former is reprinted in the 'Parish Choir.'
Another book of Day's, the Whole Psalms
'
in foure parts,' 1563, has a 'Prayer' by him,
'
Lord of hostes.' Barnard prints a four-part
anthem, Haste ' thee.' Hawkins prints a motet
in three parts by him, ' Steven first after Christ
for Gods worde his blood spent,' and a melodious
little Poynte '—a fugal '
piece for four voices of
seven bars length. Burney (ii. 565) complains
that the motet is not a good specimen, and
prints another, 'Esurientes,' for five voices
from the Christ Church MSS., on which he
pronounces Shepherd to have been superior to
any composer of the reign of Henry VIII. [In
the Durham part-books, the anthem Lord
'
the maker of all thing' usually assigned to
Henry VIII., is accredited to Shepherd.
It is more probably by William Mundy.] Much
of his church music is preserved in the Music
School, Oxford ; the MSS. at Christ Church
contain five complete portions of the 'Magnificat'
and some motets, also complete. The gi-eat
majority of Shepherd's motets in the library are
incomplete, as the tenor part-book is wanting.
[A Deus ' misereatnr and ' ' Gloria ' in short
score, written on two six-lines staves and bari-ed
with twelve minims to the bar, is in a MS.
organ -book, (6).] In the British Museum
(Add. MSS. 15,166, 29,289, 30,480) are treble
parts of many of his English compositions,
amongst them 2 M. and E. Services with Creed
2 Te Deums and Magnificats, 2 Creeds, and 7
Anthems. Add. MSS. 4900, 29,246, contain
four pieces with lute accompaniment, and Add.
MSS. 17,802-5 has no fewer than four Masses
'
The western wynde,' 'The French Masse,' 'Be
not afraide,' and Playn song Mass '
for a Mene'
four Alleluias, and ten Latin Motets, all for four
voices complete. The library of the Royal College
of Music possesses four Latin motets, and a
'
First Service ' by him. Morley in his Introduction
includes him amongst ' famous Englishmen.
The date ' of his death is unknown.
Another John Shepherd, possibly a son of the
above, was sworn a Gentleman of the Chapel
Royal, Dec. 1, 1606. (Rimbault's Old Clieguebook,
p. 43.) Perhaps it was he who added a
Kyrie.to Johnson's service in G, in the Cathedral
Library, Ely. (See Dickson's Catalogue, 32, 37.)
Perhaps, also, he is the Thos. Shepherd ' ' of
Tudway (iv. 72). w. H. H.
SHEPHERD, William, an Edinburgh composer,
violinist, and music-publisher. About
1793 he issued a 'Collection of Strathspey
Reels' dedicated to Miss Abereromby, and a
similar one about 1802-3. In 1796 he entered
into partnership with Nathaniel Gow, in a
music-publishing business, at 41 North Bridge,
Edinburgh, removing before 1804 to 16 Princes
Street.
Gow and Shepherd were unfortunate in their
speculations, and Shepherd appears to have been
deeply involved at his death, which occurred on'
Jan. 19, 1812. F. K.
SHEPHERD'S PIPE. A name given to the
It was an instrument
pastoral oboe or musette.
with a double reed like that of the bagpipe
chaunter ; and seems occasionally to have been
combined with a windbag as in the latter instrument.
It was made in several sizes, constituting
a family or ' consort ' similar to the viols, recorders,
and other instruments. Its origin in
the simple reed is well given in Chappell's
History of Music, vol. i. p. 259.
An excellent drawing of its various forms,
with the method of holding it, is to be found in
a Traits de la Musette, by Jean Girin of Ljons,
1572, where it is distinguished from the ' Cromorne
' ' Hautbois. ' The bagpipe form with
drones and windbag is also engraved, and interesting
details are given as to celebrated makers ;
many of whom, like the luthiers ' ' of Cremona,
seem to have handed down their reputation to
their descendants. It appears to have had six
holes, and the rudimentary scale and compass of
the oboe ; though, of course when played i'rom
a bag, and not with the lips, the upper harmonic
register must have been deficient. w. H. s.
SHEREMETIEV,AlexandekDmiteievich,
Count, born 1859. His ancestor, Peter Borisov,
had been one of the first noblemen to establish
a private choir in the 17th century, while his
father's church choral choir had become widely
famous under the baton of Lomakin. Count
Alexander Sheremetiev started his choir in
1884, under the conductorship of Archangelsky
In 1882 he had already organised a symphony
orchestra. In 1898 he began to give national
concerts in St. Petersburg, which have gradually
acquired the character of symphony concerts
at popular prices, and are now very highly
rated from the artistic point of view. In
1902 Count Sheremetiev became Intendant of
the Imperial Court Chapels. r. n.
SHERRINGTON, JImb. Lemmens. (See
vol. ii. p. 674.)
SHERWOOD, Pekct, born at Dresden, May
23, 1866, was a pupil of the Conservatorium
of his native place, studying the pianoforte and
composition under Draeseke, W. Roth, etc. in
1885-88. In 1889 he won the Mendelssohn
prize with a requiem for voices and orchestra.
He was appointed a professor in the Dresden
Conservatorium in 1893. He has won con-
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