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Title: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Saturday 07 July 2012, 08:48
Something I have been meaning to do for some time is to go through Who's Who in Music (1913 edition) and pick out the information given there about all the people with a British background who are described there as "composers." (I think that the entries were mainly contributed by the subjects themselves.)

Many of the names have now become very obscure indeed, especially the church musicians and popular song-writers. In each case I have picked out any items which seemed to be of interest, especially the names of seldom-performed operatic works - of which there are a great many. And in some cases I have added more recent information if it is available.

It is noteworthy that quite a respectable number of lady-composers appears on this list. There are also a few Frenchmen and Germans hitherto unknown to me, but they are material for another thread.

So - taken in easy stages, a letter at a time. If any one would like to find out more about a particular composer, the book itself may of course be retrieved HERE (http://archive.org/details/whoswhoinmusicbi00wyndrich). These are the nine composers whose name begins with 'A':

1) Benjamin Agutter, organist and composer.
   b. St. Albans, 1844.
   e. Mus.Bac. Oxon, 1870.
   Missa de Sancto Albano; Missa de Santo Petro; and other church music.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

2) William Clark Ainley, organist and composer.
   b. Kirkheaton, Yorks, 1834.
   A large number of anthems, including "Behold, O God our Defender" for the Jubilee, and other church music.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

3) George Aitken, pianist, composer and critic.
   b. London.
   His parents unconnected with music save as amateurs.
   Well known as composer of the charming songs "Lead Kindly Light," "Maire My Girl," "Jest Her Way"; also church music and chamber music.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

4) Walter Galpin Alcock, organist and composer.
   b. Edenbridge, Kent, 1861.
   Knighted in 1933.
   Mainly church and piano music; made numerous recordings, many of which were reissued in the 1990s.

5) John Carlowitz Ames, composer, pianist and conductor.
   b. Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, 1860.
   His father was George Acland Ames, and his mother's maiden name Countess Clara Poelzig.
   e. Charterhouse and Edinburgh University.
   A four-act opera, "The Last Inca"; incidental music; two piano concertos; 130th Psalm for chorus, soli and orchestra.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

6) Algernon Ashton, composer and pianist.
   b. Durham, 1859.
   Father: Charles Ashton, a tenor lay-clerk in Durham Cathedral.
   Studied under: Joachim Raff.
   Published close upon 150 compositions, including a series of 24 string quartets (now lost) in all the major and minor keys, and works for solo piano, piano trio, piano quartet and quintet, short choral works and songs. Ashton's orchestral music, which included five symphonies, overtures, an orchestral suite, a Turkish March, and violin and piano concertos, are all (according to Grove's Dictionary) "believed to have been lost in World War II."
   Hobbies: writing letters to the press; visiting the tombs of famous personages, in connection with which he has been the indirect means of restoring many noteworthy resting-places; listening to the debates in the House of Commons.
   Mr. Ashton is included in the Marquis de Ruvigny's Plantagenet Roll as a descendant of King Edward III.

7) Ivor Atkins, composer and organist.
   b. Cardiff, 1869.
   e. at Roath and privately.
   His compositions include the cantata "Hymn of Faith," the libretto to which was arranged by Sir Edward Elgar; and other church music.
   Knighted in 1921.

8) Florence Aylward, song writer.
   b. Brede Rectory, East Sussex, 1862.
   Father: Rev. Augustus Aylward, Rector of Brede.
   e. chiefly at home and at a school at Norwood.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

9) Howard Aynstey, conductor, composer and concert director.
   b. London, 1864.
   Father: Thomas Oldham Williams, accountant.
   Sister: Mme. Slapoffski (prima donna, grand opera).
   Brother: Philip Williams (actor).
   Nephew of Henry Haigh and Mme. Haigh Dyer (grand opera singers)
   e. Mercers' School, E.C.
   Composed several popular songs.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Robin on Saturday 07 July 2012, 23:01
Thanks, Sydney, this is great! I look forward to what is to follow. I see that a CD of Algernon Ashton's piano sonatas is on special offer on the Dutton website just at present...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Sunday 08 July 2012, 03:08
I've been having a look at some of Ashton's surviving piano chamber music that's made it onto Sibley with some interest (not for performance- never was a good violist- but just general musicianly curiosity. *resusc.-cat*) Of the other names Alcock and Atkins ring at least vague bells, and I think a list of Ames' works was posted here just recently or else it wouldn't, for me anyway...

According to MusicSack, Ainley died in 1910, Alcock in 1947, Agutter in 1913. Aylward died in 1950 acc. to her VIAF entry. Aitken -born 1880s (maybe ca.1888?).
Aynstey- several publications in 1907, death date unknown (unless I luck out(?? well, for me. but they're already dead, it's true. sophistries...) and find a scanned-in obituary- as has happened a couple of times.)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Sunday 08 July 2012, 13:43
Thanks for filling in those dates. There are rather a lot of composers beginning with "B" I fear; twenty-six in all:

10) Edgar Bainton, composer, pianist and teacher.
   Father: Rev. George Bainton, Congregational minister.
   e. Coventry Grammar School.
   First appeared in public at the age of eight as solo pianist at Coventry Corn Exchange.
   Compositions include Symphony in B flat, symphonic poem, "Pompilia," "Celtic Sketches" for orchestra, choral works, "The Blessed Damosel," "Sunset at Sea," one-act opera "The Crier by Night," and a choral Symphony.

11) H. Balfour-Gardiner, composer.
   b. London, 1877.
   Parents not especially musical, but fond of musical gatherings.
   e. at Margate, Folkestone, and East Sheen, and then Charterhouse. Then one year at Frankfort (Hoch's Conservatorium) under Iwan Knorr, and piano from Uzielli. In 1895 went to New College, Oxford.
   Principal compositions include seven orchestral works (a suite in A major, an overture, a symphony, etc.), a quintet and a quartet for strings, and some songs and choral works.
   [In Grove's Dictionary under "G" - thanks to secondfiddle for pointing this out.]

12) Granville Bantock, composer.
   b. London, 1868
   Father: Dr. George Granville Bantock, M.D., a well-known London physician.
   In 1908 he succeeded Sir Ed. Elgar as Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham.
   Among his most important compositions are a dramatic cantata, "The Fire Worshippers"; a lyrical drama in five acts, "Rameses II"; Ferishtah's Fancies"; "Thalaba the Destroyer"; "Fifine at the Fair"; "Helena" (variations for orchestra); "Songs of the East"; "The Witch of Atlas"; "Sappho"; "Ghazals of Hafiz"; "Lalla Rookh"; "Omar Khayyam," "The Time Spirit"; overture to a Greek Tragedy; "Dante and Beatrice"; "Atalanta in Calydon" (an unaccompanied choral symphony); "Sea-wanderers" and "Christ in the Wilderness" (1907); "Pierrot of the Minute" (1908); "Elektra" (1909); "Gethsemane" (1910); choral part songs, etc.

13) John Francis Barnett, composer and pianist, born 1837
   Father: Joseph Alfred Barnett, a tenor vocalist, and nephew of John Barnett the well-known composer.
   Among his most important compositions are: symphony in A minor, 1864; "The Ancient Mariner," 1867; "Paradise and the Peri," 1870; "The Raising of Lazarus," oratorio, 1876; "The Good Shepherd," 1876; "The Building of the Ship," Leeds, 1880; "The Wishing Bell," 1893; symphonic overture, 1868; overture, "A Winter's Tale," 1873; symphonic poem, "The Harvest Festival," 1881; also concerto for piano and other works for orchestra; chamber music, pianoforte solos, songs, etc.; he has written his "Musical Recollections and Impressions," published by Hodder and Stoughton. [This interesting work may be retrieved HERE (http://archive.org/details/reminiscencesimp00barniala)].

14) Ethel Barns, violinist and composer.
   b. London.
   Her compositions include Concerto for violin and orchestra, produced at Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts, 1907, three Sonatas for violin and piano, two chamber Trios, numerous solos for violin, piano pieces and songs.

15) de Vere Barrow, pianist and composer.
   b. Sheerness, 1873.
   Father: Arthur Barrow, Captain in the Royal Navy.
   e. Clifton College.
   His principal compositions include three Polish dances and a number of songs
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

16) Charles Ainsley Barry, composer and author.
   b. London, 1830.
   e. Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge.
   Has published numerous songs and pianoforte pieces, and has also written a symphony.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

17) Hubert Bath, composer.
   b. Barnstaple, 1883.
   e. at his father's school, Barnstaple.
   Compositions include Orchestral Variations (1905), "Wedding of Shon Maclean," (1910) "Legend of Nerbudda," "Look at the Clock," "Jackdaw of Rheims," and "Two Sea Pictures," (1909). Has written some 200 songs, numerous experiments in drama with spoken words to music, pianoforte pieces, and string quartet, piano trios, etc.

18) Arnold Bax, composer.
   b. London, 1883.
   Son of A. Ridley Bax and nephew of E. Belfort Bax, a well-known Socialist and philosophical writer.
   e. privately in London.
   Made his début as composer Nov., 1903, at old St. James's Hall. First published work "A Celtic Song Cycle" (1905). Principal works since include symphonic poems "Into the Twilight" (1908), Festival overture and "In the Fairy Hills" (1909), "Christmas Eve on the Mountains" (1911). For chorus and orchestra "Fatherland" 1907, "Enchanted Summer" (1909). Other orchestral works include a Ballet in 2 acts "King Kojata" (1911). Three orchestral pieces (1912) and chamber music, viz., 2 string quartets (1902, 1903) string quintett (1908). Trio for piano, violin, and viola (1906), violin sonata, piano pieces and many songs.

19) Herbert Bedford, composer.
   b. London, 1867.
   His principal compositions include an unpublished opera, "Kit Marlowe," a symphony, "The Optimist," a Love Scene, Act II., Scene 2 from "Romeo and Juliet." Nocturne for contralto voice and orchestra. Symphonic poem, "Sowing the Wind"; Symphonic interlude, "Over the Hills and far away"; orchestral suite, "Queen Mab"; melody for strings; a setting of Shelley's "Ode to Music," and other songs, etc.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

20) Kate Emil Behnke, composer and teacher of singing and speaking.
   Father: Emil Behnke.
   Miss Behnke was educated to carry on her father's work; he himself trained her voice, and she accompanied for him at all his lessons while quite a child.
   She is well known as a composer, her songs having been sung throughout Great Britain, America and Canada by Madame Blauvelt, Madame Blanche Marchesi, Madame Alice Esty, Miss Esther Palliser, and others.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

21) Arthur Henry Behrend, composer.
   b. Danzig, 1853.
   Son of Louisa Balfe (daughter of Michael Balfe), and Maximilian Behrend, a great Danzig merchant. Left Danzig at four years of age and came to England to his grandfather Balfe's house, and afterwards to a private school at Brighton; at twelve went to preparatory school for Harrow, and thence to Haileybury, where in 1871 he played cricket for the First XI.
   Has composed over 200 songs, among them some that attained a huge popularity, such as "Daddy," "Auntie," and "The Gift." He has also composed four cantatas and six operas, the latter unpublished; but of "Daddy" alone over 1,000,000 copies have been sold.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

22) W. H. Bell, composer.
   b. St. Albans, 1873.
   Father: Mr. Joseph Bell.
   e. St. Albans Grammar School.
   His first pubhc appearance as a composer was the performance of "Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" by the Saturday Orchestra at Crystal Palace in 1898. Other orchestral works include "Three Chaucer Symphonic Poems" (1898-9), "Walt Whitman Symphony" (1900), "Song in the Morning" (1902), "Call of the Sea" (cantata) (1903), "Epithalamium" (1904), "Ballad of Bird Bride" (1905), "Love Among the Ruins" (1906), St. Albans Pageant Music (1907), Symphony (1908), etc. He has recently (1912) been appointed Principal of the new South African College of Music in Capetown.

23) Wilfred Bendall, composer and accompanist.
   b. London, 1850.
   Acted as secretary to Sir Arthur Sullivan during the last six years of his life, in which position his tact and knowledge as a man of business, so rarely combined in the person of a musician, were of the utmost value.
   Mr. Bendall has written much music of various kinds - operettas, cantatas, songs, etc., his "Lovers' Knots," "Quid pro Quo," "The Gipsies," etc., being performed at the Opéra Comique (now pulled down) and the Prince of Wales' theatres.

24) George John Bennett, composer and organist.
   b. Andover, 1863.
   e. Winchester College Chorister's School.
   His numerous compositions comprise overtures, orchestral pieces, church services, a Mass in B flat, piano pieces, songs and part songs.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

25) Francesco Berger, composer and teacher of pianoforte.
   b. London, 1834, of an Austrian father and a Bavarian mother.
   In conjunction with three other pupils of Luigi Ricci he composed an opera, "Il Lazzarone," produced with the greatest success in Trieste in 1851; wrote a further opera ("I ciarlatani") and a Mass; later returned to London, became well known as a composer, and in 1855 and 1857 wrote the Overture and Incidental Music to "The Lighthouse" and "The Frozen Deep," plays written by Wilkie Collins and acted by Charles Dickens and his amateur friends before her late Majesty. His part-song "Night, lovely Night," is an established favourite with choral societies, and among his many pianoforte successes "The Band Passes," "Tambourin," and a "Suite in G" may be especially mentioned; while from his songs, "Broken Vows," written for Miss Dolby (afterwards Madame Sainton-Dolby), "Hans Sachs" (written for Santley), and "Geraldine" (written for Sims Reeves) may be cited. Has published over 100 piano pieces and about the same number of songs, as well as part-songs, duets, trios, etc.
   His pianoforte primer, "First Steps at the Piano," is a standard work; and he has recently (1913) published a volume of Reminiscences. [The first of two such. He expired in 1933 at the age of ninety-eight.]

26) Frederick Charles Bevan, vocalist and song writer.
   b. London, 1856.
   He became well known as a concert singer, and later as a composer of popular songs; in 1906 he left England to take up an appointment in Australia.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

27) York Bowen, composer and pianist.
   b. Crouch Hill, London, 1884.
   From the first was educated for the musical profession.
   He has achieved considerable distinction as a composer, a concerto of his having been performed by the Philharmonic Society three years ago, while three pianoforte concertos have all been performed at Queen's Hall; has written a "Miniature Suite" and a "Second Suite," which are very well known, and a great deal of music for the viola.
   [Saint-Saëns thought him the finest of English composers; Sorabji too expressed his admiration.]

28) Ethel Mary Boyce, composer, pianist, and teacher.
   b. Chertsey, 1863.
   Father: George Boyce, J.P.
   Has composed a number of cantatas, orchestral works, pieces for violin and piano, songs, etc., some of which have been published by Novello.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

29) Alfred Herbert Brewer, composer, conductor, and organist.
   b. Gloucester, 1865.
   His compositions include a setting of "Psalm 98," "Dedication Ode," "The Holy Innocents," "A Song of Eden," and "Emmaus " (sacred cantatas), "England, my England," for Baritone solo and orchestra, "Summer Sports," suite for chorus and orchestra, " Love's Philosophy" (male voices), "Elizabethan Pastorals," "In Springtime" (English pastorals), "Sir Patrick Spens," "Age and Youth" (two orchestral pieces); he has also written several services, including "Evening Service in C," organ pieces, part songs, anthems, songs, pieces for violin and piano, and an operetta, "Rosamund."
   [He was knighted in 1926.]

30) Frank Bridge, composer and conductor.
   b. Brighton, 1879
   Father: William Henry Bridge.
   Has written a good deal of chamber and orchestral music, including string quartet and sextet, for piano and strings, a Trio, quartet in E minor and quintet. Orchestral works include "Isabella," "Dance Rhapsody," and Suite, "The Sea."

31) Sir John Frederick Bridge, organist, composer, and conductor.
   b. Oldbury, near Birmingham, Worcestershire, 1844.
   His Father: John Bridge, was not at that time connected with the famous old cathedral of Rochester that is now so intimately associated with his name.
   His compositions include "Mount Moriah," oratorio; "Boadicea," cantata; "Hymn to the Creator"; "Rock of Ages" (Gladstone's Latin translation); "Callirhoë," cantata; "The Repentance of Nineveh," oratorio; "The Lord's Prayer" (from Plumpton's version of Dante's "Purgatorio"); "The Cradle of Christ"; choral ballads, "The Festival," "The Inchcape Bell," "The Flag of England," "The Forging of the Anchor," and "The Ballad of the Champion" ; concert overture, "Morte d'Arthur"; chamber music and sonatas for organ; songs from Shakespeare, and a number of anthems and odes for State occasions.
   Received the honour of knighthood in 1897.
   He has, in his hours of leisure, compiled "The Shakespeare Birthday Book of Musicians," containing a musical quotation from Shakespeare for every day in the year, together with the birthdays of eminent British and foreign musicians.

32) Joseph Cox Bridge, organist and composer.
   Younger son of the late John Bridge and brother of Sir John Frederick Bridge.
   b. Rochester, 1853.
   Has composed numerous cantatas, orchestral pieces, a symphony, and other works.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

33) Dora Estella Bright (Mrs. Knatchbull), pianist and composer.
   b. Sheffield, 1863.
   Father an excellent amateur musician.
   In 1891 she played her own Pianoforte Concerto in A Minor, at the Crystal Palace; in 1892 she played the solo part in her own Fantasia for pianoforte and orchestra at a Philharmonic Concert. In addition to the works already mentioned, she has written an Air with Variations for the Orchestra; a second Pianoforte Concerto; a quartet in D for pianoforte and strings; also numerous pieces for the piano, violin and piano, flute and piano, and songs. She also composed the music for a Ballet Scena, which was danced by Mlle. Adeline Genée at the Playhouse in 1907.

34) Edward Bunnett, organist and composer.
   b. Shipdham, near East Dereham, Norfolk, 1834.
   e. Norwich Cathedral by Dr. Zechariah Buck.
   Dr. Bunnett has written a good deal of popular Church music, including a cantata, "Rhineland," and many anthems and pieces for the organ.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.

35) Herbert Bunning, composer and conductor.
   b. London, 1863.
   e. Harrow and Brasenose College.
   Married Marguerite Wilhelmine, Marquise de Moligny.
   Has composed numerous orchestral pieces; also an opera, "La Princesse Osra"; "Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere," tenor scena; and songs and incidental music to "Robin Hood."
   Club: Boodles.
   Not in Grove's Dictionary.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: giles.enders on Sunday 08 July 2012, 14:07
The British Music Society is planning to bring out a new and updated version of its dictionary of British Composers at the end of this year.

You have also omitted Kathleen Bruckshaw 1877-1921,whose piano concerto was played at the proms at about that time
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Jimfin on Sunday 08 July 2012, 14:38
How strange to think of John Barnett still being around in the year Britten was born and "Falstaff" written! Herbert Bedford was, I believe, Liz Lehmann's husband and an ancestor of Steuart and David Bedford
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: britishcomposer on Sunday 08 July 2012, 15:15
Bedford made a name for himself in writing unaccompanied songs which created quite a stir. These had nothing to do with folksong or gregorian chant. He wrote an essay about his intentions and methods. According to Stephen Banfield he wished to free song 'from the tyranny of the accompaniment, and he showed a timely appreciation of the imaginative value of silence.'
Banfield gives two examples in his book 'Sensibility and English Song'.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: edurban on Sunday 08 July 2012, 15:48
Fun stuff!  Interesting to read Berger's connection to the Dickens/Collins (or Collins/Dickens) plays...I don't suppose this instrumental music has survived or it would have figured in the Dickens anniversary year.  (Perhaps it has and the echoes just haven't reached these shores.)

The little bits of incidental biographical info are great... Behrend's cricket prowess or Bunning's aristocratic wife and club membership.

David
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Tuesday 10 July 2012, 17:07
Quote from: giles.enders on Sunday 08 July 2012, 14:07. . . You have also omitted Kathleen Bruckshaw 1877-1921 . . .

Thanks for adding the name of Kathleen Bruckshaw. Although there is at the end of the book a small group of people whose entries "arrived too late for inclusion in correct alphabetical order", she is not there, so either she was invited to be in the book but declined, or her response arrived too late even for the section at the end, or for some reason she was not invited at all! Actually I have no idea how complete this book was, although I have not yet noticed any obvious omissions . . . but just now I see that the name "Delius" is missing from the "D" section!

Anyway, here are the twenty-nine composers whose names began with "C":

36) John Mais Capel, composer and conductor.
   b. Lennoxville, Canada, 1862.
   Father: the Rev. A. D. Capel, M.A. Camb.
   Has for many years been a successful writer of songs; his published songs number over one hundred.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

37) Mary Grant Carmichael, pianist and composer.
   b. Birkenhead.
   She was for some time well known as an accompanist at the Monday Popular Concerts, and also achieved considerable distinction as a composer, chiefly of songs; she has also composed an operetta, "The Snow Queen," and several pieces for the piano. She translated Ehrlich's "Celebrated Pianists of the Past and Present," published in 1894.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

38) Frank Osmond Carr, composer.
   b. Yorkshire, 1858
   e. privately and at Cambridge.
   Has composed the music to a large number of musical comedies and light operas, including "Joan of Arc," 1891; "Blue-Eyed Susan," 1892; "In Town," 1892; "Morocco Bound," 1893; "Go Bang," 1894; "His Excellency," comic opera, written in conjunction with W. S. Gilbert, 1894; "Biarritz," 1896; "Lord Tom Noddy," 1896; "My Girl," 1896; "The Rose of the Riviera," 1899; ballet, "Roger de Coverley," produced at the Empire Theatre, 1907, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

39) Ivan Caryll (John Tilkin), composer and conductor.
   b. Liège, Belgium
   e. Liège Conservatoire
   Composer of a large number of the Gaiety musical pieces; composed additional music to "Ma Mie Rosette," by Lacome, and to "La Cigale," by Audran; composed music of "The Lucky Star"; "The Duchess of Dantzic"; "The Earl and the Girl"; "The Little Cherub"; "The New Aladdin"; "Nelly Neil"; "The Girls of Gottenburg"; "Our Miss Gibbs"; "The Pink Lady"; is the musical director at Gaiety Theatre.
   [Grove's Dictionary gives him the stage name Félix Tilkin, not John.]

40) François Cellier, composer and conductor.
   b. London, 1849.
   Of French extraction, and brother of the late Alfred Cellier.
   Was for twenty years conductor and musical director at the Savoy Theatre, during the run of the famous series of Gilbert and Sullivan operas; is now musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Company. Composer of several operettas, including "Mrs. Jarramie's Genie" (written in conjunction with his late brother), "Captain Bill" and "Old Sarah."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary, but his brother is there.]

41) Robert Chignell, composer and bass-baritone.
   b. Romsey, Hants, 1882.
   He has composed a number of orchestral works, including two Tone-poems, Serenade Humoresque, Concerto for violin and orchestra, Romance for violin and orchestra, two Scenes from the North Sea (Heine) for baritone and orchestra, etc., and an unpublished opera, "Romeo and Juliet," the prelude to which was performed at Harrowgate in October, 1912.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

42) J. Moir Clark, composer.
   b. Aberdeen, 1863.
   Compositions include a quintette for piano and strings (1892), also numerous pieces for the piano, a Scotch suite for orchestra (1895), an air with variations for piano (1889); he has also written a suite and other pieces for flute and piano, and a Polonaise for violin and piano, as well as numerous songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

43) Algernon Clarke, conductor, composer and violinist.
   b. Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, 1864.
   Son of John Algernon Clarke, organist and 'cellist, and his wife Charlotte Winter, contralto.
   e. at Birmingham.
   [No further details about his compositions. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

44) Cuthbert Edward Clarke, musical director and composer.
   b. Hampstead, 1869.
   Father, an artist by profession, being an amateur violinist.
   e. at Boulogne (France), Collegiate School, Camden Town, and Frith Street, Soho.
   Composed a suite entitled "Forest Nymphs," which a critical Manchester audience received with favour. He has composed the music of many ballets, "High Jinks," "The Debutante," "Dancing Doll," and "Harvest Home," a vocal ballet performed all over the country. He has also composed and arranged music for the Revues "Come Inside," "Hello, London!" and "Everybody's Doing It." Also many musical monologues.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

45) Robert Coningsby Clarke, song writer.
   b. Woolwich, 1879.
   Father the late Colonel Clarke, R.A., C.M.G., Surveyor-General of Ceylon.
   e. at Marlborough and Trinity College, Oxford, and as a private pupil of Sir Frederick Bridge.
   Has written numerous songs, which are characterised by musicianly qualities, including "To Carnations," "A Birthday Song," "Say not Good-bye," "Take your Lute and Sing," "A Bowl of Roses," "The Linnet," "Oh my Garden full of Roses," "Poppies for Forgetting," "Master and Man," "You'll get heaps o' lickin's," "A Dedication," "Betty's Way," "The Night and You," "A Sheaf of Little Songs" (3 vols.), "Songs of Summer," "The Perfect Tune" (song cycles), "Rustic Songs" (series), etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

46) Frederic Cliffe, pianist and composer.
   b. Low Moor, near Bradford, 1857.
   His symphony in C Minor was produced at the Crystal Palace in 1889; the following year his orchestral picture, "Cloud and Sunshine," was produced by the Philharmonic Society; his second symphony, entitled "A Summer Night," was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1892, and his Violin Concerto at the Norwich Festival in 1896. He has composed an "Ode to the North-East Wind" (Sheffield Festival, 1905), and a large number of songs.

47) Julian Clifford, composer, conductor, solo pianist.
   b. London, 1877.
   Father: Thomas Clifford, barrister-at-law.
   e. at Tonbridge, Ardingly and Leipzig Conservatoire.
   [No further details about his compositions. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

48) G. H. Clutsam, composer and musical critic [and former pianist].
   b. Sydney, New South Wales, 1867.
   He now devotes himself to composition, and has published some 150 songs and many pianoforte pieces. A cantata, the "Quest of Rapunzel," was produced by the Queen's Hall Choral Society in 1909. In 1910 Mr. Beecham produced the one-act opera, "A Summer Night," at His Majesty's Theatre and Covent Garden; another one-act opera, "After a Thousand Years," was produced at the Tivoli, and was followed by a fantastic memodrame, "The Pool," at the Alhambra. His latest operatic work, "King Harlequin," was produced with success in Berlin, November, 1912.
   He has been musical critic on the Observer since 1908.

49) Thomas Henry Collinson, organist, composer and conductor.
   b. Alnwick, 1858.
   Has composed and published anthems and church services.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

50) Arthur Cooke, pianist [and composer, singer, and conductor].
   b. West Bromwich, 1879.
   Son of Arthur William Cooke and his wife Ellen Eliza Wake; is a direct descendant of Hereward the Wake on his mother's side.
   e. Wesleyan School, West Bromwich.
   First appeared as a solo pianist at a concert in West Bromwich, 1894; has since been engaged at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts, 1905-12, and Symphony Concerts, February, 1913, in Scriabine's "Prometheus" (first performance in England); played Delius's Pianoforte Concerto (Philharmonic) and at Palladium, London, 1911, with Beecham Orchestra.
   His compositions include a suite for strings, pianoforte trio, pianoforte and violin sonata, cantata, "The Fountain of Tears," and numerous songs.
   Recreations: Football and billiards.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

51) William Waddington Cooke, pianist and composer.
   b. West Keel, Lincolnshire, 1868.
   e. privately.
   He has completed a light opera, and has written some highly successful songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

52) Frederick Corder, composer, teacher and journalist.
   b. London, 1852.
   Son of Micah Corder, merchant and amateur musician, and Charlotte Corder, amateur pianist.
   e. at Blackheath Proprietary School.
   His opera, "Nordisa," was produced by the Carl Rosa Company in 1887, and he has also composed numerous works for the orchestra as well as songs and other compositions, among which a motet in fifty parts for female voices should be mentioned. He wrote the English versions of Wagner's operas, published 1880-2.
   He is an ardent book collector, a devotee of chess, and is interested in most things save politics and sport. He founded the Society of British Composers in 1905.

53) Paul W. Corder, composer and teacher.
   b. London, 1879.
   Son of Frederick Corder.
   Composed opera, "Grettir the Strong" (1901); "The Moon Slave," a terpsichorean fantasia (1902); "Dross," a wordless music-drama (1905); overture, "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1903); orchestral fantasia, "Morar" (1906), "The Dryad" ballet, 1908, and numerous similar works chiefly for piano.
   [Grove's Dictionary gives him one line in his father's entry.]

54) Mlle. Ghita Corri (Mrs. Neville Lynn), operatic and concert vocalist [and composer].
   b. Edinburgh.
   Daughter of Henry Corri (leading baritone at Covent Garden, and founder of Corri's Opera Company, which opened up the provinces for grand opera before Carl Rosa and similar companies were started), and Mdme. Ida Gillies Corri.
   e. privately.
   Composer of "Coronation," "The Land of Light," "Love Dreams," "Say Yes," "Have Faith," and several other published songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary - nor is her father.]

55) Claudius H. Couldery, composer and pianist.
   b. Lewisham, 1842.
   Father: Mr. R. H. Couldery, a landscape painter and amateur musician, amongst whose works are twelve études published in Germany and England by Messrs. Schott & Co.
   Chief works: sacred cantatas, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," and "The Penitence and Praise of David"; patriotic cantata, "For Valour"; a series of three cantatas for female voices: (1) "The Building of the Ship" - the original MS. of which Her Majesty Queen Alexandra graciously accepted, in June, 1906 (2) "Carmen Puellis," (3) " A Pageant of Queens"; Concert Overture in F (1885); overture, "To the Memory of a Hero" (1890); a Romance in A flat, a Cradle Song, an Andante Religioso for organ, harp and orchestra; a Trumpet and Organ Fantasia (1898), besides numerous pianoforte compositions.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

56) Henry Coward, conductor [and composer].
   b. Liverpool, 1849.
   Was originally apprenticed to the cutlery business, taking several prizes as a superior craftsman. Later gained Mus. Bac. and Mus. Doc. at Oxford.
   He has been an industrious composer, his works including a cantata, "Magna Charta," 1882; "Queen Victoria," 1885; "The Story of Bethany," 1891; "The King's Error," first performed at the Tonic Festival at the Crystal Palace; "Heroes of Faith," 1895; and numerous anthems, Sunday-school songs, school songs, glees, hymns, etc.
   He has just completed a tour of the world with 200 of his chorus.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

57) James Munro Coward, organist and composer.
   Father: the late James Coward, organist.
   Among his compositions is a cantata "The Fishers" (1889), and a Jubilee Hymn, for chorus and military band (1897); has also composed a large number of pieces for the American and Mustel organs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

58) Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer and conductor.
   b. Kingston, Jamaica, 1852.
   Father: Frederick Augustus Cowen, secretary to the late Earl of Dudley.
   At the age of eight, composed an opera, "Garibaldi," which was performed privately. In 1864 a trio which he had written for violin, 'cello and piano was performed at a concert at Dudley House by Joachim, Piatti and himself. His first pianoforte concerto and his earliest symphony were performed at the St. James's Hall in December, 1869. His first important choral work, "The Rose Maiden," was successfully produced when he was eighteen, and is still a popular work with musical societies. In 1871 among his most important compositions was a symphony, also an overture. In 1873 he visited Italy, with a view to the composition of an opera on "The Lady of Lyons." In 1876 he wrote a cantata, "The Corsair," on Byron's poem, while his opera "Pauline" was produced by Carl Rosa. In 1880 he wrote his famous "Scandinavian Symphony." The following year he wrote the cantata "St. Ursula." His "Welsh Symphony" was composed in 1884, after which came "The Sleeping Beauty," 1885, and the oratorio "Ruth," 1887. In 1887 his Symphony No. 5 in F was first performed. In 1888 he offered himself as Principal of the R.A.M., but withdrew his candidature on receiving the offer to act as conductor of the concerts at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition at a fee of £5,000, an offer which he accepted. In 1889 he composed the cantata "St. John's Eve." His opera "Thorgrim" was produced in 1890, and his next opera, "Signa," was first produced in Milan in 1893. One more opera, "Harold," the libretto of which was written by Sir Edward Malet, was produced in 1895. His subsequent principal compositions are "The Transfiguration," sacred cantata, 1895; "In Fairyland," Suite de Ballet, 1896; "Four Old English Dances," 1896; "Idyllic Symphony" (No. 6); "Dream of Endymion," scena for tenor, 1897; "Concertstuck," for pianoforte and orchestra; "Ode to the Passions," 1898; "The Butterflies' Ball," overture, 1900; "Phantasy of Life and Love," for orchestra, 1901; "Coronation Ode" and "Coronation March," 1902; "Indian Rhapsody," for orchestra, 1903; "John Gilpin," cantata, 1904; "Four Old English Dances" (2nd set), 1905, and an oratorio "The Veil" (1910). He has composed about 300 songs, many of which have achieved extraordinary popularity, such as "It was a Dream," "The Better Land," "The Promise of Life," "Because." [Many more particulars, especially about performances, may be found in the book.]

59) William Creser, composer and conductor.
   b. York, 1844.
   Father being choirmaster at St. John's Church.
   His compositions include numerous oratorios, including "The Sacrifice of Freia," produced at the Leeds Festival, 1889; an "Old English Suite" for orchestra, 1896; and he has also written a quantity of chamber music, including a quartet for strings, a trio for pianoforte and strings, a sonata for piano and violin, and organ pieces.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

60) Edward George Croager, organist and conductor [and composer].
   b. London, 1861.
   Has composed a number of anthems, hymn tunes, etc., and a patriotic cantata, "Our Watchword," performed by the West Hampstead Choral and Orchestral Society in 1888.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

61) John Crook, composer and conductor.
   Composer of numerous musical pieces and operas produced in London, including "Lancelot the Lovely," "Jaunty Jane Shore," "Claude Duval," "Don Quixote," "Venus," "Orpheus," "Quits," "Lady Slavey," "New Barmaid," "King Kodak" (part composer), "Young Recruit" (part composer), "Sage and Onions" and "King's Dragoons"; composer of a large number of songs; wrote incidental music to "Peter Pan" and to J. M. Barrie's wordless play, "Pantaloon," produced at Duke of York's, 1905, and twice played by command before the late King Edward and Queen Alexandra during the same month.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

62) Frederick J. Crowest, writer on music, editor, organist and composer.
   b. London, 1860.
   e. London and Italy.
   Became favourably known as a tenor singer under the name of Arthur Vitton.
   Among his published works are the following: "The Great Tone Poets," Bentley, 1874; "Book of Musical Anecdotes," Bentley, 1878; "Phases of Musical England," Remington, 1881; "Musical History and Biography," 1883; "Advice to Singers," "Great Musicians" (Series), Sampson Low; "Musical Groundwork," 1890; "Dictionary of British Musicians," Jarrold, 1895; "The Story of British Music," etc.
   [No further details about his compositions. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

63) William Hayman Cummings, tenor vocalist, composer, conductor, musical antiquarian.
   b. at Sidbury, Devonshire, 1831.
   He is the composer of several prize glees and songs, a cantata [The Fairy Ring], as well as a primer on the Rudiments of Music (Novello), and some sacred music.
   He has of late years devoted much time to literary and antiquarian pursuits, and is the owner of a famous library of rare musical works, including a wonderful collection of MSS.; he is also an ardent fisherman.

64) Richard Cummings, baritone and teacher of singing [and minor composer].
   b. London, 1857.
   Son of Joseph Cummings.
   e. Temple Church Choir School.
   Has composed many songs, etc., in MS.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Paul Barasi on Tuesday 10 July 2012, 22:29
Comedy of Errors? Indeed: composed in 1911 by Cecil Coles and, alas, if he didn't make it onto the 1913 list, then he would doubtless fall in the last months of the Great War without ever having got on such a list at all. At that's a real shame, as what he left behind him is well worth hearing and gives us some inkling of his potential. (Mind you,
if the site settles on a 1918 cutoff, that may be all we'd end up with here anyway!)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: chill319 on Tuesday 10 July 2012, 23:52
What fun! It's interesting to search for the word 'symphony' in the developing list.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 00:03
Re Julian Clifford see Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Clifford). Large article...

Hrm. Would rather have a -good- string quartet than a bad symphony.  Or a stunning brief song than a mediocre either. I think Carl Nielsen (e.g.) wrote really good symphonies but the pearl of his output is a few of his songs- but don't expect many to agree. But expect the point of the question of who wrote a symphony among these was something else...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 00:13
(btw P. Sear has performed a few of Paul Corder's preludes on his YouTube channel, and Paul Corder also gets a Wikipedia article. He did write a violin concerto, and a string quartet and a couple of operas, though I don't know if they survive, and his Heroic Elegy for piano of 1919 I've seen mentioned a time or three (maybe while looking up his father's elegy for 24 violins and organ of 1908...)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: chill319 on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 00:28
QuoteWould rather have a -good- string quartet than a bad symphony.  Or a stunning brief song than a mediocre either.

Me too, Eric. But I'll bet you agree that often goes beyond fun.

For me the fun lies in learning something new. A number of 'symphony' hits in the list are from composers already well known to participants in this site. Then there are the other hits... I'm going to assume (just for fun) that at least one or two of them are rather good, even unexpectedly good. Worth looking out for.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 00:33
No argument there either!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: edurban on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 05:15
40) François Cellier, composer and conductor.
   b. London, 1849.
   Of French extraction, and brother of the late Alfred Cellier.


...And in 15 years (1928) going to be grandfather of Peter Cellier, aka Sir Frank Gordon, etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cellier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cellier)

David
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 11:01
Out of curiosity, any relation to French organist/composer Alexandre Cellier? I'm serious. (Wait, in 15 years he -will- be the grandfather of this person, so am guessing he doesn't exist yet- therefore they have articles about people who won't be born for 15 years, yet?... Wikipedia's notability standards have taken a plunge since I regularly edited there.)

Frank Bridge did write an unfinished symphony for strings, as well as much else extended, of course :) So that's one answer to the question. And until fairly recently - I have issues of Tempo magazine in which this was the case (with articles trying to bring him to the attention of a wider public) - was very definitely unsung (admittedly and fortunately imho no longer the case, relatively, that.)

Worldcat lists only 2 surviving/held in libraries compositions (other than books) by Crowest, one a song, one a communion service.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Wednesday 11 July 2012, 14:51
Here are the fourteen composers whose names began with "D":

65) Eugen François Charles D'Albert, pianist and composer.
   b. Glasgow, 1864.
   Son of Charles Louis Napoleon D'Albert, the well-known composer of dance music, by his wife Annie Rowell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
   In October of 1881 he first appeared as a composer at a Richter Concert, playing his own Pianoforte Concerto in A. Became a pupil of Liszt, and continued to reside chiefly abroad, including Frankfort-on-Maine. His compositions are highly appreciated in Germany and Italy. They include the operas "Der Rubin," composed 1892; "Ghismonda," produced at Dresden, 1895; "Gernot," "The Departure," "Kain," "Terra Bassa" "Flauto Solo," and "Tiefland" his most popular opera, which is constantly being performed in Germany and Austria; two piano concertos, a symphony, string quartets; a work for orchestra and chorus, founded on Otto Ludwig's "Man and Life"; overture "Hyperion," 1885; dramatic overture, 1887; sonatas, songs, etc.
   His recreations are outdoor sports and medical science.
   [His entry in Grove's comes under "A"; we are told there that he performed Brahms's concertos with the composer conducting, and that he was married six times.]

66) Benjamin James Dale, composer and organist.
   b. 1885, Crouch Hill.
   Father: the late Mr. C. J. Dale.
   e. at Stationers' Co.'s School and Oakfield School, Crouch End.
   Principal compositions include overture, "The Tempest" (1902), pianoforte sonata D minor (1905), suite for viola and pianoforte (1906), Romance and finale, viola and orchestra (1911), Phantasy for viola and pianoforte, Sextett for six violas, cantata "Before the Paling of the Stars," etc., etc.
   Unmarried.
   [Grove's provides some interesting later details: "He was interned in Germany for the duration of WW1"; "his work for the BBC's Music Advisory Panel in the 1930s allowed him to air his antithetical views on the more advanced contemporary trends"; and "his last large-scale work, the expansive 27-minute tone poem The Flowing Tide (1943), finds Dale introducing elements of Debussian Impressionism into a late-Romantic idiom with a striking ear for orchestral colour."]

67) Francis William Davenport, composer and piano teacher.
   b. Wilderslowe, near Derby, 1847.
   e. University College, Oxford.
   His his principal compositions include a symphony in D Minor, 1876; "Twelfth Night," overture, 1879; a prelude and fugue for orchestra, 1879; he has also written a quantity of chamber music; his other works include a symphony in G, not yet performed, pieces for piano, violin and 'cello, songs and part songs.
   Author of "The Elements of Music," Longmans, 1884; "Elements of Harmony and Counterpoint," Longmans, 1886; and "A Guide for Pianoforte Students," Longmans, 1891.

68) Henry Walford Davies, organist and composer.
   b. Oswestry, Shropshire, 1869.
   Father: the late John Whitridge Davies of Wem, Salop.
   e. privately.
   His first important composition was a symphony produced in 1895; other more recent orchestral compositions are "Holiday Times" (1907), "Festival Overture" (1909), "Parthenia" (1911), "Symphony in G" (1911), Wordsworth Suite (1912); his other compositions include a choral ballad, "Hervé Riel," "Everyman," a setting of the famous morality play, an oratorio, "The Temple," first performed in 1902, Sacred Symphony "Lift up your Hearts" (1906), Choral Suite, "Noble Numbers" (1909), "Song of St. Francis" (1912), various chamber-works for combination of strings and voices, a number of songs composed to words by Shakespeare, Browning, Kipling, and others; glees (including "The Sturdy Rock"), sonatas for the piano, and violin, and other compositions.

69) J. D. Davis, composer and teacher.
   Composer of symphonic poem, "Maid of Astolat," performed at Queen's Hall, 1910; symphonic variations, operas, chamber-music, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

70) Adelina De Lara, pianist, composer and teacher.
   Retired from the public platform about three years ago and settled in France as a composer. Her best known work is a Song-cycle "Rose of the World," sung by Sig. Caruso.
   [According to Grove's Dictionary, she was born at Carlisle in 1872, wrote two piano concertos, made important recordings of Schumann in the 1950s, and published her memoirs ("Finale") in 1955.]

71) Isidore De Lara, composer [also pianist and singer].
   b. London, 1858.
   Known both as a singer and composer of songs, among the best known of which is "The Garden of Sleep"; he has also composed operas including "The Light of Asia," originally a cantata (1892); other operas by Mr. De Lara include "Moina," "Kenilworth" and "Messaline," the last mentioned being produced at Monte Carlo, where he lived for some time, and enjoyed the friendship of the Princess of Monaco.

72) Teresa Del Riego, song-writer.
   b. London.
   Father: Miguel del Riego.
   e. at the Convent of La Sainte Union des Sacrés Coeurs, Highgate.
   Is one of the most popular song-writers of the day, her songs "The Happy Song," "Life's Recompense" and "Oh, dry those Tears," having a great vogue.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

73) Luigi Denza, composer and professor of music.
   b. Castellamare del Stabia, Italy, 1846.
   Father a well-known musical amateur.
   In 1876 his opera "Wallenstein" was produced at Naples. In 1879 he came to London, and in 1883 decided to make it his permanent home. His famous song, "Funiculi Funicula," of which over half-a-million copies have been sold, was composed on the occasion of the opening of the railway up Mount Vesuvius in 1880. Signor Denza has written over 600 songs in different languages, and his settings of Enghsh words are fully as popular as his Italian and French songs. He has also written numerous duets, part songs, and two cantatas for soprano and contralto voice: "The Garden of Flowers" and "In Arcady."

74) Baron Frederic D'Erlanger, composer.
   b. Paris, 1868.
   His father a German banker and his mother an American.
   An album of songs by him was published in Paris before he was twenty-one, after which he came to London and was naturalized as an Englishman; his compositions include three operas: "Jehan de Saintré," 1894; "Inez Mendo," 1897; and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," 1911; he has written largely for the orchestra, his "Suite Symphonique" having been produced at the Covent Garden Promenade Concerts in 1895; his quintet for piano and strings was played at the St. James's Hall in 1902, and a violin concerto was first performed by Herr Kreisler at a Philharmonic Concert in 1902; he has also written string quartets, a sonata for violin and piano, and other works, including numerous songs.

75) F. A. W. Docker, organist, pianist, conductor and composer of Church music.
   b. London, 1852.
   Father: Mr. Edward Docker, an ironfounder in Staffordshire.
   e. at St. Andrews, Wells Street, and at the age of twelve an articled pupil of the late Sir Joseph Barnby.
   [No further information about his compositions is given. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

76) Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, pianist and teacher.
   b. Hampstead, 1877.
   e. at St. John's Wood and at Kent College, Canterbury.
   Founded in 1907 the Thomas Dunhill Concerts of British chamber music, a series of which have been given annually at Steinway Hall.
   Principal compositions: "Valse Fantasia," for flute and orchestra; "Comrades," song, baritone and orchestra (1905), "Capricious Variations" for 'cello and orchestra (1911), "The Wind among the Reeds" songs, tenor and orchestra (1912); several quintets, quartets, trios, etc.
   [And Grove's Dictionary lists a Symphony in A minor that came in 1914.]

77) John Dunn, solo violinist [and minor composer].
   b. Hull, 1866.
   Father: Robert Pickering Dunn.
   e. privately.
   Was the first artist to introduce the Tschaikovsky concerto in London.
   Has written a violin concerto (unpublished), and some violin pieces and cadenzas to the Beethoven concerto, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

78) Spencer Dyke, violinist [and minor composer].
   b. Cornwall, 1880.
   He is a member of the Wessely Quartet, and has written some pieces and studies for his instrument.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

As I said, no sign of Delius, but Debussy and Dohnányi are there.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Thursday 12 July 2012, 11:21
Now the eight composers whose names began with "E":

79) Osborne Edmundson, pianist and teacher.
   b. St. Helens, Lancashire, 1868.
   Compositions include pianoforte pieces, songs, cantata, "The Captivity"; also anthems and part songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

80) Henry John Edwards, organist and composer [and pianist].
   b. Barnstaple, Devon, 1854.
   Studied under his father, a famous organist of his day.
   His oratorio, "The Ascension," was performed at Exeter in 1888, and his motet, "Praise to the Holiest," in 1891; he has also written a cantata, "The Epiphany," performed at Barnstaple in 1891, an oratorio ("The Risen Lord," regarded by its composer as his magnum opus), church services, anthems, numerous songs and part songs, and a triumphal march.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

81) Sir Edward Elgar, composer.
   b. Broadheath, near Worcester, 1857.
   Father: the late W. H. Elgar, formerly organist of St. George's, Roman Catholic Church, Worcester.
   The first work that stamped him as a composer of distinction was "Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf" (1896); previously to this he had composed nearly thirty pieces, which have since been published, including his popular melody "Salut d'Amour," the "Froissart" overture (1890), and the oratorio "Lux Christi," "The Black Knight," composed in 1893, and "Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands," 1896. His fame was fully established by his great work, "The Dream of Gerontius" (1900), "The Apostles" (1903), and "The Kingdom" (1906). Since that date an endless stream of superb compositions has flowed from the composer's pen, many of which rank high among modern classics, and have spread the fame of English music far and wide among continental nations.
   Address: 42 Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead.

82) Rosalind Frances Ellicott, composer and pianiste.
   b. Cambridge, 1857.
   Father: the Right Rev. Charles John Ellicott, formerly Bishop of Gloucester, her mother being an accomplished musician and vocalist, who established the Handel Society in London in 1882.
   Her compositions include cantatas, "Radiant Sister of the Day," 1887; "Elysium," 1889; "The Birth of Song," 1892; "Henry of Navarre," for men's voices, 1894; she has also composed several overtures, including Dramatic Overture, 1886; Concert Overture, 1886; a Fantasia in A minor, for piano and orchestra, 1895; also a quantity of chamber music, much of which remains unpublished.
   [Grove's Dictionary: "Most of her large-scale chamber music, despite well-received performances in London and elsewhere, has not survived, but the smaller pieces demonstrate a fondness for expansive themes."]

83) Percy Elliott, violinist, composer and conductor.
   b. Dunstable, 1870.
   Father: W.O. Elliott, J.P., manufacturer.
   e. privately.
   Composer of numerous songs, including "A Sprig of White Heather," "My Dainty Cigarette," "Sleep and Forget," "Sweetest and Dearest."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

Unnumbered, and not a composer, but worth including because of one remarkable experience he had:
   Gervase Elwes, tenor vocalist.
   b. at Billing, Northamptonshire, 1866.
   Father: Valentine Cary-Elwes.
   e. at the Oratory School, Birmingham, and at Christchurch, Oxford.
   m. May 11, 1889, Lady Winefride Feilding, daughter of the eighth Earl of Denbigh.
   Was in the diplomatic service from 1891 to 1895.
   His favourite music is "The Dream of Gerontius" and Brahms' songs, having met Brahms in Vienna in 1901.
   Recreation: Shooting.

84) Michele Esposito.
   b. Castellamare, near Naples, 1855.
   Is one of the leading teachers and concert givers in Dublin, where he established the Dublin Orchestral Society; compositions include a cantata, "Deirdre," Dublin 1897; "The Post-bag," a light opera, London 1902; he has also written an Irish symphony, string quartet, sonatas for violin and piano, and 'cello and piano, and numerous piano pieces and songs.

85) Harry Evans, organist and conductor.
   b. Dowlais, Glam., 1873.
   Father: John Evans, choral conductor and bass singer.
   Made his first appearance as soloist when seven years old, and at ten appointed organist of Gwernllwyn Congregational Church.
   His compositions include Dramatic Cantata for baritone and chorus (Cardiff Festival, 1904), and a dramatic cantata, "Dafydd ap Gwilym" (National Eisteddfod, 1908).
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

86) Alfred J. Eyre, organist and teacher of singing.
   b. Kennington, 1853.
   Has composed Holy Communion Services in E flat and C; Evening Services in C and D, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Thursday 12 July 2012, 12:02
One of Esposito's 2? string quartets and his cello sonata are at IMSLP- thanks for the bio information :)
A single movement of Ellicott's 2nd piano trio was published in  a recent volume- I don't know what happened to the rest of it, not having seen the volume. I wonder if the full parts of some of some of her cantatas that Novello published in vocal score in the 1880s-90s survive... I know of her because of the brief piece included on that volume of cello works on Dutton.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: secondfiddle on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:11
A fascinating listing.

Under the 'B's H Balfour-Gardiner should not be hyphenated as he is Henry Balfour Gardiner, known to his friends as just Balfour Gardiner.  I'm fairly sure he is in the New Grove under Gardiner. I wonder how the hyphen originated.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: britishcomposer on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:45
I've become a fan of these lists! Thanks, Sidney!  :)

So far my favourite is Paul Corder's "Dross," a wordless music-drama (1905)  ??? ;D ;D ;D

Is there any information to find about this particular piece? I don't suspect the music to reflect upon the meaning of the title...  ;) ;D
Well, 'dross' can mean a lot of things.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:46
Quote from: Sydney Grew on Thursday 12 July 2012, 11:21
Unnumbered, and not a composer, but worth including because of one remarkable experience he had:
   Gervase Elwes, tenor vocalist.
   His favourite music is "The Dream of Gerontius" and Brahms' songs, having met Brahms in Vienna in 1901.

Er, quite. Must have been Brahms' ghost...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Friday 13 July 2012, 03:05
Quote from: secondfiddle on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:11Under the 'B's H Balfour-Gardiner should not be hyphenated as he is Henry Balfour Gardiner, known to his friends as just Balfour Gardiner.  I'm fairly sure he is in the New Grove under Gardiner. I wonder how the hyphen originated.

Ah yes - I thought the name was familiar! Thank you; I've amended the paragraph. "He relieved Delius of his financial worries by buying his house at Grez-sur-Loing and allowing him free tenancy for life." (Grove's)

And thanks to Mr. Barasi for pointing out the omission of Cecil Coles!!

Quote from: britishcomposer on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:45. . .
So far my favourite is Paul Corder's "Dross," a wordless music-drama (1905)  ??? ;D ;D ;D

Is there any information to find about this particular piece? . . .

It is likely to be based on the 1896 adventure novel of the same name by Hugh Stowell Scott, who used the nom-de-plume "Henry Seton Merriman." The book begins with the hero being smuggled aboard a cross-channel ferry disguised as a grand piano, "snugly housed in one of Messrs. Erard's cases."
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: JimL on Friday 13 July 2012, 05:58
Quote from: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:46
Quote from: Sydney Grew on Thursday 12 July 2012, 11:21
Unnumbered, and not a composer, but worth including because of one remarkable experience he had:
   Gervase Elwes, tenor vocalist.
   His favourite music is "The Dream of Gerontius" and Brahms' songs, having met Brahms in Vienna in 1901.

Er, quite. Must have been Brahms' ghost...
Maybe it was a "Dream of Brahms".  ;D
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Friday 13 July 2012, 11:33
Just seven composers listed under "F":

87) Eaton Faning.
   b. Helston, Cornwall, 1850.
   Father: a professor of music, from whom he received his first instruction on the piano and violin.
   Showed precocious ability, and played in public before he was five years old.
   His compositions are numerous, including church services, anthems, part songs, Harrow School songs, instrumental pieces, operettas and cantatas, as well as a symphony in C Minor and some chamber music; many of his part songs have become exceedingly popular.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

88) Harry Farjeon, composer and teacher.
   b. Hohokus, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1878, of British parents.
   Father: B.L. Farjeon, a well-known novelist, who married Miss Margaret Jefferson, daughter of Joseph Jefferson of "Rip van Winkle" fame.
   Made his début as composer at St. James's Hall, 1897, while still a student. Has written several operas and operettas: "Floretta" (1899); "Registry Office" (1900); Pianoforte Concerto in D (1900); symphonic poem, "Mowgli" (1907); "Summer Vision" (1908) and Mass, "St. Dominic" (1910); and about 145 other compositions.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

89) Herman Finck (Hermann von der Finck), orchestral conductor.
   b. London, 1872, of German descent
   Father: Herr Louis von der Finck, who was conductor successively at Drury Lane and at Gaiety.
   Has written numerous songs and pieces for orchestra and piano, including the "King of Ersia," comic opera in three acts; "The Palace Revue" (with G.R. Sims); operettas "Hiawatha" and "Moonshine," and the annual ballet at Winter Gardens, Blackpool, for ten years past.
   [Grove's Dictionary gives his full name as "Herman van de Vinck" and maintains that his father was Dutch.]

90) Francis J. Foote, conductor and composer.
   Active in Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells.
   Compositions include Mass for choir, solo and orchestra, orchestral tone-poem, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

91) Ernest Ford, composer and vocal teacher.
   b. Warminster, Wilts, 1858.
   Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ford (née Alsor).
   e. Salisbury, Weston-super-Mare.
   Compositions include string quartet in F minor, pianoforte trio in A, elegy for violin solo and orchestra, and "Scène Bacchanale," 1897. Has composed much sacred music, including the motett "Domine Deus" (O Lord God!) and several operas and operettas; "Jane Annie," libretto by J.M. Barrie and Conan Doyle (Savoy Theatre); "The House of Lords" (Lyric); and a duologue, "Lydia," words by Justin Huntly McCarthy.
   Has recently (1912) published a comprehensive work upon the "History of Music in England" (Sampson Low).
   [Grove's Dictionary tells us that "His Short History of Music in England (London, 1912) is informative on Sullivan and late 19th-century musical life." That must be the work in question; there is no mention either in the British Library catalogue or elsewhere of a separate "comprehensive" history. It can be retrieved from the Internet Archive HERE (http://archive.org/details/cu31924022332161), and a vocal score (piano reduction) of "Jane Annie" is available FROM THE SAME SITE (http://archive.org/details/janeannieorgoodc00ford).]

92) Myles Birket Foster, organist and composer.
   b. London, 1851.
   Father: Birket Foster, famous water-colour artist.
   Well known as composer of much beautiful church music, services, anthems, cantatas, besides symphonies and overtures.
   [Grove tells us that one symphony is in F sharp minor, and has the name "Isle of Arran." He also published two books: "Anthems and Anthem Composers" (London 1901 - it may be retrieved HERE (http://archive.org/details/anthemsanthemcom00fost)),  and a "History of the Philharmonic Society of London, 1813-1912" (London, 1912 - HERE (http://archive.org/details/historyofphilhar00fost)). The father's full name appears to have also been Myles Birket Foster, and he published a great many books.]

93) Herbert Fryer, pianist and composer.
   b. London, 1877.
   Father: George H. Fryer, insurance broker.
   e. at Merchant Taylors' School.
   Has composed many pianoforte pieces, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Jimfin on Friday 13 July 2012, 12:09
No Foulds, then! I suppose he was only about 33
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Friday 13 July 2012, 14:17
I am guessing that while Foulds' output was fairly substantial by 1913, the composers in here were (I am guessing, again, but judging from the title etc.) fairly well-known quantities in 1913 and that may have only become true for Foulds with his World Requiem on its premiere- and that wasn't until 1923.  Still, haven't yet read MacDonald's biography, and know I will enjoy doing so as I have his others...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Friday 13 July 2012, 14:43
No Foulds I fear, nor Vaughan Williams; but "Von Holst" is already present, as are both Schönberg (5 orchestral pieces) and Stravinsky (Firebird).

Next, eleven British composers under "G":

94) Wilhelm Ganz, conductor, composer, pianist, and teacher of singing.
   b. Mayence, on the Rhine, 1833.
   Father: Adolphe Ganz, kapellmeister.
   e. at Mayence.
   He has now completed sixty-four years of residence and busy occupation in London.
   He was the first to conduct Symphonies by Berlioz in England. [Also Liszt's Dante Symphony.]
   Mr. Ganz has composed many popular songs formerly sung by famous singers, "Sing, Sweet Bird," "I Seek for Thee in Every Flower," "The Nightingale's Trill," and much pianoforte and dance music; has been the recipient of numerous orders and decorations from European rulers.
   [His autobiography, "Memories of a Musician, reminiscences of seventy years of musical life" (London, 1913), may be retrieved HERE (http://archive.org/details/memoriesofmusici00ganzuoft)].

95) Claude Gascoigne, pianist.
   b. Leyton, Essex, 1884
   Father: Channing Kiddell Gascoigne, civil servant.
   e. privately.
   His compositions include a fantasia and six Pianoforte Fancies.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

96) Nicholas Gatty, composer.
   e. at R.C.M.
   Has composed a choral setting to Milton's "Fly, Envious Time!" for Sheffield Festival, and a one-act opera, "Grey Steel" (to a libretto by his brother, R. Gatty), played for first time by Moody-Manners Company at Theatre Royal, Sheffield.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

97) Edward German, composer.
   b. Whitchurch, Shropshire, 1862.
   In 1885 he won the Charles Lucas medal for composition, his work being a "Te Deum" for chorus and organ. His compositions include an operetta, "The Rival Poets," 1886; incidental music to "Richard III," 1889; Incidental music for "Henry VIII," 1892, the Three Dances from which have proved enormously popular; Incidental music to "The Tempter," 1893; "Romeo and Juhet," 1895; "As You Like It," 1896; Symphonic poem, "Hamlet," 1897; Incidental music to "Much Ado About Nothing," 1898; Symphonic suite, "The Seasons," 1899; Incidental music to "Nell Gwyn," 1900; opera, "The Emerald Isle," in conjunction with the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1901; "Merrie England," 1902; "The Princess of Kensington," 1903; "Welsh Rhapsody," 1904; "Just So Book," with Rudyard Kipling, 1904; music to the Duchess of Sutherland's play, "The Conqueror," 1905; comic opera, "Tom Jones," 1907; "Fallen Fairies" (with the late Sir W.S. Gilbert), 1909; "Coronation March and Hymn," 1911. His purely orchestral works, in addition to those already mentioned, include: Symphony (No. 1) in E minor. Symphony (No. 2) in A minor. Funeral March, Gipsy Suite, Symphonic Suite in D minor, March Rhapsody (on original themes), etc. Numerous songs and other fugitive compositions.

98) Francis Edward Gladstone, teacher of theory.
   b. at Summertown, near Oxford, 1845.
   Father: Rev. J.E. Gladstone, a clergyman of the Church of England, and a first cousin of the late Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone.
   e. privately near Torquay.
   He has composed a good deal in varying styles, but modestly confesses to but little success. His latest work, however, a "Treatise on Strict Counterpoint," has happily proved an exception. [London, 1905. PART I (http://archive.org/details/treatiseonstrict01glad) and PART II (http://archive.org/details/treatiseonstrict02glad).]
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

99) James Mackey Glover.
   b. Dublin, 1861.
   Father: James Mackey, an Irish patriot in the seventies.
   Grandfather: Prof. J. W. Glover, the well-known composer.
   Composed "A Trip to Paris" (which opened the Palace Theatre), "All the Year Round" and "Parisiana," ballets; composes and arranges all the music for the Drury Lane pantomimes and dramas.
   Served as Mayor of Bexhill.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary; but his grandfather is.]

100) Herbert Aberlin Godfrey, band conductor.
   b. at Datchet, 1869.
   Father: Charles Godfrey.
   e. at Christ's Hospital.
   Has composed a good deal of light music beginning with Christmas Fantasy, "Santa Claus," 1896; ballets, "The Red, White and Blue," 1897; "The Services," 1898; "Home of the Butterflies," 1900; incidental music to pantomimes "Dick Whittington," 1902-3; "Babes in the Wood," 1904; "Spectacles"; "The Invasion," 1909; "Pompeii," 1910; "China," 1912, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

101) Percy Godfrey.
   b. Derbyshire, 1859.
   e. Bedford Grammar School.
   Gained Lesley-Alexander Prize for Piano Quintette, 1900; and Musician's Comp. Prize for Coronation March, 1902; Choral Ballade Prize, Dover Festival, 1904.
   Is Music Master, King's School, Canterbury.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

102) Eugene Goossens, conductor and violinist.
   b. London, 1893.
   Father: the late Eugene Goossens, formerly conductor of Carl Rosa Opera Company, and choirmaster of St. Anne's, Edgehill.
   Composed symphonic variations for orchestra, June, 1912.

103) Percy Aldridge Grainger, composer and pianist.
   b. Brighton, near Melbourne, Australia, 1883.
   Father: John H. Grainger, engineer and architect.
   His published compositions include Paraphrase on "Valse des Fleurs," Tschaikovsky-Grainger; Mock Morris for seven-part string orchestra; "Molly on the Shore," Irish reel for string orchestra; Duet for 'cello and piano on Scandinavian Folk-music, "La scandinave"; three Irish Dances, Stanford-Grainger. Many other works for orchestra, chamber music, choral songs, and piano pieces.

104) Annie Grimson, pianist and teacher.
   b. in Pimlico, 1870.
   Father: Samuel Dean Grimson
   e. privately.
   Has composed and published nocturne for 'cello and piano (Augener), Fidelité waltz for full orchestra (Phillips), etc., etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Friday 13 July 2012, 21:57
I was going to ask if Nicolas Gatty was related to composer Alfred Scott-Gatty (1847-1918), but his father was Reginald Gatty, one of Alfred's brothers, so the answer is yes.
The Ganz category at IMSLP has 3 brief compositions by him at present as well as what I hope is a somewhat cleaned-up copy of the scan of his memoirs, btw... (nicht ganz viel...)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: britishcomposer on Friday 13 July 2012, 23:33
Philip Scowcroft wrote about Gatty with great understanding and warmth.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/gatty.htm (http://www.musicweb-international.com/garlands/gatty.htm)

Take for example his last sentence:

As an English opera composer Gatty was perhaps born a generation too early, though even had he been born after 1900 he was for all his virtues no Britten or Tippett. Yet it does seem to be a pity that we have forgotten him entirely.  

To my mind that's a model in writing about an unsung composer.


I read first bout Gatty in Ursula Vaughan Williams biography on Ralph. They were good friends.
Some years later I stumbled across an advertisement in the Musical Times. I don't remember which volume.
Gatty offered his services as a copyist. It made me sad to see that he had to turn to such menial jobs to earn his living but I suppose that this was quite usual among the less successful composers.


His papers are located at the University of Exeter   
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb029ms178 (http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb029ms178)


Here is a little ad about the Carnegie Award winning opera 'Prince Ferelon' from the 1922 Musical Times:

Nicholas C. Gatty. — Prince Ferelon^ or The
Princess's Suitors, A musical extravaganza
in one Act. A charming little opera of
moderate length. The libretto is amusing
and original. The music, though full of
beauty and character, is light and not abstruse,
and is likely to appeal to a wide circle of
music-lovers.  

Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Saturday 14 July 2012, 02:05
(http://u.jimdo.com/www28/o/s6948e83140225584/img/if62a612b06e2b482/1279003482/std/vaughan-williams-viola-adeline-cello-con-amigos-ren%C3%A9-y-nicholas-gatty-aprox-1904.jpg)

Here is a blurry photo I happened to find some time ago. A still slim Vaughan Williams on the viola, Nicholas Gatty the violinist, and a mysterious couple "Adeline" ('cello) and "René" (horn). I cannot find any text to accompany the picture, beyond the actual file name, which is in Spanish. But I see now - from Britishcomposer's link above - that René was his brother (and they do look alike).

And a couple of points to add to Mr. Scowcroft's excellent article:

1) While Gatty was a student a String Quartet of his (as well as the variations on "Old King Cole") were performed at college concerts.

2) The libretto of "Duke or Devil" was the work of his brother Ivor.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: britishcomposer on Saturday 14 July 2012, 09:33
Thanks for the nice picture, Sidney! 'Adeline' is surely Adeline Vaughan Williams. Her looks is similar to that on the photos in UVW's biography.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Saturday 14 July 2012, 10:52
Seventeen composers whose names began with "H" here, including three future knights:

105) William Henry Hadow, M.A., Mus.Bac, F.R.S.L.
   b. Ebrington, Gloucestershire, 1859.
   Father: Rev. William Elliot Hadow.
   Compositions: Pianoforte Sonata, 1884; String Quartet, 1887; Incidental Music to Robert Bridges' "Demeter," 1905.
   Editor, "Oxford History of Music." Publications: "Studies in Modern Music," first series (1894), second series (1895); "Sonata Form," 1896; "A Croatian Composer," 1897 [This, in reference to Haydn, proved to be controversial]; "The Viennese Period" (Oxford History of Music), 1904; etc.
   [Knighted in 1918.]

106) G. W. L. Marshall Hall, composer.
   b. London, 1862.
   Grandson of the famous physician, Dr. Marshall Hall.
   e. King's College, London, and at Oxford.
   Founded a Conservatorium of Music in Australia.
   His compositions are numerous, including three operas of which he wrote both the libretti and music, several works for the orchestra, string quartets, songs, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

107) Mark Hambourg, pianist.
   b. Bogutchar, South Russia, 1879.
   Father: Michael Hambourg, professor of the piano.
   Received his early instruction on the piano from his father in London [and became a British citizen in 1896].
   He is a pianist of the first rank, and is everywhere received with unbounded enthusiasm . . . Mark Hambourg is also a composer of genius and originality.
   [But no further information is given about his compositions.]

108) Charles Albert Edwin Harriss, composer and conductor.
   b. London, 1862.
   Father: Edwin Harriss, at one time organist of St. Mark's, Wrexham.
   In 1883 he settled with his father in Canada, and since then has been the principal musical force in the Dominion. He was conductor of the Montreal Philharmonic Society, which in 1890 produced his cantata, "David Before the King." He also wrote an opera, "Torquil," which was successfully produced at the Montreal Opera House in 1896.
   In 1906 he revisited England, and during his stay in London organised a splendid concert at the Queen's Hall, representative of all that is best in the music of Great Britain and its colonies. Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Hubert Parry, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Sir Frederick H. Cowen consenting to conduct their own compositions, while Dr. Harriss conducted his own choral idyll, "Pan," which met with a splendid reception from an audience which included His Majesty the King.

109) Hamilton Harty, pianist, composer, and conductor.
   b. Hillsborough, co. Down, 1880.
   Member of a well-known Irish family. Is one of our best known and most skilful accompanists; and also a rising composer.
   [No further information here about his compositions. Knighted in 1925.]

110) Basil Harwood.
   b. 1859.
   Father: Edward Harwood, J.P., of Woodhouse, Olveston, Gloucestershire.
   e. Charterhouse, Trinity College, Oxford.
   Publications include church services and anthems, and a setting of psalm, "Inclina Domine," for the Gloucester Festival, 1898.
   [Many compositions are listed in Grove: "His Dithyramb for organ was much admired by Elgar."]

111) Stanley Hawley, composer, editor, and examiner.
   b. Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1867.
   Father: Edwin Flint Hawley.
   e. at Derby School.
   Composed music to E.A. Poe's "The Bells," 1894; "The Raven," 1896; "Elizabethan Love Lyrics," 1903; Hood's "Song of the Shirt," 1906.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

112) Walter W. Hedgcock, organist and composer.
   b. in Brighton.
   Has written many popular songs, notably "Drake's Drum," "Mandalay," "When Bright Eyes Glance," etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

113) Georg Henschel, singer, pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
   b. Breslau, 1850.
   Of Polish descent on father's side; is himself a naturalised Englishman since 1890.
   e. at St. Magdalene's College, Breslau, and at the Conservatoire of Music, Leipzig.
   He has composed, produced, and published a very large quantity of songs and much chamber music, and the incidental music to the revival of "Hamlet" by Sir H. Beerbohm (then Mr.) Tree at the Haymarket in 1891; also a "Requiem Mass," "Stabat Mater," "Te Deum," and a grand opera, "Nubia," first performed in 1899.
   [Knighted in 1914.]

114) Arthur Hervey, composer and musical critic.
   b. Paris, 1855.
   Father: late Charles Hervey, Esq., of Killiane Castle, co. Wexford, Ireland.
   e. at the Oratory School, Edgbaston.
   Principal compositions: Orchestral, Dramatic Overture (1890); "Two Tone Pictures" (1902); "Youth," overture (1902); "The Gates of Night," voice and orchestra (1901); "In the East," tone poem (1904); prelude, "Ione," (1907); "Summer," tone-poem (1907); "Life Moods," symphonic variations (1910); "The Fairy's Post-box," opera (1885); a large number of songs, including three albums of German lieder, and many to English, French, and Italian words; also much music for piano, violin, and 'cello.
   Besides his journalistic work he is the author of "Masters of French Music" (1894), "French Music in the Nineteenth Century" (1903), "Alfred Bruneau" (1907), "Franz Liszt and His Music" (1911), "Meyerbeer" (1913), and of various contributions to the supplement of the "Encyclopædia Britannica."

115) Arthur Hinton, composer.
   b. Beckenham, Kent, 1869.
   e. at Shrewsbury School.
   He went to Munich and placed himself under Prof. Rheinberger, and there he wrote his first important work, a symphony. He next worked upon an opera, "Tamara," which has not yet been produced. Then in Italy he wrote a fantasia, "The Triumph of Cæsar," first played in 1906; among his compositions are a symphony in B flat and another in C minor; a suite in D, for violin and piano; a trio in D minor, 1903; a concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra, 1905; quintet in G minor for piano and strings, 1910; a dramatic romance, "Porphyria's Lover," founded on Browning's poem; dramatic scena from Shelley's "Epipsychidion," for tenor solo and orchestra, 1905; "Chant des Vagues" for violoncello and orchestra; a violin sonata; and numerous piano pieces and songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

116) Josef Holbrooke, composer, conductor, and pianist.
   b. Croydon, 1878.
   Son of Joseph C. Holbrooke, musician, by his wife Alice Scotland, soprano vocalist.
   e. privately.
   His compositions include "The Raven" (Crystal Palace, 1901), "The Viking," "Ulalume" (Queen's Hall, 1904), "Byron Ode" (Leeds, 1904), "Masque of the Red Death," "The Bells" (Birmingham, 1906), "Choral Symphony" (Leeds, 1908), "Heaven and Earth," "Variations on 'Auld Lang Syne,'" "Three Blind Mice," "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (Belgium, 1905), "Pierrot and Pierrette" (opera, His Majesty's, 1909), and many pieces of chamber music for all combinations of instruments. His latest production was a grand opera, "The Children of Don," to a libretto by Lord Howard de Walden, produced by Mr. Hammerstein at London Opera House, 1912.

117) Benoit Hollander, violinist and composer.
   b. Amsterdam, Holland, in 1853.
   Played at the "Pops" in London, and has since been a professor of the violin at the G.S.M. Mr. Hollander married an English lady in 1890.
   [No further information given about his compositions, and not in Grove's Dictionary.]

118) George Augustus Holmes.
   b. Peckham, 1861.
   e. privately.
   Composer of a large number of pianoforte works, including "Tarantelle Brilliant," "Tarentelle [sic] Chromatique," six Melodious Studies, Miniature Recreations, six Characteristic Duets, etc., and numerous songs, duets, trios, and quartets.
   Also author of "The Academic Manual of the Rudiments of Music," and "Three Hundred Questions and Exercises"; joint-author (with Dr. F.J. Karn) of "The Academic Manual of Musical History," 1899; and a large number of technical and other works.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

119) Helen Hopekirk, pianist, composer, and teacher of piano.
   b. Edinburgh.
   Among her own compositions are a Concertstück for piano and orchestra; a Concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra; and a sonata for piano and violin.
   Her home is at present in Boston in the United States.

120) William Stevenson Hoyte, Mus. Doc. Cantaur, F.R.C.O., and Hon. R.A.M., organist, pianist, and composer.
   b. Sidmouth, Devon, 1844.
   e. at Ottery St. Mary, Devon.
   His published compositions include a communion service for voices and orchestra, minuet and trio for ditto, anthems and services, organ and pianoforte pieces, songs, hymn-tunes, and a book of litanies.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

121) Herbert Hughes, composer and critic.
   b. Belfast, 1882.
   Father: Frederick Patrick Hughes.
   e. privately.
   He has composed a ballet, a comic opera, a cycle of baritone songs, incidental music to an Irish masque, and other works, and has collected many unpublished traditional Irish airs from the peasantry of Ulster.
   He has also published a volume of Irish folk-songs, gathered in Donegal, under the title "Songs of Uladh."
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: chill319 on Saturday 14 July 2012, 23:48
With respect to Gervaise Elwes and his purported meeting with Brahms:
QuoteRecreation: Shooting.
That would be bull shooting, no doubt.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Sunday 15 July 2012, 05:15
I can just imagine this cottage industry of Viennese scammers devoted to convincing musical tourists that they were Brahms or Wolf in the early 20th century...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: JimL on Sunday 15 July 2012, 05:28
Or, Brahms actually was a 6,000 year-old immortal, like in that Star Trek episode!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Monday 16 July 2012, 11:03
This batch comprises composers whose names began with "I" to "L."

Harvey Löhr with his five symphonies seems something of a find, does he not - the first time he has been mentioned in this forum was just yesterday, in Albion's "interesting artefacts" thread, as far as I can make out. (It is possible that he changed his name later.)

-oOo-

Just two composers whose names began with "I":

122) Evelyn Ingleton, pianist and composer.
   Her compositions include numerous songs, an overture in B minor for full orchestra, produced at Llandudno, by Mr. Arthur Payne, in 1902; sonata for piano and 'cello in D flat, sonata for piano and 'cello in D major, air and variations in G for piano and violin, pianoforte trio in G minor, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

123) John William Ivimey, composer, conductor and organist
   b. Stratford, Essex, 1868.
   Son of Joseph Ivimey, organist; grandnephew of William Austin, protégé and musician to Queen Caroline.
   e. Herne Bay College and privately.
   Has composed ten light or comic operas, all of which have been produced, and one grand opera, "The Rose of Lancaster," besides various miscellaneous works.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

-oOo-

Three whose names began with "J":

124) Noel Johnson, composer, conductor, and 'cellist.
   b. Repton, Derbyshire, 1863.
   e. at Repton School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
   Is composer of many well-known songs and instrumental pieces.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

125) Sydney Jones, composer and conductor.
   b. Leeds, 1869.
   Father: A.S. Jones, musician.
   e. at Leeds.
   Composed the music for "A Gaiety Girl," "The Geisha" (of which, it is stated, nearly a million copies have been sold), "The Greek Slave," "San Toy," "My Lady Molly" (1903); appointed conductor of the Empire Theatre, 1905, for which he composed the music of the ballets "The Bugle Call" and "Cinderella"; also composed the music of "See, See," 1906; "King of Cadonia," 1908; and "Persian Princess," 1909.
   [According to Grove's Dictionary, "the popularity of 'The Geisha' (1896) throughout Europe exceeded that of any other British operetta, including The Mikado."]

126) Helen Juta, contralto.
   b. Cape Town.
   Father: former Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Sir Henry Juta.
   Is composer of one or two songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

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Three whose names began with "K":

127) Lawrence Kellie, composer and vocalist.
   b. London, 1862.
   Abandoned law for music, and became a popular song writer. Among his most popular compositions are "Douglas Gordon," "A Winter Love Song," "Sleeping Tide," and "An Autumn Story."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

128) Oliver King.
   b. 1855 in London, of English parents.
   Visited the United States in the capacity of solo pianist, composer and conductor, producing at Boston, in October, 1880, a symphony entitled "Night." In 1883 he gained the Philharmonic Society's prize for the best overture ("Among the Pines"), and returned to London in the same year. For several years Mr. King devoted himself entirely to composition, and has some hundreds published for orchestra, organ, solo voices, cantatas, etc. His Concerto for Pianoforte and Orchestra gained the prize of thirty guineas offered in 1885, and was produced at St. James's Hall.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

129) Hermann Klein.
   b. at Norwich, 1856.
   e. at Opie House School, Norwich, and Hampstead Collegiate School, London.
   Composer of several songs and piano compositions, including Grand March, dedicated to the Prince of Wales, for the Paris Exposition, 1878; also the author of "Musical Notes" (annual 1886-9 - (HERE (http://archive.org/details/musicalnotesannu00kleiiala))), "Thirty Years of Musical Life in London" (HERE (http://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsofmus00klei), with over 100 photographs), and "Unmusical New York" (HERE (http://archive.org/details/unmusicalnewyork00klei)).
   In Masonry, holds the rank of Past Grand Organist. Has written the English versions of Saint-Saëns' "Hélène," Massenet's "Thaïs," Dukas' "Ariane et Barbe-Bleue," Louis Aubert's "La Forêt Bleue," and a new version of Bizet's "Carmen," besides many translations of songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

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Six composers bearing names beginning with "L":

130) Henry James Lane-Wilson, baritone vocalist and composer.
   b. Gloucester.
   Father: Mr. James Wilson, a bandmaster.
   Composer of many popular songs and arrangements of Old English melodies.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

131) Ernest Markham Lee, composer, littérateur, pianist, organist, and teacher, M.A., and Mus.Doc. Cantab., and F.R.C.O.
   b. Cambridge, 1874.
   e. at Perse Grammar School, and at Emmanuel College.
   Author of various works connected with music, "Tschaikovsky" (John Lane), and in Bell's "Miniature Lives," "Nights at the Opera" and "The Story of Opera", and other books on Grieg's and Puccini's operas. Has written many analytical notes for concert programmes for London Symphony Orchestra, etc.
   Composer of many church services, anthems, songs, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

132) Liza Lehmann, composer, formerly a well-known soprano vocalist.
   Daughter of Rudolf Lehmann, a well-known artist, and grand-daughter of the late Robert Chambers, LL.D.
   She retired from the concert platform in 1894, on her marriage to Mr. Herbert Bedford, the well-known artist and composer. Since then she has devoted herself exclusively to composition. Among her compositions are a Song Cycle for four voices, with piano accompaniment, entitled "In a Persian Garden"; also Song Cycles: "The Daisy Chain," "More Daisies," "Prairie Pictures," "In Memoriam," the Nonsense Songs from "Alice in Wonderland," "Four Cautionary Tales and a Moral," Shakespearean part-songs for mixed choir, "The Happy Prince," "Endymion"; Scena for soprano and orchestra; "Once Upon a Time," a fairy cantata; "Cobweb Castles" (album of pianoforte sketches); "Sergeant Brue," musical farce; and "The Vicar of Wakefield," a light opera, produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1907; likewise many songs.
   [Grove's Dictionary provides a long list of her works; it also tells us that "Her memoirs make fascinating reading, giving a witty and humorous insight into musical society of the period in London and the USA." The book, which contains many illustrations, may be retrieved HERE (http://archive.org/details/lifeoflizalehman00lehmuoft).]

133) William Lemare, organist, conductor and composer.
   b. Milford, Surrey, 1839.
   Fourth son of the late Frederick Lemare, in his day a musician of note.
   e. at Dr. Watson's College, Guildford.
   At St. Mary's, Newington, his splendid church services and oratorio performances, with full orchestra and chorus became famous.
   [No information given about particular compositions, and not in Grove's Dictionary.]

134) John Mewburn Levien, baritone vocalist and teacher of singing.
   b. 1863.
   Father: Edward Levien, M.A., F.S.A., a distinguished archæologist.
   e. at Birkenhead School, Chatham House, Ramsgate, and St. John's College, Cambridge.
   Is the author, with H. O. Nicholson, of a three-act tragic opera, "The Jacobite Regiment," composed by Paul Colberg of Dresden. [But I suspect that "author" here just means he contributed to the libretto.]
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

135) Harvey Löhr, composer, pianist and conductor.
   b. Leicester, 1856.
   Father: Mr. George Augustus Löhr, an organist and choral conductor.
   e. privately, and later at the R.A.M., under Sir Arthur Sullivan, W. H. Holmes and Dr. Prout.
   Composer of five symphonies, a grand opera ("Kenilworth"), oratorio ("The Queen of Sheba"), trio for piano and strings, quartet and quintet for piano and strings, two string quartets, a large quantity of pianoforte music, songs, part-songs, Church music, etc.
   Mr. Löhr's hobbies include "lecturing the critics," billiards, and masonry.
   Address: 39 Hillcrest Road, Acton, W.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 16 July 2012, 19:41
Löhr (1856-1927)'s piano quartet has been scanned in for what that's worth (see IMSLP). Not in Grove (hrm. was he in Grove 6 (1920) though? that should be easy enough to find out- it's scanned in in its entirety and downloadable...), but he -is- in Baker 3 (Baker/Remy, 1919, and admittedly not as well-known as Grove.) Some of Lehmann's vocal works look interesting.

(Hrm. ... Oliver King's name sounds familiar or maybe it's just the surname.)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 16 July 2012, 19:49
More popular was Hermann Löhr, another UK native (1871-1943) - perhaps a relative? - 58 works of his performed at the Proms (in the archives, I mean!) as against one listed for Harvey (who wasn't wholly obscure, I gather, either. I do think I see a performance of a piano concerto by R. Harvey Löhr (under some part of his name) mentioned somewhere but will have to double-check, and as to the symphonies I don't know if they were performed- he may have provided a list to the person writing the book, past performance doesn't follow from the listing so far as I think I know (and don't).)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Martin Eastick on Monday 16 July 2012, 20:02
There are some of Harvey Lohr's mss in the Royal Academy of Music library - if I remember correctly they hold ms full scores of two piano concertos amoongst other things!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: albion on Monday 16 July 2012, 20:23
Quote from: Martin Eastick on Monday 16 July 2012, 20:02There are some of Harvey Lohr's mss in the Royal Academy of Music library - if I remember correctly they hold ms full scores of two piano concertos amoongst other things!

The RAM library has a quantity of manuscript orchestral scores by Harvey Lohr including -

Piano Concerto [No.1] in B minor (1878) - MS1064
Miranda, suite de ballet (1883) - MS1072
A Border Raid, for chorus and orchestra (1883) - MS1086
They that go down to the sea in ships, motet for soprano, chorus and orchestra - MS1085
The Queen of Sheba, oratorio (1896) - MS1089
Symphony No.1 in D minor (1901) - MS1068
Symphony No.2 in A (1905) - MS1069
Kenilworth, grand opera in four acts (1906) - MS1090
Piano Concerto [No.2] in D minor (1907) - MS1066
Symphony No.3 in E minor, Life, Death and Resurrection (1908) - MS1070
Symphony No.4 in D minor (1910) - MS1071
Coronation March (1911) - MS1076

:)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Tuesday 17 July 2012, 02:44
Quote from: eschiss1 on Monday 16 July 2012, 19:41Löhr (1856-1927)'s piano quartet has been scanned in for what that's worth (see IMSLP). . . .

Here's a report from Hermann Klein's Musical Notes, Fourth Year, 1889 (for the 5th of April) about a concert - the eighth of a series - in which that piano quartet was performed:

(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/Kerfoops/Klein1.jpg)
(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/Kerfoops/Klein2.jpg)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Tuesday 17 July 2012, 02:57
And on the same page as the extract above, there is an interesting - if not altogether favourable - report about some works by Frederick Archibald Lamond (1868 to 1948). He is not in Who's Who in Music in 1913, and has not yet been mentioned in this forum,  but he IS in Grove's Dictionary. "His compositions include piano pieces, a piano trio, a symphony, and a concert overture 'Scottish Highlands'":

(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/Kerfoops/Lamond.jpg)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 17 July 2012, 04:53
I am surprised that Lamond hasn't been mentioned in this forum, since works of his have been recorded on Hyperion, I believe, and he was a noted pianist...
And thanks!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Wednesday 18 July 2012, 13:09
Thank you . . . So for completeness' sake, one more composer mentioned in that cutting is Eduard Schütt. He too is not in Grove's Dictionary, nor in the Who's Who of 1913. But his name has already appeared in this forum, there is a Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Schutt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Schutt) (he was born in Russia, and lived from 1856 to 1933), and there is a good list of his compositions at the IMSLP, including two piano concertos and much chamber music:

http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Eduard_Sch%C3%BCtt (http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Eduard_Sch%C3%BCtt)

Also many scores and a photograph:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Sch%C3%BCtt,_Eduard (http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Sch%C3%BCtt,_Eduard)

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Now the twenty-four British composers whose names began with "M"; in this section there are many names from Scotland:

136) Hamish MacCunn, composer and conductor.
   b. Greenock, 1868.
   Father: James MacCunn, ship-owner and amateur sculptor, painter and 'cellist, also author of verses set to music by his son.
   His compositions include overtures, "Land of the Mountain and Flood," "Ship o' the Fiend," "Dowie dens o' Yarrow"; the suite, "Highland Memories"; operas, "Jeannie Deans" and "Diarmid" (the latter to a libretto written by the Duke of Argyll), and a musical comedy, "The Golden Girl," to a book written by Captain Basil Hood; also composed "The Wreck of the Hesperus," dramatic ballad for chorus and orchestra, performed at Coliseum with tableaux 1905.

137) Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer and conductor.
   b. Edinburgh 1847.
   Father: Alexander Mackenzie, a well-known composer, violinist and popular conductor at the Theatre Royal.
   He has composed a large number of operas and cantatas. His grand opera "Colomba" was produced by Carl Rosa at Drury Lane in 1883, and was revised by Sir Chas. Stanford for the R.C.M. in Dec, 1912; "The Troubadour" was heard in 1886; while "His Majesty" (comic opera) had a considerable run at the Savoy, where it was first played in 1897. His best-known cantatas are "The Bride," Worcester Festival, 1881; "Jason," Bristol, 1882; "The Rose of Sharon," Norwich, 1884; "Jubilee Ode," Crystal Palace, 1887; "The Dream of Jubal," composed for the Jubilee of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, 1889; "The Cottar's Saturday Night," Edinburgh, 1892; "Veni Creator Spiritus," Birmingham, 1891; "Bethlehem," Royal Albert Hall, 1894; "The Sun-God's Return," Cardiff, 1910. He composed the incidental music for the productions of "Ravenswood" and "Coriolanus" at the Lyceum in 1890 and 1901 respectively, and "The Little Minister" at the Haymarket in 1896. His overtures include three preludes to "Manfred," written at the request of Sir Henry Irving, "The Cricket on the Hearth" (an opera as yet unperformed), "Twelfth Night," and " Britannia," the latter composition being first produced at the R.A.M. Commemoration Concert in 1894. His concertos comprise one for violin first played at Birmingham, 1885, by Sarasate, and "Pibroch," performed by the same artist in Leeds in 1889, also a Scottish concerto for piano and orchestra. Other well-known compositions from his pen are "The Benedictus," two Scottish rhapsodies and a Canadian rhapsody, and the suite, "London Day by Day." He has also written a large quantity of violin pieces, songs, part-songs, anthems, etc., and has arranged and edited the "Songs of Scotland."
   The honour of knighthood was conferred on him by Queen Victoria in 1895.

138) Alexander Morvaren Maclean, composer and conductor.
   b. at Eton, 1872, and subsequently educated there.
   Father: Charles Donald Maclean (see below).
   A one-act opera, entitled "Petruccio," was produced at Covent Garden in 1895. A previous opera, on the subject of Scott's "Quentin Durward," was performed, in an abridged version, during April, 1904, at the Royalty Theatre. "Die Liebesgeige" was first produced at Mayence on Easter Sunday, 1906. Later he composed a sacred choral work entitled "The Annunciation," produced by the London Symphony Orchestra, with the Sheffield Choral Union at the Queen's Hall, London, in 1909. The same year his idyll, "Maître Seiler," was given by the Moody-Manners Co. in London and the provinces, and is now in rehearsal at Mayence for production this Easter (1913) Sunday. In 1899 Alick Maclean became musical director to Sir C. Wyndham, and composed for him incidental music to Louis N. Parker's tragedy, "The Jest"; also to Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," etc.

139) Dr. Charles Donald Maclean, composer and organist.
   b. at Cambridge, 1843.
   Father: Rev. A. J. Maclean, a well-known classical scholar (d. 1858).
   e. at Shrewsbury, and became head of the school; and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he was classical Scholar, class exhibitioner, and organist.
   Was among the first English organists to identify himself with orchestral music; his overture, "Cynthia's Revels," produced 16 June, 1864, at Hanover Square Rooms by the Musical Society of London. Of late years has given himself up mainly to orchestral composition, and has produced seventeen large works in that class, of which the most recent are: "Pageant March," "Pianoforte Concerto in F," "Laodameia" and "Songs of Selma," symphonic poems, a suite "Melody Album," and a "Character Piece from Bavaria" in each of the last three years.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

140) Stewart Macpherson, composer, pianist, lecturer, and writer on music.
   b. Liverpool, 1865.
   e. at City of London School.
   Has published several educational works in wide circulation, among them being "Practical Harmony," "Practical Counterpoint," "Rudiments of Music," "Form in Music," "Music and its Appreciation," "Studies in Phrasing and Form," and (with Ernest Read) "Aural Culture based upon Musical Appreciation."
   [No information provided about his compositions. But Grove's Dictionary tells us that "his longer works include a Symphony in C (1880), a Mass in D (1898) and a Concerto alla fantasia for violin and orchestra (1904).]

141) Albert Mallinson, composer.
   b. Leeds, 1870.
   At the age of eighteen he had produced at concerts given by himself at Leeds, a quartet for piano and strings, and a trio for piano and strings. For some years resided in Australia, where he devoted himself to composition, with occasional concerts and teaching. While in Australia his dramatic work, "Tegner's Drapa" (Longfellow), for solo-voice, chorus and orchestra, was performed by the Melbourne Liedertafel and the Sydney Philharmonic, and his ballad for male chorus, "The Battle of the Baltic," by the Royal Metropolitan Liedertafel. In 1905 he gave recitals of his own compositions at Dresden. In 1906 he gave a series of seven recitals at the Bechstein Hall, London, the programmes of which were exclusively devoted to the songs of his own composition, sung by Mrs. Mallinson and Miss Ada Crossley.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

142) Signor [Luigi] Mancinelli, conductor and composer.
   For several years [1888 to 1905] occupied the position of principal conductor at the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden; is also a composer of considerable eminence, his works comprising "Ero e Leandro," produced at Covent Garden; "Isora de Provenza," and several oratorios produced at various musical festivals in the provinces.

143) Frank Manly, teacher of pianoforte, singing and harmony
   b. at Islington in 1853
   Has written pianoforte solos and duets, also numerous songs.
   Is an ardent collector of postage stamps.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

144) C. H. Adolph Mann, accompanist, teacher and composer.
   b. Eastbourne, 1874.
   Father: J.F. Mann.
   e. at Waverley House, Eastbourne.
   His compositions comprise a Sonata for violin and pianoforte, "Gondoliera" for two violins and pianoforte and a number of songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

145) Otto Manns, Jun., musical director and composer.
   b. Dresden, 1873.
   Nephew of Sir August Manns.
   e. at Royal Academy, Dresden.
   Composer of "Overture Dramatique" (performed by London Philharmonic Society at Queen's Hall, under Dr. Cowen), etc.
   Address: 17 Pepys Road, New Cross Gate, S.E.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary; his uncle is.]

Unnumbered) Alfred John Mapleson, music librarian.
   b. in London in 1836.
   Father: James Henry Mapleson [but obviously not the James Henry Mapleson (1830 to 1901) listed in Grove's Dictionary].
   He played for many years at Her Majesty's Theatre, where he also held the position of music librarian, and has for forty years acted in a like capacity to the Philharmonic Society and the Birmingham Festival.
   He has an enormous collection of play-bills and interesting musical miscellanies. He is a man of many hobbies, and was a keen photographer fifty years ago when the art was just in its infancy.

146) Sir George Clement Martin, organist and composer.
   b. Lambourn, Berks, 1844.
   Has written a quantity of music, chiefly for the services of the Church. Was knighted in 1897, having conducted the Diamond Jubilee Service at St. Paul's, for which he composed a special Te Deum.
   Author of "The Art of Training Choir Boys."

147) Albert E. Matt, composer and trombone player.
   b. at Ipswich, Suffolk, 1864.
   The brother of Mr. John Matt.
   Composer of several orchestral suites (Hawkes & Son).
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

148) Tito Mattei, composer and pianist.
   b. Campobasso, near Naples, 1841.
   Father: Alfonso Mattel, avocat.
   e. at Naples.
   Came to England and settled in London in 1863; he became well known as a popular writer of songs. Composed and conducted the grand opera "Maria di Gand," at Her Majesty's Theatre, and the comic opera, "The Prima Donna," played at the Avenue some years ago. Amongst his most popular compositions are the songs, "Non e Ver," "Dear Heart," "Oh, ho, hear the Wild Winds Blow," and "Mattei's Grand Valse," many hundreds of thousands of which have been sold.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

149) Tobias Augustus Matthay, pianist and teacher.
   b. London, 1858, of German parents.
   He is constantly at work on compositions of various kinds. A list of these includes several "symphonic overtures," and smaller works for orchestra; two piano concert pieces, quartettes for piano and strings, and other chamber works, a considerable number of songs, and some eighty works for piano solo. Amongst the latter the best known are "Elves," "Monothèmes," "Love Phases," "Moods of a Moment," "Lyrics," etc.
   The most famous of his pupils are York Bowen, Geo. Aitken, Amy Grimson, Myra Hess, Gertrude Peppercorn, and Irene Scharrer.
   [None of his compositions is mentioned in Grove's Dictionary!]

150) J.H. Maunder, composer, conductor and organist.
   His principal compositions include the following cantatas: "Penitence, Pardon, and Peace," "Olivet to Calvary," "The Song of Thanksgiving," "Bethlehem," and "The Martyrs"; also a comic opera, "The Superior Sex," and a quantity of anthems, church services, part-songs, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

151) Michael Maybrick (Stephen Adams), composer and baritone singer.
   b. in Liverpool about 1845.
   e. Liverpool, Milan, and Leipzig.
   As a composer has gained great popularity by his long series of well-known songs published under the name of Stephen Adams, including "Nancy Lee," "Midshipmite," "Alsatian Mountains," "Star of Bethlehem," "Little Hero," "The Holy City," "A Warrior Bold," etc, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

152) R.E. Miles, basso-cantante and teacher.
   b. at Rochester, Kent, 1857.
   Father: William Miles, a famous lay-clerk and Dean's verger of Rochester Cathedral, immortalised by Dickens as "Mr. Tope" in "Edwin Drood".
   e. at the Cathedral Choir School.
   Vicar Choral of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1910.
   Has published numerous songs, among them are: "The Language of the Heart," "The Voyager," and "May-time."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

153) Alfred Moffat, composer, musical director and arranger.
   b. Edinburgh, 1866.
   e. at Collegiate School, Edinburgh.
   His first composition was a piano quartet in C Minor, performed 15 November, 1886, at a concert given in Berlin. Alfred Moffat, whose compositions are very numerous, is one of the few British musicians who has been regularly employed by German firms.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

Unnumbered) Benno Moisseiwitsch, pianist.
   b. Odessa, 1890.
   Father: David Leon.
   Made his début at the Town Hall, Reading, 1 Oct., 1908.
   Recreations: Physical culture, wrestling, billiards, chess, and "solving problems of Arnold Schönberg."

154) Lionel Monckton, musical composer and critic.
   b. London, 1862.
   Father: the late Sir John Monckton, Town Clerk of the City of London.
   e. Charterhouse School, and at Oxford.
   His first compositions were heard in public at the Gaiety and other theatres under the management of George Edwardes, and he contributed many popular songs to "Cinder-Ellen up-too-late," "The Shop Girl," "Claude Duval," "The Geisha," "The Greek Slave," "San Toy," "The Cingalee," etc.; he was part composer of "The Toreador," 1901; "The Orchid," 1903; "The Spring Chicken," 1905; "The New Aladdin," 1906; "The Girls of Gottenberg," 1907; "Our Miss Gibbs," 1909; "The Arcadians," 1909; "The Mousmé," 1911; he was the sole composer of "The Quaker Girl," 1910.

155) Mark James Monk, organist and composer.
   e. at York Minster and Oxford.
   In 1890 was appointed Organist and Choir Master of Truro Cathedral, a position he still holds.
   Has composed organ pieces, songs, services, anthems, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

156) Graham Ponsonby Moore, professor of pianoforte at the R.C.M.
   b. at Ballarat, Australia, 1859.
   Has published numerous compositions in England and Germany.
   [No specific information provided about his compositions; and not in Grove's Dictionary.]

157) Robert Orlando Morgan, pianist and composer.
   b. Manchester, 1865.
   Works: Two cantatas for female voices, "Zitella" and "The Legend of Eloisa"; Church cantata, "The Crown of Thorns"; song cycle, "In Fairyland"; two sonatas for violin and piano, sonata for piano, "Modern School of Pianoforte Technique" (six books); comic opera, "Two Merry Monarchs" produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, March, 1910; several theoretical works, and about one hundred and sixty published songs, piano pieces, part-songs, etc.
   Favourite occupation: composition.
   [Despite that, he is not in Grove's Dictionary.]

158) Katie Moss, soprano vocalist and composer.
   d. of Theo. Moss, vocalist, and his wife, Rhoda E. Barkley, A.R.A.M., pianist and vocalist.
   e. at High School, Notting Hill.
   Her song, "The Floral Dance" (Chappell) is at the present time (1913) having a great popular success. On tour she frequently appears under the name of "Ella Barkley."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

159) Adelaide Mullen, soprano, teacher of singing and composer.
   b.in Dublin.
   Father: Benjamin Mullen, senior vicar-choral of St. Patrick and Christ Church Cathedrals, Dublin.
   Under the nom-de-plume of "Wilton King," Miss Mullen has composed numerous songs, amongst others "Avourneen," "The Dear Isle of Green," "The Rose will Blow," "Your dear Heart," and "Summer in my Heart," etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Friday 20 July 2012, 13:09
One of the unexpected points in this book is that so many people in 1913 - both men AND women - at that time gave "mountaineering" as one of their recreations.

Six people whose names began with "N" are described there as composers:

160) Alicia Adelaide Needham, composer, pianist, vocalist and lecturer.
   b. at Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland.
   Father: the late J. W. Montgomery of Downpatrick.
   e. at Victoria College, Londonderry.
   Has published over 600 songs, duets, quartets, piano pieces, etc. Among her most popular compositions are "Who Carries the Gun," "Husheen," "The Fairy's Lullaby," Irish Song-Cycle, "A Bunch of Shamrocks," Army and Navy Song-Cycle (1912), etc. Also numerous piano-solos, duets, quartettes [sic], Church service, and hymns.
   Her recreations include riding, driving, cycling, the study of languages and Irish antiquities, travelling, rifle-shooting, and photography.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

161) Ernest Newton, composer.
   b. Llandudno.
   Father: Rev. T. Newton, M.A., LL.D., late Vicar of Barnstaple.
   e. at Friars' School, Bangor, Monmouth Grammar School, and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge.
   Is the composer of many popular songs, including "Ailsa Mine," "Nita Gitana," "For Love of You," "Love's Echo," "Going to Kildare," "The Magic Month of May," etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

162) Sydney Hugo Nicholson, organist and composer.
   e. privately and at the R.C.M.
   His compositions comprise an Evening Service in A flat, a choral ballad "Ivry," and "The Luck of Edenhall" (for female voices), etc.
   [From Grove's Dictionary - which has a distinct bias towards the upper echelons of society - we learn that he was born in London, lived from 1875 to 1947, wrote several further secular stage works, and was knighted in 1938 for his services to Church music.]

163) C. W. Nightingale, composer and musical director.
   b. Horsham, 1868.
   Is a self-taught oboe player.
   Composer of "The Belle of Bohemia," and of a new musical comedy, "Another Girl," and two comic operas, "A.D. 5005" and "King Neptune"; also composed many songs, and some chamber music for wind instruments.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

164) Thomas Tertius Noble, organist.
   b. Bath, 1867.
   Father: Thomas Noble.
   e. privately at Colchester.
   Mr. Tertius Noble is the composer of a number of anthems and services, besides pianoforte and violin solos, an orchestral music-cantata "Gloria Domini," music to the York Pageant in 1909, and a comic opera, "Killibegs," produced at York, November, 1911.
   In 1898 he founded the York Symphony Orchestra, of which he is the conductor, and he has earned the gratitude of York Music lovers by reviving the once famous York Festival after a lapse of seventy-five years.

165) Clara Novello-Davies, teacher of voice production and singing.
   b. Cardiff, 1861.
   Father: Jacob Davies.
   Appeared in London in 1881, making her début as a conductor at the St. James' Hall.
   Madame Novello-Davies is the composer of many successful songs, amongst others "A Voice from the Spirit Land," "Friend," "Without Thee," "The Vigil," "Mother," "Dear Memories," and "Comfort."
   [Listed in Grove's under "Davies."]

Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: JimL on Friday 20 July 2012, 15:41
Quote from: Sydney Grew on Friday 20 July 2012, 13:09
One of the unexpected points in this book is that so many people in 1913 - both men AND women - at that time gave "mountaineering" as one of their recreations.
Mountaineering where?  Scotland?  Wales?  Isn't most of England proper mostly flat, or rolling hills?  And here in California, what you call mountains we call foothills.  8)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 20 July 2012, 15:57
Quote from: JimL on Friday 20 July 2012, 15:41
Mountaineering where?  Scotland?  Wales?  Isn't most of England proper mostly flat, or rolling hills?  And here in California, what you call mountains we call foothills.

Remind me to get you lost and hyperthermic up one of our foothills one day...
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: JimL on Friday 20 July 2012, 15:59
I can do that right outside of town! ;D

And with the proper attire and in the right time of year, I could do that in the middle of London! ;)

P.S. I think you meant hypothermic.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 20 July 2012, 17:06
Er quite. Hyperthermia is what you get in American summers. Not to mention when moderating this forum.

Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: JimL on Friday 20 July 2012, 19:51
Or as Anna Russell put it, "All burned up".  ;)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 20 July 2012, 20:59
Or burned out.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: giles.enders on Saturday 21 July 2012, 10:33
There is a piano quartet in E minor Op.15 by Harvy Lohr, in the Merton Music Catalogue.  email :  merton@ourtext.co.uk
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Sunday 22 July 2012, 10:25
One composer listed under "O"; followed by thirteen "P's" and one "Q":

166) Norman O'Neill, composer.
   b. Kensington, 1875.
   Father: G. B. O'Neill.
   His principal compositions include: Orchestral works - Overture, "In Autumn" (Op. 8); overture, "Hamlet" (Op. 11); overture, "In Spring-time" (Op. 21); Miniatures, suite for small orchestra (Op. 14); Danish Dance (dirge), from Incidental Music to "Hamlet" (Op. 13); "Death on the Hills," ballad for contralto and orchestra (Op. 12); "Waldemar," fantasy for soli, chorus, and orchestra (Op. 19); Overture, "Entr'actes," and Incidental Music to the play "A Lonely Queen" (Op. 22); Prelude and Intermezzo to the play "A Tragedy of Truth" (Op. 23); Miniatures, six pieces for full orchestra (Op. 25); Overture, "Entr'actes," and Incidental Music to the play, "The Last Heir" (Stephen Phillips), (Op. 28); Variations for orchestra (Op. 29); a Scotch Rhapsody (Op. 30); "La belle dame sans merci," ballad for baritone and orchestra (Op. 31); Overture and Incidental Music to "King Lear" (Op. 34); Overture, dances and complete music to "The Blue Bird" (Op. 37); music to "The Gods of the Mountain" (Op. 41); four Dances from "The Blue Bird," for full or small orchestra; music to "The Golden Doom"; music to "The Pretenders." Chamber music: Variations for piano, violin, and 'cello (Op. 1); Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and 'cello (Op. 10); Trio for piano, violin, and 'cello (Op. 7); Trio in one movement for violin, 'cello, and piano (Op. 26). Mr. O'Neill has also composed numerous violin and pianoforte pieces and a large number of songs.
   [A close friend of Delius.]

167) Clement Charlton Palmer, organist and composer.
   e. at Derby School of Music.
   Dr. Palmer is the composer of choral, orchestral, and organ music.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

168) Henry Parker, composer and teacher of singing.
   b. 1842.
   e. privately, and as a chorister at All Saints', Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.
   Is the composer of a romantic opera, "Mignonette," produced at the Royalty Theatre, May, 1889, and a comic opera, "Kitty," produced at the Opera House, Cheltenham, Aug., 1897; has also composed over 500 orchestral pieces, songs, duets, part-songs, piano solos, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

169) Sir Walter Parratt, organist and composer.
   b. Huddersfield, 1841.
   Father: Thomas Parratt, organist of Doncaster Parish Church.
   e. at the Collegiate School, Huddersfield, and privately.
   At the age of seven took a service at Armitage Bridge, near Huddersfield, in place of his elder brother. In 1892 he received the honour of knighthood, and in 1893 was appointed Master of the Music in Ordinary to the Queen, and on the accession of King Edward was appointed Master of the Music to His Majesty, and is now Master of the Music to His Majesty King George.
   He composed the music for the production of "Agamemnon" at Oxford, 1880; set the "Elegy of Patroclus" for the production of "The Tale of Troy," London, 1883; music to "The Story of Orestes," London, 1886; and has also composed many anthems, songs, and organ pieces, as well as odes and marches on the occasion of Royal weddings and other State occasions.
   He is Professor of Music at the University of Oxford.

170) Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, first Bart. (cr. 1902; knighted 1898), composer and author.
   b. Bournemouth 1848.
   Father: the late T. Gambler Parry, of Highnam Court, Gloucester.
   e. Went to Eton in 1861, and proceeded to Oxford in 1866.
   His earliest composition of importance was a Church Service in D, composed when he was at Eton. In 1868 an orchestral intermezzo from his pen was performed at the Gloucester Musical Festival. His "Prometheus Unbound" was also first performed at the Gloucester Festival in 1880, and since then he has produced more works at the provincial festivals than any other composer. Among his best-known compositions are the noble choral ode, "Blest Pair of Syrens"; "L'Allegro and Il Penseroso"; the oratorios, "Judith," "Job," and "Saul"; and he has written a large quantity of orchestral and chamber music.
   His literary works include "Studies of Great Composers," 1886; "The Art of Music," enlarged as "The Evolution of the Art of Music," 1896; "Summary of Musical History" (Primer), 1893; "Music of the Seventeenth Century," "Life of J. S. Bach," and "Style in Musical Art," etc., and he has contributed many elaborate articles to Grove's "Dictionary of Music."

171) James Partridge, organist and composer.
   b. Stafford, 1850.
   e. with the view of becoming a schoolmaster at Saltley College, Birmingham.
   Mr. Partridge had become warmly attached to Brinley Richards while acting as his assistant and deputy for several years, and upon his death in 1885 was appointed as his successor at the G.S.M., a position he still holds. For many years Mr. Partridge held the office of "reader" at Ashdown's, the publishing firm, an experience which fairly entitles him to be considered an expert in matters relating to "proof" work.
   Mr. Partridge is the composer of numerous songs and some church music. At the request of Mr. S. Cocks, he edited two volumes of Brinley Richards' compositions.
   Hobbies: Omnivorous reading, boxing, and fencing.
   [James Partridge is not in Grove's Dictionary, but the pianist and prolific composer Brinley Richards (1817 to 1885), also known as "Carl Luini," is. He was said to be the finest pianist in Britain in the mid-19th century.]

172) Charles W. Pearce, organist, composer, and writer.
   b. Salisbury, Wilts, 1856.
   Father: Mr. William Charles Pearce, parish clerk of St. Martin's, Salisbury.
   e. at St. Martin's School.
   Dr. Pearce is an ardent Freemason, and has been W.M. of the Incorporated Society of Musicians Lodge, No. 2881.
   [No information about his compositions is provided. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

173) H. G. Pélissier, composer and entertainer.
   b. Finchley, 1874.
   Of French origin on his father's side, his mother being English; a descendant of the famous Marshal Pelissier.
   Father: a diamond merchant.
   e. at Folkestone, Highgate, and Scarborough.
   He studied music somewhat promiscuously but to such good purpose that he commenced to write songs, some of which have acquired considerable popularity on the concert platform and the stage.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

174) Alfred Phillips, composer and publisher.
   b. 1844; of Welsh descent.
   Writer also, under noms de plume of "Sarakowski," for pianoforte compositions, and "Leigh Kingsmill" for songs.
   Mr. Phillips has written a great many lyrics for musical setting; and has also written and composed a number of Sunday school anniversary hymns. A tune of his, "Rose-hill" ("Lord in this Thy mercy's day"), will be found in Sullivan's "Church Hymns."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

175) Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer and organist.
   b. London, 1885.
   Father: Richard L. Phillips.
   His principal compositions include "Symphonic Scherzo"; overture, "Boadicea" (London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by composer, 10 Feb., 1913), Piano Concerto in F sharp minor (played by Miss Irene Scharrer), string quartet in D major, "Fidelity" (song with orchestra, Promenade Concert, 1908, sung by Miss Butterworth), Phantasy for violin and orchestra (1912), Symphony in C minor (produced at the composer's Orchestral Concert, Queen's Hall, 17 May, 1912), about fifty songs, numerous part songs, piano and organ pieces.
   [Montague Phillips lived until 1969, but his wife, the soprano Clara Butterworth, lived from 1888 to 1997, a remarkable span of one hundred and nine years.]

176) Percy Pitt, conductor and composer.
   b. London, 1870.
   Among Mr. Percy Pitt's numerous compositions are the following: An Orchestral Suite in four movements (1895); a suite, "Fêtes Galantes" (1896); a Coronation March (1897); a Clarinet Concertino; overture, "Taming of the Shrew"; and a choral ballad, "Hohenlinden," for male voices and orchestra (1898); a Ballade for violin and orchestra; a symphonic poem, "Le Sang des Crépuscules"; and "Cinderella," a musical fairy-tale (1899); suite de ballet, "Dance Rhythms," and the incidental music to Mr. Stephen Phillips's play, "Paolo and Francesca" (1901); incidental music to "Richard the Second" and "Flodden Field," for Mr. Tree's performances at His Majesty's Theatre (1903); two series of vocal poems with orchestral accompaniment, one for baritone (Philharmonic Society, 1903), the other for mezzo-soprano (Queen's Hall Symphony Concerts, 1904), "La Serenade" (for small orchestra); and the Symphony composed for the Birmingham Musical Festival of 1906. This does not, however, exhaust the catalogue of Mr. Pitt's creative output, as there must also be placed to the credit of his account a ballet, two cantatas, part-songs, chamber-music, pianoforte pieces, studies, and songs.

177) Mme. Poldowski (Lady Dean Paul), composer.
   Father: Henri Wieniawski, the famous Polish violinist and composer.
   Among her compositions are "A Miniature Suite," 1912, and a violin and piano Sonata played for the first time at a concert of her works on 4th July, 1912, at the Æolian Hall, also a large number of songs. Mme. Poldowski is at present at work on a two-act opera, the libretto being by M. Maeterlinck.
   [She married Sir Aubrey Dean Paul in 1901 and later became a naturalized British citizen.]

178) William Prendergast, organist and composer.
   e. at Winchester Cathedral and privately.
   Dr. Prendergast is the composer of a considerable quantity of church music, songs, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

179) Louis Beethoven Prout, professor of harmony and composition.
   b. Hackney, 1864.
   Father: the late Ebenezer Prout.
   In 1891 he lectured before the Musical Association on "A Neglected Aspect of Harmony," and has since published numerous articles and books on harmony and other branches of musical theory, besides lecturing on kindred subjects, his principal and, perhaps, best known work being "Harmonic Analysis," published in 1894.
   His musical compositions include a number of songs and a setting of the 93rd Psalm.
   Hobby: Entomology.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

180) Roger Quilter, composer.
   b. Brighton, 1877.
   Father: Sir Cuthbert Quilter.
   e. at Eton College.
   Principal compositions: Song cycle "To Julia," brought out by Mr. Gervase Elwes in 1905; "Serenade" (for small orchestra), played at Queen's Hall Promenade Concert on 27 August, 1907; "Seven Elizabethan Lyrics," brought out by Mr. Gervase Elwes in 1908; "Three English Dances" (for orchestra), produced at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concert, 30 June, 1910; Music to Children's Fairy Play "Where the Rainbow ends" (Savoy Theatre, 21 December, 1911); Suite for orchestra "Where the Rainbow ends," played at Queen's Hall Promenade Concert, 26 September, 1912.
   [Grove's Dictionary marks the Serenade "unpublished."]   
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Monday 23 July 2012, 14:39
The eight British people whose names begin with "R" and who in 1913 were described as composers:

181) Helen, Countess of Radnor, amateur musician; well known in that capacity under her former title of Viscountess Folkestone. Fifteen annual concerts were given by her Ladies' String Band and Chorus, which she conducted at the old St. James's Hall and elsewhere, for
various charities.
   Lady Radnor has published several songs and is the Editor of "An Order of Service for Children," Carol Service, etc., etc., published by Novello.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

182) William Henry Reed, conductor, violinist, and teacher.
   b. Frome, 1877.
   Father: Francis John Reed.
   e. privately.
   His principal compositions include "Suite Venitienne [sic]," "Valse Brillante," "Among the Mountains of Cambria" (produced by Sir Henry Wood at Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts), scenes from the ballet "Caliban" (produced at Gloucester Festival), variations for string orchestra (produced at Worcester Festival and by the London Symphony Orchestra at Queen's Hall); also chamber music, songs, violin, and piano music.
   [Grove: "A close friend of Elgar, he took part in the first performance of the latter's Violin Sonata, String Quartet and Piano Quintet, and wrote two books on the composer, the first of which ('Elgar as I Knew Him') includes Elgar's sketches for his unfinished third symphony with Reed's commentary on them, based on first-hand discussions with Elgar."]

183) Percy Rodney Rideout, composer and organist.
   b. in London in 1868.
   An early orchestral work was produced by Mr. Henschel at St. James's Hall, and his compositions include a pianoforte concerto, a violin sonata, several orchestral scenas, together with songs and pianoforte pieces, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

184) Roland Rogers, organist and composer.
   e. privately.
   Is the composer of a cantata, "The Garden," "Prayer and Praise" (a choral and orchestral work), and a quantity of Church music and some very popular part-songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

185) Bernard Rolt, composer.
   b. London, 1872.
   Father: the Rev. Henry George Rolt, Church of England clergyman.
   e. at Winchester College, and for the army.
   Has composed a number of songs, and has frequently accompanied his own compositions at the Ballad and other leading concerts. Has composed the music of a comic opera, "Mr. Flame," libretto by Charles Haddon Chambers.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

186) Landon Ronald, composer, conductor and pianist.
   b. London, 1873.
   e. at St. Marylebone and All Souls' Grammar School and Margate College.
   In 1895-6, at the age of only twenty-one, he conducted grand opera at Covent Garden and Drury Lane.
   He has composed nearly 200 songs, including additional numbers to "Little Miss Nobody," "L'Amour Mouillé," "Florodora" and "The Silver Slipper"; several orchestral pieces, among them a Suite de Ballet and Symphonic Poem; the music of the Coronation Ballet, "Britannia's Realm" and the "Entente Cordiale" Ballet, both produced at the Alhambra Theatre, etc., etc.
   [Grove: "Illegitimate son of Henry Russell and Hannah de Lara." Knighted in 1922.]

187) Algernon Sidney Rose, littérateur and critic. Fellow of the Philharmonic Society.
   e. at Broadstairs, Kent, and afterwards in Stuttgart and Yverdon, Switzerland.
   His musical compositions include waltzes, marches, minuet, etc..
   And his literary publications are as follows: "Talks with Bandsmen," "A Handbook for Wind Instrumentalists," "Greater Britain Musically Considered," "Blue-book on Pitch," "Information Concerning Pianos," "On Choosing a Piano," and "Dances of the Olden Times"; also part author of the musical novel "A 439, or the Autobiography of a Piano."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

188) Paul A. Rubens, librettist and composer.
   b. 1876.
   e. Winchester, and at Oxford University.
   Contributed some songs to "Florodora" at Lyric, 1899; wrote part of the lyrics and composed the score of "Great Cæsar," 1900; composed various numbers for "A Country Girl," 1902; "The Cingalee," 1904; "The Blue Moon," 1905; "The Dairymaids," 1906; author of "Young Mr. Yarde," 1900; sole author and principal composer of "Three Little Maids," 1902, and "Mr. Popple (of Ippleton)," 1905; part author and sole composer of "Lady Madcap," 1904; "Miss Hook of Holland," 1907, and "My Mimosa Maid," 1908; sole author and composer of "Dear Little Denmark," 1909; furnished part lyrics and whole of the music of "The Balkan Princess," 1910; part author, with Harold Whitaker, of the farce, "Lovely Woman," 1910.
   [Grove's Dictionary gives his year of birth as 1875, at Bayswater, London. "By the age of ten he had written the music to a comic opera with text by Nigel Playfair. . . . His later music combines a real vein of tenderness with a flair for dramatic situations."]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Jimfin on Monday 23 July 2012, 14:41
Lady Radnor as in Parry's suite, I assume?
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Tuesday 24 July 2012, 12:37
Twenty-five people bearing names beginning with "S":

189) George Saint-George, violinist and composer.
   b. Leipzig, of English parents.
   As a composer is best known by his large contribution to violin literature; several effective organ works by him are issued by Schott, Lemoine (Paris), and others; his orchestral Suite, opus 20, and Overture, "Le Reveil du Printemps," were produced by the late Sir August Manns at the Crystal Palace.
   Principal recreation: Lutherie. Has made twelve violins, two violas, one 'cello, six viola d'Amore, and four viola da Gamba; a Welsh "Crwth" for the Cardiff Museum, upon which he gave a recital to the Honourable Society Cymmrodorion, being the first performer on that instrument since 1801. His latest achievement is an Elizabethan lute. These reproductions of antique instruments are considered by experts to be unequalled examples of Luthier's art.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

190) Henry Saint-George, violinist and author.
   b. London, 1866.
   Father: George Saint-George, the well-known violinist and composer.
   e. privately.
   Has introduced to the British public three unknown works by Bach - including a symphonic movement for violin, a concerto for two violas, and a Trauer Ode for contralto with two gambe obligati.
   His publications include "The Bow: Its History, Manufacture, and Use," and "The Place of Science in Music," and compositions for piano, violin, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

191) Harold Samuel, pianist and composer.
   b. London, 1879.
   Son of: Moses Samuel and his wife Victoria Mallan.
   e. privately.
   His principal compositions include songs for "As You Like It" (H.M. Theatre, 1907), Musical Comedy "Hon'ble Phil" (Hicks Theatre, 1908), various short operettas, sketches, and songs as well as instrumental works.
   [Grove's: "The whole course of his concert career was changed when he gave a week of daily Bach recitals in London in 1921. This series marked the beginning of a widespread demand for Bach's keyboard music in its original form rather than in the then popular 19th-century arrangements. He memorized all Bach's keyboard music, which he presented with 'extraordinary clarity, sobriety, and sense of shape.'"]

192) Wilfrid Ernest Sanderson, composer, organist, conductor, and teacher.
   b. Ipswich, 1878.
   Father: Rev. Thomas Sanderson
   e. at St. Dunstan's College, Catford, and City of London School.
   He has composed a large number of pianoforte and organ solos published by Gould & Co., and is well known to London concert audiences as the composer of numerous and successful songs, upwards of forty in number, published by Boosey & Co., Chappell & Co., Keith Prowse & Co., and Leonard & Co.
   [Grove's: "His songs became popular and are still performed; 'Until' sold one million copies."]

193) Sir Charles Santley, baritone and teacher of singing.
   b. Liverpool, 1834.
   Father: William Santley.
   He became a member of the Roman Catholic Church in 1880, and has composed a Mass and other church music, besides many orchestral works.
   In 1892 he published "Student and Singer"; he was knighted in 1907.
   [Grove's Dictionary provides no information about his orchestral works, but notes that he composed several songs under the pseudonym "Ralph Betterton."]

194) Emile Sauret, violinist and composer.
   b. Dun-le-Roi (France), 1852.
   Was for about twelve years professor at the R.A.M. in London, also for a short time at the G.S.M.
   Mons. Sauret is a prolific composer for the violin, having enriched the literature of his instrument by many well-known works, amongst which should be specially mentioned several violin Concertos and a great number of well-known "Etudes" for the violin, and his "Gradus ad Parnassum," a standard work.
   Address: 39 Sandringham Court, Maida Vale, W.

195) Adolph Schmid, musical director.
   b. Hannsdorf, Moravia, Austria.
   Father: Adolph Schmid, musician.
   e. at the Conservatoire of Music, Vienna.
   Was for some time a 'cellist, playing under the direction of such celebrated composers and conductors as Tschaikovsky, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Grieg, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Sir Edward Elgar, Dr. F. A. Cowen, Dr. Richter, Mottl, Nikisch, Weingartner, Mancinelli, etc.
   Has been for the last ten years musical director at His Majesty's Theatre.
   Composer of a ballet ("The May Queen"), incidental music to "Oliver Twist" and "Colonel Newcome," overture and incidental music to "The Winter's Tale," also many songs, dances, etc.
   Address: 40 Belsize Road, Swiss Cottage, N.W.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary; but there is one "Adolph Schmid (1801 to 1886)," entered under the alternative name "Adolf Müller"; and a son of that Adolf Müller was another Adolf Müller, who lived from 1939 to 1901, and wrote the operetta Wiener Blut.]

196) Cyril Scott, composer.
   b. Oxton, Cheshire, 1879.
   Father: Henry Scott, a well-known Greek scholar.
   e. at Frankfort-on-Maine.
   His first symphony was performed at Darmstadt; other works by him have been played under the bâtons of Dr. Richter, Sir Henry J. Wood, and other leading conductors; he gives a limited number of lessons in the pianoforte, composition, harmony, etc.
   Recreations: Poetry, philosophy, and Indian mysticism.

197) Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, K.C.V.O., F.S.A., Garter King-of-Arms, Knight of Justice and Genealogist of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, composer and writer.
   b. Ecclesfield, Yorks, 1847.
   Father: the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., Vicar of Ecclesfield, Sub-Dean of York Cathedral.
   Mother: Margaret, daughter and heiress of the Rev. Alexander John Scott, D.D., sometime Private Secretary to Horatio, Viscount Nelson.
   Assumed by Royal License the additional surname and arms of Scott, 1892.
   e. at Marlborough and Christ's College, Cambridge.
   Showed a love of music from a very early age, his first compositions being published in a magazine edited by his mother, entitled "Aunt Judy's Magazine," and afterwards republished under the title "Little Songs for Little Voices," in three volumes; he has also written several musical plays for children and a collection of Plantation Songs which acquired great popularity, and which were the precursors of the "coon" songs of the present day. A few years ago he was one of the most popular drawing-room song writers of the day, such songs as "True till Death," "O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove," "One Morning, O so Early," and "The Open Window," having an immense vogue.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

198) William Shakespeare, tenor, composer, and teacher.
   b. Croydon, 1849.
   His chief compositions are a Dramatic Overture (1874), a Pianoforte Concerto, played at the Brighton Festival in 1879, also a Symphony, overtures, and string quartets in manuscript, together with several songs and pianoforte pieces.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

199) Herbert Sharpe, composer and pianoforte teacher at R.C.M.
   b. Halifax, Yorkshire, 1861.
   Father: a Yorkshire merchant.
   e. at National Training School (afterwards the R.C.M.), where he held the Halifax Scholarship.
   Principal compositions: Three part-songs (Op. 54), Suite for flute and piano (Op. 62), etc.; Idylle (Op. 38), piano duets (Op. 24 and 59), Variations for two pianos (Op. 46), Suite for piano (Op. 58), Six English Fantasies (Op. 71), Fantasie-Romance for piano, "We Two" (Op. 73), Preludes for piano (Op. 74), Six Two-part songs (Op. 63), and Legende for Violin (Op. 26).
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

200) Achille Simonetti, violinist and composer.
   He has appeared at a large number of leading concerts in London and on the continent both as a soloist and in association with Madam Amina Goodwin and Mr. W. E. Whitehouse, for nearly fifteen years in the "London Trio" (established in 1889), and these three artists have for many years given an annual series of subscription concerts at the Æolian Hall.
   His compositions include a large number of pieces for the violin, besides two string quartettes [sic] and two sonatas for pianoforte and violin.
   [Grove: "His graceful salon pieces for the violin are no longer in print, though one of them, Madrigale, achieved worldwide popularity; . . . the second of his string quartets is described by Cobbett as 'a delightful work in lyric vein.'"]

201) H. Leslie Smith, accompanist, organist, conductor, and teacher.
   b. London, 1870.
   Father: Charles Henry Smith.
   e. at the Whitgift School, Croydon.
   Has composed a quantity of Church music and numerous songs and orchestral works.
   Is a keen Freemason.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

202) Dr. Ethel Smyth, composer.
   Father: General J. H. Smyth, C.B., of Primhurst, late of the Royal Artillery.
   She first came into notice as a composer with a quintet for strings, performed at Leipzig early in 1884; then came a Sonata in A minor (Opus 7), for piano and violin, 1887; in 1890 two of her compositions were performed at the Crystal Palace: a Serenade in D for orchestra and an overture, "Anthony and Cleopatra"; a Solemn Mass in D was performed by the Royal Choral Society at the Albert Hall in 1893; she has also written a quantity of chamber music and three operas; one, "Der Wald," was originally produced at Berlin, and subsequently at various theatres in Germany, also at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in 1903, where her later opera, "The Wreckers," has also been heard; under its German name of "Standrecht," it was first played in 1906 at Leipzig and Prague. She has written several choruses with orchestral accompaniment, purely orchestral works (notably overture to "The Wreckers" and "On the Cliffs of Cornwall"), Songs to Chamber Music and Orchestral Songs (also arranged to pianoforte accompaniment) and Organ Preludes; a new string quartette [sic] is now (January, 1913) in the press.
   [She was made DBE in 1922.]

203) Carlos Sobrino, pianist.
   b. Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, 1861.
   Father: Luis Maria Sobrino, Director and Professor of Philosophy at Government Institute, Pontevedra.
   Since 1898 has been established in London, touring occasionally, and teaching at the G.S.M., where he is professor of pianoforte.
   He has composed and published numerous works for the piano.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

204) Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset, composer.
   Second son of the eighth Duke of Beaufort.
   b. 1849.
   He was M.P. for Monmouthshire, 1871-80, and Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, 1874-9; is a Privy Councillor [sic].
   He has composed and published numerous songs, among them "Across the Sea," "All through the Night," "Along the Sands," "Dawn," "Far Away," "First Spring Day," "A Birthday," "Love's Flight," "Once More," "Song of Night," "Song of Sleep," "Where'er You Go," "Echo," etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

205) Arthur Somervell, composer.
   b. Windermere, 1863.
   e. at Uppingham School and King's College, Cambridge.
   His compositions include a Mass in C, for soli, chorus, and orchestra, first performed by Bach Choir, 1891; "A Song of Praise," Kendal Exhibition, 1891; orchestral ballad, "Helen of Kirkconnel," Philharmonic Society, 1892; "The Forsaken Merman," Leeds Festival, 1895; "The Power of Sound," Kendal Festival, 1895; "Elegy," alto solo, chorus, and orchestra, Hovingham Festival, 1896; "Charge of the Light Brigade," chorus and orchestra; "Ode to the Sea," soprano solo, chorus, and orchestra, Birmingham Festival, 1897; "Ode on the Intimations of Immortality," Leeds Festival, 1907; "Symphonic Variations," Oxford, 1912; "Symphony in D minor," London, 1913; and a large number of song albums, piano pieces and sketches, also "Ten Minutes' Technique."
   [Knighted in 1929. Grove: "Somervell did pioneer work of great value in helping to establish music as a recognized school subject at all levels."]

206) Joseph Speaight, composer, pianist, violinist, and organist.
   b. London, 1868.
   Father a professional violinist.
   Principal compositions: Symphony No. 1 (1893-4), No. 2 (1897), Tone-poem (1904), Concerto, piano, and orchestra (1891), and sundry quintets and quartets.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

207) W. H. Squire, 'cellist and composer.
   b. Ross, Hereford, 1871.
   Father: John Squire, banker.
   e. at Kingsbridge Grammar School.
   [No specific information provided there about his compositions. But according to Grove's, he lived until 1963, and "among his compositions are a cello concerto, much light music and two operettas."]

208) Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer and conductor.
   b. Dublin, 1852.
   Father: the late John Stanford, Esq., Examiner to the Irish Court of Chancery.
   e. privately.
   He first came into prominence as a composer when he was chosen by Tennyson to write the music to "Queen Mary" for the Lyceum Theatre in 1875.
   His published and produced works are exceedingly numerous; they include seven operas, several symphonies, concertos for pianoforte, violin and clarionet [sic], oratorios, several choral ballads and cantatas, many quintets, quartets and other chamber music, church music, vocal quartets, songs, pianoforte and organ music. His first opera, "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan," was produced at Hanover in 1881, "Savonarola" at Hamburg in 1884, and "The Canterbury Pilgrims" at Drury Lane (by Carl Rosa) in 1884. "Shamus O'Brien" was performed at the Opéra Comique, London, in 1896; "Much Ado About Nothing" at Covent Garden in 1901, and at Leipzig in 1902. His Irish Symphony was first performed under Richter in 1887; his choral ballads, "The Revenge" (Leeds Festival, 1886), "The Voyage of Maeldune" (Leeds, 1889), "Phaudrig Crohoore" (Norwich, 1896), "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Last Post" (Hereford, 1891 and 1900), are well known both in England, and the Colonies; his "Requiem," written in memory of Leighton, was first given at the Birmingham Festival of 1897; a "Te Deum" for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was first given at the Leeds Festival, 1898; the "Songs of the Sea" at Leeds in 1904; the "Stabat Mater" in 1907, and "Songs of the Fleet" in 1910; his music to Tennyson's "Becket" was given by Irving at the Lyceum in 1893; he composed the music for two of the Greek Plays at Cambridge, the Eumenides and Œdipus Rex; his oratorios, "The Three Holy Children," and "Eden," were produced at the Birmingham Festivals of 1885 and 1891; he has devoted special attention to the Folk music of Ireland, arranging 130 airs from the Petrie Collection, and restoring and re-arranging the Irish melodies of Thomas Moore, besides editing the complete collection of Petrie's manuscripts; his two Irish Rhapsodies for orchestra (first given at Norwich and at Amsterdam respectively) are founded on some of these airs.
   He was knighted in 1902.

209) Reginald Steggall, composer and organist.
   b. London, 1867.
   Father: the late Charles Steggall, Doctor of Music, the well-known teacher and church composer.
   e. at Westminster School.
   He has composed several important works for the orchestra, some of which were produced at the Crystal Palace by the late Sir August Manns in 1896 and 1899; others were produced at the Queen's Hall under Sir Henry J. Wood, and most of his orchestral compositions have been played at Bournemouth, under Dan Godfrey, and at Leeds, under Mr. Fricker, and several times in Germany; in 1911 his Concertstück for organ and orchestra was played in Paris; he has also composed much church, organ, and piano music, which has been published by Breitkopf & Haertel, Schott, Novello & Co., and Vincent, and Houghton. His compositions include two Symphonies, two Orchestral Suites, two Dramatic Scenas for contralto and orchestra. Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Concerto for organ and orchestra. Suite for organ. Fantasia for organ, three sets of pianoforte pieces, a Quintette [sic] for Woodwind and Horn, and about twenty songs, etc.
   [Grove's Dictionary merely mentions his name in a line at the end of the entry for his father. It acknowledges none of the many compositions listed here.]

210) Paul Stoeving, violinist and writer.
   b. Leipzig, 1861.
   In 1896 came to London, where he elected to remain.
   He has a number of violin compositions to his credit, which have been published by Siegel, of Leipzig.
   The well-known sculptor, Professor Curt Stoeving, of Berlin, is his brother.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

211) Leslie Stuart (Thomas A. Barrett), composer.
   b. Southport, 1866.
   First sprang into prominence as a composer of several songs for the late Signor Foli, notably "Rip Van Winkle," "The Bandolero," etc.; came to London permanently in 1895, and wrote "Louisiana Lou" etc.; established a firm reputation with the song, "Soldiers of the Queen," in 1895-6; subsequently composed a number of popular "coon" songs for Eugene Stratton, notably "Little Dolly Day-dream" ; is the composer of the following musical plays: "Florodora," 1899; "The Silver Slipper," 1901; "The School Girl," 1903; "The Belle of Mayfair," 1906; "Havana," 1908; "Captain Kidd," 1910; "The Slim Princess," 1910; "Peggy," 1911.

212) Percy Such, violoncellist.
   b. London, 1878.
   Mr. Such has composed and arranged several books of Studies, etc., for the 'cello.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

213) Joseph Summers, organist, composer and teacher.
   b. Somerset, 1843.
   Went to Australia in 1865. He is at present resident in Perth, Western Australia.
   [No information about his compositions is provided. Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Wednesday 25 July 2012, 12:38
Eleven composers with names beginning with "T":

214) Joseph Alan Taffs, student of the R.C.M.
   b. Islington.
   e. at the Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey.
   Studied composition under Sir Charles Stanford at the R.C.M., where he won the Arthur Sullivan Memorial Prize for Composition and (1912) the Mendelssohn Scholarship at the age of twenty.
   [No details of his compositions are provided, and he is not in Grove's Dictionary.]

215) Howard Talbot (Munkittrick), composer and conductor.
   b. New York, 1865.
   Father: Alexander Munkittrick.
   e. London; was for some time a medical student at King's College.
   His first opera, "Wapping Old Stairs," was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, February, 1894; his subsequent works include "Monte Carlo," 1896; "A Chinese Honeymoon," 1899; "Kitty Grey" (part composer), 1901; "Three Little Maids" (part composer with Paul Rubens), 1902; "The Blue Moon" (part composer with Paul Rubens), 1905; "The White Chrysanthemum," 1905; "The Girl Behind the Counter," 1906; "The Three Kisses," 1907; "The Arcadians" (with Lionel Monckton), 1909; and "The Mousmé" (with Lionel Monckton), 1911.

216) Hope Temple (Madame Messager), song writer.
   b. and e. in Ireland.
   Began composing at fourteen, and has published many popular songs: "An Old Garden," "My Lady's Bower," "In Sweet September," "Auf Wiedersehen," "Rory Darlin'".
   [Grove's Dictionary provides a relatively long article. We learn that "Hope Temple" was a pseudonym, her original name being Alice Maud Davies, and that her operetta "The Wooden Spoon" was performed in London in 1892 and 1893.]

217) Frank Lewis Thomas, pianist, organist, composer, and teacher of singing.
   Father: the well-known bass singer, Lewis Thomas.
   b. London in 1857.
   He has composed a large number of songs, pianoforte pieces, also anthems and church music generally.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

218) John Thomas, harpist.
   b. Bridgend, Glamorganshire, 1826.
   Has composed a great deal of harp music; he is known in Wales as Pencerdd Gwalia (Chief of the Welsh Minstrels).
   [Grove's Dictionary tells us that "in 1852 he performed his harp concerto in E flat at a Philharmonic concert - the only work by a Welsh composer to be presented by the Philharmonic Society during the first hundred years of its existence." He also published "The Musical Notation of the Ancient Britons" (in Myvyrian Archaiology, Denbigh, 2/1870), and died in 1913, the year in which this Who's Who came out.]

219) Dr. R. Vaughan Thomas, composer.
   b. Wales.
   As a young man he worked as a miner; won several scholarships, and eventually won his way to Oxford University, where he took his M.A. and Mus.Doc.
   His compositions are numerous, perhaps his best known being a setting of Gray's Pindaric Ode, "The Bard," produced at Cardiff Festival, and afterwards performed by the London Choral Society at Queen's Hall.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

220) Vincent Thomas, composer and conductor.
   b. Wrexham, 1872.
   Father: William Thomas.
   e. at Grove Park and Rydal Mount.
   Principal compositions: "Eos and Gwevril" (opera), 1902; "Gwenevere" (opera), 1905; "Enid" (opera), 1908; "Quest of the Grail" (masque), 1908; new opera, "Dagonet," not yet produced; has composed numerous songs and orchestral works, etc.
   Mr. Thomas is an official of the London, County and Westminster Bank, and in 1895 formed an orchestra from members of the staff; he has conducted them ever since.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

221) Dr. E. H. Thorne, organist, pianist, and composer.
   b. Cranbourne, Dorset, 1834.
   Father: Edward Thorne, musician.
   e. at Windsor.
   Is a composer of a large quantity of orchestral, chamber, church, organ, and pianoforte music, including Cavatina for violin and piano, and Romance for 'cello and piano; he is held in very high esteem both as organist and a writer for the organ.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

222) Dora Thorpe, soprano.
   b. Tottenham.
   Father: Mr. R. Cureton-Thorpe.
   e. privately.
   Is the originator of the "Corona Septette" of ladies who were engaged to play at the Guildhall on the occasion of the Colonial Premiers' visit.
   Miss Thorpe is principally known in an unusual branch of her art - singing to her own 'cello obbligato.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

223) Sir F. Paolo Tosti, K.C.V.O.
   b. Ortona al Mare, in the Abbruzzi, 1847, but now a naturalised Englishman.
   Commenced his musical studies at the Conservatoire at Naples.
   His first songs, "Non m'Ama Piu" and "Lamento d'Amore," were refused by three Italian publishers, but eventually became his most popular works in Italy.
   In 1876 he came to London, and almost immediately caught the public taste with his song "For Ever and For Ever"; among his most popular compositions in this country are "Good-bye," "Beauties' Eyes," "Venetian Boat Song," "Ask Me No More," and "My Heart's Delight."
   Signor Tosti was a great favourite of the late Queen Victoria, and was frequently commanded to sing and play to Her Majesty.
   [Knighted in 1908.]

224) Frank E. Tours, composer and conductor.
   b. London, 1877.
   Father: the late Mr. Berthold Tours, a well-known Church musician.
   e. privately.
   His compositions include comic opera, "Melmotte" (produced London, 1901); "The Dairymaids," with Mr. Paul Rubens; "The Hoyden," with Mr. Paul Rubens. Part composer of "The Little Cherub," "See-See," and "The New Aladdin"; has written several songs, the most popular being "Mother o' Mine," "Red Rose," "A Meeting," "A Rose Romance," "Beyond the Sunset," "A Year Ago," etc., and "The Dashing Little Duke" (light opera).
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Arbuckle on Wednesday 25 July 2012, 14:51
Wow! Now I have a new obsession--to hear William Shakespeare's Piano Concerto. Does it be or does it not be?
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Thursday 26 July 2012, 12:29
 ;D !

Oddly enough, there are no composers with names beginning with "U," so here are the five "Vs":

225) E. van der Straeten, composer, bass viol player, and writer on musical subjects.
   b. Dusseldorf, 1855.
   Father: Edmund van der Straeten, late burgomaster and Member of the Prussian Diet.
   Grandfather: Anton van der Straeten, sous prefet under Napoleon, and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
   e. at Cologne.
   In 1911-1912 he formed and conducted the chorus of six hundred voices for "The Miracle" at Olympia, and also the chorus for the Covent Garden performances of that work in 1912-1913.
   His published compositions include a Suite on English airs, two Albums of solo pieces for 'cello and piano; Suite for piano and strings; "The Lily of Kashmir," opéra comique in three acts ; Christmas Cantata, songs, vocal duets, trios, etc.
   Devotes a great deal of time and energy to promoting chamber concerts, at which he has produced a considerable number of modern works for the first time in London; author of "Technics of Violoncello Playing," "Romance of the Fiddle," "History of the Violoncello," "The Viola," and "The Revival of Viols."
   [Grove's Dictionary enters him under "Straeten." His full name was Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der Straeten, and he settled in London in 1888.]

226) Chas. Vincent (Chas. John Vincent), organist and composer.
   b. Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, 1852.
   His parents were both musicians, his father being an organist and his mother (née Eliza Sherborne) a pianist.
   e. at Durham Cathedral Choir School.
   He is an examiner for Trinity College, London, for which institution he has travelled all over the British Empire.
   He has composed a great deal of Church music, organ and piano pieces, songs, part-songs, cantatas and orchestral works, including "Storm" overture (Bradford and Crystal Palace, under Manns).
   He is also author of several text-books upon musical subjects.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

227) George Frederick Vincent, organist.
   b. Houghton, Durham, 1855.
   Father: Charles J. Vincent.
   Brother of Dr. Chas. Vincent.
   e. at Field House School, Sunderland.
   His numerous compositions comprise operettas, cantatas, services, organ, pianoforte and violin solos.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

228) Albert Visetti, professor of singing, composer, and conductor.
   b. Dalmatia, 1846, his father being an Italian landowner in that country and his mother English.
   After devoting some time to a course of training on the Continent, he came to England, and at once took out letters of naturalisation.
   Among the important public appointments he has held may be mentioned the post of Director and Conductor of the Bath Philharmonic Society, for which Mr. Visetti wrote a cantata, "The Desert and the Praise of Song." His compositions include a "Cantico des Cantici" (libretto by Boito); an opera in three acts, "Giselda"; an opera, "Les Trois Mousquetaires" (the only musical setting of the romance, the libretto of which was specially written by Dumas père); "La Diva," waltz song, and many other songs, choral works, and music of a miscellaneous character.
   Mr. Visetti is also Editor of the Handel and Brahms editions published by Messrs. Augener.
   He is a littérateur, and has written the life of Verdi.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

229) Gustav Theodore von Holst, composer and teacher.
   b. Cheltenham, 1874.
   Father: Adolph von Holst.
   e. at Cheltenham Grammar School.
   He first appeared in London at St. James's Hall on May 20, 1904, when he conducted his own "Suite de Ballet"; his principal compositions are as follows, and have all been produced at the Queen's Hall; "The Mystic Trumpeter" (1905), "King Estmere" (1908); "A Somerset Rhapsody" (1910), "Choral Hymns" from the "Rig Veda" (1911), "Beni Mora" (Suite for orchestra, May, 1912), "Phantastes" (Suite for orchestra, July, 1912).
   [Grove's Dictionary lists many interesting but unpublished and seldom heard early works, which are not mentioned above: stage works, symphonic poems, a symphony, a Song of the Night for violin and orchestra, etc. etc.]   
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Friday 27 July 2012, 00:02
Re Holst: I think the symphony and Song of the Night have been recorded twice and at least twice each respectively, but in the concert hall I'd agree they're probably seldom heard... (actually, among only 19 performances of Holst's music listed at the BachTrack site, one is of Song of the Night, in a cello arrangement, October 12 this year at Cadogan Hall, London.)

Edmund S.J. van der Straeten lived from 1855-1934; a couple of things of his are at IMSLP. (We also have a few of Scott-Gatty's songs there, yes. Some were popular enough to be republished in edited form in the USA, though that may not have been a high hurdle to jump- I don't know. It always interests me to see what music by composers not of the US turns up from American publishers under the weaker copyright laws we had then, though, and from there to the LoC's American heritage scans (of music published in the USA 1840 or so-1885.)
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Sydney Grew on Saturday 28 July 2012, 10:15
Eighteen composers beginning with "W", two beginning with "Y", and, finally, four with "Z":

230) Ernest Walker, composer, pianist, and author.
   e. privately.
   Director of Music, Balliol College, Oxford.
   Is the composer of a number of orchestral and choral works, including "Hymn to Dionysus," "Ode to a Nightingale," etc., also other vocal and instrumental music.
   His literary publications include a "History of Music in England," a monograph on "Beethoven," and numerous articles.
   [Grove's Dictionary gives a detailed list of many works, and tells us that "his Cello Sonata (1914) combines passion and harmonic adventure."]

231) William Wallace.
   b. Greenock, Scotland.
   Father: the late James Wallace, M.D., J.P.
   e. at Fettes College, Edinburgh.
   Was at the R.A.M. for about a year, at the end of which his scena, "Lord of Darkness," was performed at a Students' Concert; subsequently had five first performances at the Crystal Palace, including "The Passing of Beatrice", "In Praise of Scottish Poesie," and "Sister Helen"; conducted at Queen's Hall his "Rhapsody of Mary Magdalene," and later, at New Brighton, a special concert of his own compositions, including the "Creation" symphony and "Freebooter Songs"; was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society to write a work - "Greeting to the New Century"; productions at Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts include first performance of "Pelléas and Mélisande" Suite and Symphonic Poem No. 5 - "Wallace, A.D. 1305-1905"; conducted first performance of "Villon" at a New Symphony Orchestra Concert.
   Literary works: "The Divine Surrender - a Mystery Play" (Stock), "The Threshold of Music" (Macmillan); contributor to reviews and magazines on musical and dramatic subjects.
   [In his book "The Threshold of Music - an Inquiry into the Development of the Musical Sense" (London, 1908 - available for down-load HERE (http://archive.org/details/cu31924021774827)), Wallace states that "his aim is to interest the musician in the mental forces to which he owes his own accomplishment and his perception of the art."]

232) Richard Henry Walthew, composer, pianist, and teacher.
   b. London, 1872
   Father: Richard Frederick Walthew, merchant.
   e. at Islington Proprietary School.
   The first public performance of his works was of "The Pied Piper," by the Highbury Philharmonic, in 1892; since then he has composed several works, including a setting of Keats' "Ode to the Nightingale," chamber music and songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

233) John Warriner, composer, organist, teacher, and lecturer.
   b. Bourton, Shropshire, 1860.
   e. privately and at Trinity College, Dublin.
   Editor of "The National Portrait Gallery of British Musicians" (Sampson Low, 1896); author of "Primer on Transposition" (Novello), "The Art of Teaching Music" (Hammond), etc.; was editor for two years of The Minim.
   [No specific information provided about his compositions, and he is not in Grove's Dictionary.]

234) James Haydn Waud, contra bassist.
   b. London.
   e. at St. Mary's School, Wolverhampton.
   He is the composer of numerous double bass solos, and of three orchestral overtures, one of which was heard at the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

235) Fred Whishaw, novelist and composer.
   Father: Bernard Whishaw.
   e. at Leamington College and Uppingham.
   First appeared in London as a vocalist in 1886; he is also the composer of several songs, but is, perhaps, better known to the musical world for his excellent adaptations in English of Russian and other songs, notably in the Royal Edition of Tschaikovsky Songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary. Nor does his name appear in John Sutherland's "Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction." But the Internet Text Archive has available a number of his books: "The Romance of the Woods (1895)," "A Boyar of the Terrible (1896)," "Mazeppa (1902)," "Moscow - a Story of the French Invasion (1905)," "The Degenerate" (1909), "Out of Doors in Tsarland - a Record of the Seeings and Doings of a Wanderer in Russia (1893)," as well as several translations of Dostoyevsky. - And indeed I have just now discovered a Wikipedia entry which gives much information, and lists around fifty books! His full name was Frederick James Whishaw, and he was born in St. Petersburg in 1854.]

236) Maude Valerie White, composer.
   b. Normandy.
   e. in Heidelberg and Paris; studied for four years at the R.A.M.
   Principal songs: "Lead Kindly Light," "Absent yet Present," "The Devout Lover," "How do I Love Thee," "Three Little Songs," "The Spring has Come," Four Albums of German Songs, "Es muss doch Frühling Werden," "Isdotta Blanzesmano," "So we'll go no more A-roving," "The Throstle," Four Songs from "In Memoriam," "The Bonny Curl," "It is na Jean," "A Song of the Sahara," "Among the Roses," "Prière," "John Anderson, My Jo," etc.; she has also composed a ballet called "The Captured Butterfly," and an unpublished opera, "Smaranda."
   Has travelled a great deal in almost every country in Europe, also in South America (where she rode across the Andes), in Algeria, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, etc.; has for some time past lived chiefly in England and Sicily, where she happened to be at the time of the great Messina earthquake.
   [According to Grove's Dictionary, the influence of her songs may be heard in the songs of Vaughan Williams and Quilter. She published two volumes of memoirs: "Friends and Memories" (London, 1914) and "My Indian Summer" (London, 1932).]

237) Charles Francis Abdy Williams, organist and composer.
   e. privately.
   Author of several works dealing with History and Theory of Music.
   [No specific information provided about his compositions. Eight of his books - a selection - are listed in Grove's Dictionary. While at Bradfield College he taught the boys to play auloi and lyres constructed on ancient models, and in 1904 he trained the priests of Capri in the Solesmes system of chant.]

238) Charles Lee Williams, organist and composer.
   Has composed a large number of works, principally Church music.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

Unnumbered) Greta Williams, contralto.
   b. London.
   Originally a juvenile pianist.
   It is of interest to recall that it was Miss Greta Williams who behaved so courageously at the wreck of the Stella, when during the fourteen dreadful hours she and the few other survivors passed in an open boat, she calmed the fears of the crew and fellow-passengers by singing "O Rest in the Lord."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

239) Philip Hamilton Williams, amateur composer.
   b. Highbury, 1873.
   Father: Thornton Arthur Williams, tea broker.
   Mother an authoress.
   A nephew of Miss Anna Williams, Madame Marian MacKenzie (by marriage), and Henry Baumer, composer and pianist.
   e. Hastings and University College, London.
   Is a chartered accountant by profession; composer of "The Mad Dog," with orchestral accompaniment; "Day and Night," sung by Miss Muriel Foster; piano quartets, violin sonatas, and about forty songs; set "The Jackdaw of Rheims," with full orchestral accompaniment, for Mr. Kennerley Rumford.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

240) F. Delmar Williamson, baritone, vocal coach, and composer.
   b. Liverpool, 1861.
   e. Rossall School.
   Has composed several popular songs, including "Venite, Jovial Sons of Hesper," "Six Serenades," "The Clink of the Canakin," "Life's Garden," and a series of "Village Ballads."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

241) Archibald Wayet Wilson, organist and composer.
   e. at R.C.M.
   Composer of "Before the Beginning of Years" (for chorus and orchestra), also part-songs and Church music, etc.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

242) Christopher Wilson, composer and conductor.
   b. Melbourne, Derbyshire.
   Comes of a musical family, his mother and grandmother having been accomplished pianists, and his uncle (Mr. F. W. Davenport) a professor at the R.A.M.
   Among his many compositions are the incidental music to "Kismet," "The Virgin Goddess," "The Pied Piper," and to many of Shakespeare's plays as produced by F. R. Benson, Miss Ellen Terry, and Mr. Oscar Asche.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

243) Hilda Wilson, contralto and teacher of singing.
   b. Monmouth.
   Father: James Wilson.
   Madame Hilda Wilson is the composer of several successful songs, amongst others "From Oversea" (under the nom-de-plume of Douglas Hope) and "When Birds Do Sing" (Hilda Wilson), both published by Boosey, and "My Roses" (Cramer).
   Her favourite works are Dvôrak's [sic] "Stabat Mater" and Bach's St. Matthew Passion Music.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

244) William Wolstenholme, organist and composer.
   Trained at the College for the Blind, Worcester, and privately.
   Published compositions: Intermezzo for orchestra, quartet for strings, sonata for violin and pianoforte, pieces for violin, viola, violoncello, organ, and pianoforte; songs, madrigal, part-songs, anthems.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

245) Haydn Wood, violinist and composer.
   b. Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 1882.
   Conducted his "Orchestral Suite" at one of the Patrons' Concerts at the Queen's Hall; gained second prize in the Cobbett Musical Competition for his "String Fantasia"; he has also written for the orchestra a "Set of Variations" and a "Suite de Ballet," and has composed a "Piano Concerto," besides numerous songs and violin solos.
   [Neither the "Orchestral Suite," nor the "String Fantasia," nor the "Suite de Ballet," nor even the Piano Concerto is mentioned in Grove's Dictionary. But a "Phantasie" for string quartet. (1906) and a - presumably different, and much later - Piano Concerto in D minor (1947) are there.]

246) Amy Woodforde-Finden, composer.
   b. Valparaiso, Chili.
   Father: Alfred Ward, Consul in Valparaiso.
   m. Colonel Woodforde-Finden (retired), Indian Army.
   Mrs. Woodforde-Finden is the composer of a large number of delightful and successful songs, the best known among them being "Four Indian Love Lyrics," "Lover in Damascus," "On Jhelum River," "O Flower of all the World," "The Pagoda of Flowers," "A Dream of Egypt," and "Golden Hours"; her latest compositions are "Stars of the Desert" (four more Indian love lyrics) and "Three Little Mexican Songs."
   [Grove's: "She was one of nine children of an American serving as British Consul in Valparaiso. For some years she lived in India."]

247) Francis Cunningham Woods, composer, teacher and organist.
   b. London, 1862.
   e. at the City of London School and Neuwied-on-the-Rhine.
   Published compositions: Anthems, songs, incidental music for the "Tempest" (O.U.D.S., 1894); cantatas, "King Harold," "A Greyport Legend," "Old May Day"; Suite in F for small orchestra; Ode, "The Lords of Labour."
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

248) Dalhousie Young, pianist and composer.
   b. India, 1866.
   Father: Gen. Ralph Young, R.E.
   e. at Clifton and Balliol College, Oxford.
   His compositions include "The Blessed Damozel," performed by the London Choral Society, also in the provinces and at Graz (Styria), and a large number of songs of which "Bredon Hill" is perhaps the most popular.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

249) Constance Younger (Mrs. H. F. Delevigne), teacher of singing and pianoforte, accompanist, and coach.
   b. 4 Castle Baynard, in the City of London.
   Father: Mr. Edward Younger, a partner in the firm of Vivian, Younger & Bond.
   e. privately, and in Stuttgart and Paris.
   Has published numerous songs.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

250) Michael Zacharewitsch, solo violinist.
   b. Ostrow, Russia, 1878.
   e. at St. Petersburg and Moscow.
   Made his musical début at the age of twelve, when he played Tschaikovsky's Concerto in Odessa, the master himself conducting, and afterwards presenting the youthful artiste with a massive silver wreath with the following words inscribed: "Your talent is colossal, and your magic bow reminds me of Wieniawski."
   He introduced Sir Edward Elgar's new Concerto to Scotland in 1911, when touring with the Scottish Orchestra, and in the same year interpreted that great work at Sheffield and Nottingham with the Halle Orchestra (under Herr Balling), and also at Liverpool, Birmingham, and in Italy.
   Is the composer of many violin solos, and has now (January, 1913) completed a new work for solo violin, accompanied by string quartette and recitation, based on a poem on "Life and Love," by the Queen of Roumania.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary!]

251) Napoleone Zardo, baritone and teacher of singing.
   b. Crespano, Veneto, in 1858.
   Came to London in 1895, giving up the operatic stage for concert work and composition; a number of successful songs from his pen have since been published; his opera, "La Vedova Scaltra," was produced in Italy in 1909.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

252) Agnes Marie Zimmermann, pianist and composer.
   b. Cologne, but came to England at a very early age.
   She has edited Schumann's pianoforte works, and Beethoven's and Mozart's sonatas, besides composing a number of important pieces for the piano and violin, songs, part-songs, etc.
   [She was born in 1847, and died in 1925.]

253) Louis Zimmermann, violinist.
   b. Groningen, Holland, in 1873.
   In 1902 was engaged by Sir Henry Wood to play solo in Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" when performed at Queen's Hall under the composer's direction; in 1904 appointed Professor at the R.A.M.; has composed some songs and pieces for violin and piano, and two works for violin and orchestra.
   [Not in Grove's Dictionary.]

It is my hope that the appearance here of these unfamiliar British names might lead to the discovery of some long-neglected works.

There are in the book also quite a number of foreign composers of an equal obscurity; in a few weeks' time I will extract those and list them in a separate thread.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Saturday 28 July 2012, 11:48
re Charles William Pearce (1856-1928) - two compositions @ IMSLP, both from Dudley Buck's "Vox Organi" collections.
Walthew has had his own thread here if memory serves :)
Christopher Wilson may be the 1874-1919 one whose suite for string orchestra is again at IMSLP.
Wolstenholme (1865-1931) has a string quartet and several organ works, anthems, etc. @ IMSLP (and another biographical link).
Dalhousie Young died in 1921.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Mark Thomas on Saturday 28 July 2012, 13:15
Thanks Sydney for this fascinating survey which, tantalisingly, provokes more questions than it provides answers!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: RoothamRVWFinzi on Tuesday 31 July 2012, 13:07
Hi everybody,

I noticed that Cyril Bradley Rootham was missing in the 'R' section - surely an unjustly neglected British composer!

I've enjoyed this thread - it's been extremely enlightening.

My very best wishes,

Eric.
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Jimfin on Tuesday 31 July 2012, 14:09
Thank you for a fascinating survey: so interesting to see these "snapshots" of how things were seen 99 years ago. I quite agree about Rootham, and he isn't much more performed now than he was then!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: Cogidubnus on Wednesday 15 August 2012, 11:27
Is is really the case that Ralph Vaughan Williams isn't listed in this book?  By then he'd had the Tallis Fantasia, Toward the Unknown Region, In the Fen Country and A Sea Symphony performed!
Title: Re: British composers who were who in 1913
Post by: eschiss1 on Sunday 09 September 2012, 20:14
Hrm. As to James (John?) Haydn Waud, I see 55 works (counting possible duplications) by him scanned in at LoC... may as well go have a look...