Unsung Composers

Charlton Templeman Speer  Born 21.11.1859 Cheltenham  - Died  27.10.1921

One of two children¹, he was the son of a physician Stanhope T Speer and a cousin of William Henry Speer. He married his wife Amy²in 1887.   In 1873 he won the Sterndale Bennett scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied composition under George Macfarren, piano under Walter Macfarren and organ under Reginald Steggall.  From 1885 he was a professor of piano there.

Orchestra

Overture in C
'King Arthur' symphonic poem
'Guinevere'  symphonic ballad
'Cinderella'  orchestral suite in four movements
Valse caprice

Chamber

Rhapsody for violin and piano

Piano

Sonata in G   pub. by Novello
Polonaise in D flat  pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
Romance in D flat  pub. by Stanley Lucal, Weber
Etude de Concert in B flat minor  1885  pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
Saltarello  pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
Valse de Concert

Song

Come sing thy soul to me, my love  words by Miss E Cookson
Fond Memories 
Gossip  words by G G Bingham pub. by Weekes & Co.
The King's Cavalier  words by C Bellamy   pub. by Weekes & Co.
Recalled  words by C Dick pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
Reunited  words by H de Winter   pub. by Stanley Lucals, Weber
The Sleeping Palace.
The Song of Love and Death  words by Tennyson  pub. by Weekes and Co.
A voice by the Cedar Tree  words by Tennyson   pub by Weekes & Co
You say !  words by C de Courcelles  pub. by R Cocks & Co.

Voice and orchestra

The Arsenal, or War and Peace.  words by Longfellow  Cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra  pub. by Weekes & Co. 1879 
The Day Dream  words by Tennyson cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra  pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.
The Battle of Lake Regillus  words by Lord Macaulay  cantata for chorus and orchestra   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartl
The Burial March of Dundee  for baritone, chorus and orchestra 
The Soul of Percival  Prologue and three scenes for soloists, chorus and orchestra  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartl
Gideon  sacred cantata  pub. by Weekes & Co  1913
Crossing the Bar  words by Tennyson  anthem

Church

Hark! hark, my soul  words by F W Faker  anthem for soloists and chorus  pub. by Novello & Co.
I heard the voice of Jesus say.  words by H Boner  anthem for baritone and chorus  pub. by Weekes & Co.
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B flat   pub. by Weekes & Co.
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E flat   pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.

Opera

Odysseus  in three acts
Zara
Helen

Organ

Sonata in D flat  pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.
Meditation
Marche Heroique   pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.
Allegro Vivace in D pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.

1.
Charlton Templeman Speer.
Constance R J Speer  1865-


2.
Amy Matilda Hallett.

The Speer's had a son Guy Stanhope T Speer born in 1891 who died at a year old.

Great to see the two Speer cousins separated and given their due, Giles.  Thank you for all your work.
I have a privately bound version of William Henry Speer's "Cinderella" suite for orchestra.   Does that mean that both cousins were attracted by the same subject?

I assume so, the Cinderella theme was relatively common.