British composers who were who in 1913

[Sydney Grew]

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 (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

Also many scores and a photograph:

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

-oOo-

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.]

[Sydney Grew]

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."]

[JimL]

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. 

[Alan Howe]

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...

[JimL]

I can do that right outside of town!

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.

[Alan Howe]

Er quite. Hyperthermia is what you get in American summers. Not to mention when moderating this forum.

[JimL]

Or as Anna Russell put it, "All burned up". 

[Alan Howe]

Or burned out.

[giles.enders]

There is a piano quartet in E minor Op.15 by Harvy Lohr, in the Merton Music Catalogue.  email :  merton@ourtext.co.uk

[Sydney Grew]

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."]   

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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."]

[Jimfin]

Lady Radnor as in Parry's suite, I assume?

[Sydney Grew]

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.]

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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.]

[Arbuckle]

Wow! Now I have a new obsession--to hear William Shakespeare's Piano Concerto. Does it be or does it not be?