Oliver Arthur King 1855-1923

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Oliver Arthur King  Born 1855 London  - Died 23.10.1923  London

His father, James King was a commercial clerk from Halifax, Nova Scotia. There were four children*, Oliver being the youngest.  Oliver was a pupil of Joseph Barnaby and William H.Holmes and later in Leipzig studied under Carl Reinecke and Ernst Friedrich Richter.
He was Choirmaster at St.Anne's Church, Soho and later musical director at St.Mary's Marylebone. During her stay in Canada he was the official pianist to Princess Louise.  As a concert pianist he toured in Canada and the USA as well as the UK.

Orchestral

'Night' symphonic poem in F Op.22  1880
Piano Concerto  1885 - winner of the Brinsmead Prize
Violin Concerto
'Among the Pines' concert overture  Op.36  1882
Concert overture

Chamber

Concert for violin and piano  Op.37   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Violin Sonata in D minor  Op.40   pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co
Three piano duets in canon form  Op.16
Morceau de salon for violin and piano;  twelve pieces.    pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co.

Piano

Three lyric pieces  Op.7
Ballade  Op.29
Barcarolle  1879
Berceuse, meditation and valse  1879
'Feu Follet' etude  1914   pub. by Stainer & Bell
Gavotte  1881
'Happy Moments' 6 easy pieces for piano - Gavotte, Mazurka, Humouresque, Crocodile Tears, Valse petite, Tin Khaki.   pub. by G Ricordi & Co
Impromptu - caprice  in B flat minor  1876
Rhapsodie  Op.44   pub. by Edwin Ashdown Ltd.
Vilanella Op.47/1   pub. by J & J Hopkinson
Intermezzo  Op.47/2   pub. by J & J Hopkinson
Scherzo  Op.47/3  pub. by J & J Hopkinson
Legende No.1 in C sharp minor  1877
Legende No.2  Op.57
Romance
Waltzer  Op.79   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Trois Morceaux; Reverie, Chant du Soir, Valse.  Op.85   pub. by Stanley Lucas, Weber
Six childrens pieces - Dance, march, Longing, valse lente, carillon, playfulness.
Winter Tales   pub. by Schott
Dance of the Sunbeams  Op.93
Mazurek  Op.98   pub. by Augener & Co.
Nocturne  Op.110  pub. by Vincent Music Co.
Six children's pieces; Dance, March, Longing, Valse lente, Carillon, Playfulness.  pub. by G  Ricordi & Co

Song

Album of duets for soprano and alto

'A Rustic Wooing'  words by A Chapman   pub. by R Cocks & Co.
'Bright be thy dreams'  four part song  words by T Moore
'b and Flow'  for three female voices  words by E Oxenford  Op.42/4   
'Come, rosey morn'  trio for female voices  words by E OxenfordOp.42/6   pub. by Novello
'The Cows are in the corn'  words by R W Gilder   pub. by Metzler & Co.
'Night and Morning'  words by F E Weatherley   pub. by J B Cramer & Co.
'By Northern Seas'   words by G E Troutbeck
'Come to me again'  words by E Oxenford  Op.30
Ever thine own  words by G H Newcombe  pub. by Enoch & Sons
'Fair Luna'  trio for female voices  Op.42/5
'The Golden Gate'  with organ obligato  words by A. Proctor
'The Old Bridge'  words by E Oxenford   pub. by Boosey
'Sylvan Echoes'  words by E Oxenford  Op.38   pub. by J & J Hopkinson
'Sweet Flowers of Spring'  trio for womens voices  words by E Oxenford  Op.42/2   pub. by Novello
'When the Wintry Wind is Blowing'
'For Me'  words by S F Harrison   pub. by Boosey
'Twilight Fancies'
'Hush'
'Echoes'  words by T Moore  pub. by Novello, Ewer Ltd
'Israel'
'One Thought'  words by F G Bowles   pub. by J B Cramer & Co.
The Broken Flower' four part song  words by F Hemans
'The Echo Song'  1915  words by F Hemans    pub. by Novello
'The Echo of the Song'  words by  F E Weatherley   pub. by Boosey
'The Mocking Bird'  words by E. Walton   pub. by Chappell & Co.
'The Robber'  words by J B Weatherley   pub. by J B Cramer & Co.
'The Sands of Dee'  Op.90
The Sea hath its Pearls  Op.59   pub. by Novello,Ewer Ltd
'The Sherrif'   words by F E Weatherley   pub. by Hopwood & Crew
'Peacefully Slumber'  part song  pub. by Novello, Ewer Ltd
'The Curfew'  six part song  words by Longfellow  Op.26   pub. by Novello , Ewer Ltd.
'Slumber On'  part song
'Soldier Rest ! words by Sir Walter Scott   pub. by Novello
'Baby Dear'  part song
'Winter Thoughts'  words by G E Troutbeck
'When Nature wakes'  two part song  words by F M
'The Voice of Old' [i] words by E Oxenford]
'Visions and Voices' words by H L D Jaxone
'Day Dreams' two part song words by E Walton
'The Lyre and the Flower'  two part song  words by F Hemans
'Joy and Pleasure' two part song  words by F Hemans
'Now a smile, and now a frown'   two part song
'Elves in the Wild-wood  two part song  words by F Hemans
'Good Night'  words by F Hemans
'To Daffodils' two part song  words by R Herrick   pub. by Novello, Ewer Ltd.
'Till the end of time' words by F F Moore

Vocal

'Sands of Dee'  for chorus and orchestra  words by C Kingsley  Op.90   pub. by Novello, Ewer Ltd.
'Three Fishers' - ballad for chorus and orchestra words by C Kingsley  Op.112
'Romance of the Roses'  cantata  Op.80   pub. by Novello, Ewer Ltd.
'By the Waters of Babylon' Psalm for soloist, chorus and orchestra  Op.50
'The Naiades'  cantata for soprano, contralto two part chorus and piano  Op.56words by E Oxenford   pub by Novello, Ewer Ltd.
'Proserpina'  cantata with orchestra  words by E Walton  Op.93   pub. by R. Cocks & Co
Te Deum

Organ

Suite for organ  Op.60
Wedding Suite - Carillon and bridal procession, intermezzo, andantino, nuptial march  Op.120
Offertoire
Suite for organ in G  Op.108
Offertoire No.2  Ritornello, Andante pastorale, March funebre, Pavan.  Op.109
Interlude
Organ Sonata on a German chorale Op.71  1891
Jerusalem on High


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Emily Maria King 1848
Jane Eliza King 1850
Sidney H. King1852
Oliver Arthur King 1855-1923

[eschiss1]

A vocal score, anyway, of a setting for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra of the Psalm By the waters of Babylon (his op.50, pub.ca.1889?) exists. For organ a suite, Op.60, was published in the 1930s (reprint I assume?) by Donajowski.

The Legend no.1 in C-sharp minor was published by 1877 (and is registered in HMB in that year, as is the Impromptu-caprice in B-flat minor). The Symphony in F Night gets registered in its European publication as op.22 in 1884 (Op.16 the same month). 1887 saw 12 pieces for violin or cello and piano (given op.25 in a later announcement) published by Novello ; also "Sechs Duette f. S. u. Ca. m. Pfte, m. engl. Text." (Ca. = ?? Hrm. It's a OCR rendering of what in the original scan is C-superscript-a - maybe contralto?)  Also to add to this list, the 3 Characteristic pieces (Scherzo, Abendlied, March) published by Novello by 1888.

Op.108, another suite for organ (in G) was published by Augener in 1900. Schmidt (Arthur or CF - I think Arthur) published a wedding suite , op.120 for the organ in 1911.

Prosperina should probably be Proserpina (a rather better-known figure rather than a female Prospero) , after the legend, a cantata with text by E. Walton, "Cantata for Soprano and Contralto Soli, Chorus - female voices - and orchestra.", his Opus 93 acc. to Worldcat (which has a version translated into sol-fa notation by Percy Jackman; such translations and others were common experiments then I gather, looking over LoC scans... and perhaps earlier and later too, I don't deny.)

The Naiads : a cantata for female voices (soprano and contralto soli and two-part chorus) with pianoforte accompaniment is Op.56.
Op.71 is specifically Sonata on a German Chorale, pub.1891 by Novello.