Arthur O'Leary 1834-1919

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Arthur O'Leary  Born 15.3.1834 Tralee, Ireland - Died 11.3.1919 Ireland

The son of a musician, he was educated in Dublin and subsequently trained at The Leipzig Conservatory under Moscheles, Hauptmann, Richter, Rietz and Plaidy  (1847-1852) and at The Royal Academy of Music, London under Sterndale Bennett and Potter, where he was later on the staff (1856-1903)
He was a teacher of Sullivan and Stanford.
In 1860 he married Rosetta Vinning.

Orchestral

Suite for orchestra  1856
Symphony in C major  1853
Pastorale  1865
Piano Concerto in E minor

Piano

Rondo grazioso  Op.1   pub. by Leader & Cock
Two Klavierstucke; Andante, Scherzo.  Op.2    pub. by Kistner
Overture and incidental music to Longfellow's 'Spanish Student'  piano four hands. Op.3   pub. by Kistner
Caprice  Op.4   
Romance 'The Black Night' Op.5   pub. by Lamborne & Co
'Im Giberge' Drei Characterstucke  Op.7   pub by Kistner
Fete Rustique  Op.8   pub. by Ewer & Co
Fleures et pleurs  Op.9
'Il Fiore' Minuet in B flat  Op.11  1862  pub. by Lamborn, Cock & Hutchings &. Co.
Chantes des Sirens  Op.12
Pastorale  Op.13  pub. by Ewer & Co
Conte Mauresque  Op.14   pub. by Ewer & Co
Scene de Chasse
Barcarolle  1905  pub. by Bosworth
Berceuse
L'adieu du conscript
Ducal Waltz  1864
Morceau de concert  pub. by Lamborn, Cock & Co
Scene Rustique   pub. by Augener
Les Pelerins  1908   pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co
Scherzetto in G major  1887  pub. by Novello. Ewer & Co
Stradelle, fantasia and hymn
Theme and variations in C minor   pub. by Kistner
Toccata in F major   pub. by Novello, Ewer & Co
Toccata and variations in C minor
The Firemen's Galop  1865   pub. by Ewer & Co.
The Stamp Galop   pub. by Ewer & Co
Twilight Sketches
Valse Heureuse   pub by Augener
Wayside Sketches: 1.Wavering Ferns,  2. in E major, 3. in E major, 4. in B flat major, 5. Les Pelerins Op.29

Song

'Ode to the Victor - part song
'Nacht' 
'Kate of Aberdeen'   pub. by Ewer & Co
'He roamed in the Forest'
'Stars of the Summer Night'  words by Longfellow  pub. by Leader & Cock & Co
'Tis Jamie's Step I hear'
'The Maiden's Suspense'
'The trees early leaflets'   pub by Labborn, Cock & Co
'Ask not why I love'
'Listening'  words by Adelaide Proctor   pub by Novello, Ewer & Co
'For Rosabelle'   pub. by Lamborn & Cock
Stars of the Summer Night  words by Longfellow 
There's Naie luck about the House
Six Songs'- album  Op.6:  pub. by Leader & Cock
1. Dream of Thee
2. Ask me not
3. The Return
4. Spring
5. Silent Evening
6. The West Wind   

Vocal

Mass of St John for chorus and organ  pub. by Burns, Oates & Co
Mass for two voice parts and organ   pub. by Novello & Co
Regina Coeli;  AMarian Antiphon in four parts   pub. by Cary & Co

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Thanks!
(Not, I am guessing, the subject of (Rev.?) "Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands", and similar books by Charles James Lever.)

Also edited works by Sterndale Bennett, Mendelssohn and Paradies among others (also of Sechter), wrote at least one book (Memories of student life in Germany, 1913, which RAM has in its catalog- they also have an  ms song "Address to Scotland" by either o'Leary or Sterndale Bennett but initialed by o'Leary).

Also another book whose title begins "The diatonic & chromatic scales in various forms calculated to promote technical execution" (Ewer/Novello?, ca.1892).

MusicSack gives 15 March 1834, Tralee, died 13 March 1919, London. (Is the first date OS/Julian or Gregorian? I do not know with MusicSack and am not positive when Ireland changed over, will have to check...)

Worldcat gives a number of further works at libraries. Not sure if they're included in the ones you have above (whether any of the songs they list are among the "Six Songs", e.g.; would it be possible to list them or a source where this can be had?)

(Hofmeister, fwiw, up to 1900, lists (most of these you have above, but sometimes without dates. The dates are HMB dates, that is, first published appearance in Germany (well, date that a copy arrived at the Hofmeister of Leipzig mailbox, I'm guessing, but amounts to the same thing much of the time); first appearance in England was often earlier, and can be determined more or less by searching in e.g. Musical Times back-issues or similar (Google Books or archive.org helps here but may be accessible only in the USA.))

*Nacht. Worte v. Freih. v. Eichendorff. Eine Gruppe von 4 Liedern. Leipzig, Kistner (pub.1854)
*Op. 2. 2 Klavierstücke (Andante. Scherzo.) (Kistner, 1855)
*Op. 3. Ouverture zum Drama: Der spanische Student (Orch.) (Kistner, 1855) (after Longfellow.)
*Op. 7. Im Gebirge 3 Charakterstücke. (Kistner, 1860)
*The Stamp-Galop (Ewer (pre-Novello?- Eric), 1863)
*Op. 12. Chant des sirènes. Morceau de Concert. (for piano. Ewer, 1863)
*Dances f. Orch. No. 1, Stamp-Galop. No. 2, Ducal Waltz. No. 3, Beethoven-Waltz. (Ewer, 1863)
*the latter two for piano - also Ewer, 1863
*Op. 13. Pastorale. (Ewer, 1864)
*Kate of Aberdeen. Song. (Ewer, 1864)
*Op. 14. Conte mauresque. (Ewer, 1864)
*L'Adieu. Chanson allemande. (Ewer, 1865)
*Thema m. Variationen in drei Sätzen (Cm.) f. Pfte. (Kistner, 1881)

The Minuetto Op.11 is also called "Il Fiore", according to the listing for an early (1860s) edition @ St. Pancras.