British composers who were who in 1913

[britishcomposer]

Philip Scowcroft wrote about Gatty with great understanding and warmth.

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


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.

[Sydney Grew]

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.

[britishcomposer]

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.

[Sydney Grew]

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."

[chill319]

With respect to Gervaise Elwes and his purported meeting with Brahms:

Recreation: Shooting.

That would be bull shooting, no doubt.

[eschiss1]

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...

[JimL]

Or, Brahms actually was a 6,000 year-old immortal, like in that Star Trek episode!

[Sydney Grew]

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.]

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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)), "Thirty Years of Musical Life in London" (HERE, with over 100 photographs), and "Unmusical New York" (HERE).
   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.]

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.]

[eschiss1]

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.)

[eschiss1]

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).)

[Martin Eastick]

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!

[albion]

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!

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

[Sydney Grew]

Löhr (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:

[Sydney Grew]

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'":

[eschiss1]

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!