Education
Studied at Bridge House School, Chester.
Studied at Bridge House School, Chester.
Entered Royal Academy of Music, 1880. Left 1887; for some time played violin in principal orchestras. Later devoted himself entirely to composition.
Has conducted at all the great Musical Festivals. Orchestral publications: Music to Richard III. 1889. Symphony No. 1 in E minor, 1890.
Funeral March, 1891; music to Henry VIII. 1892. Gipsy Suite, 1892; Symphony No. 2 in A minor, 1893; music to The Tempter, 1893.
Symphonic Suite in D minor, 1895. Music to Romeo and Juliet, 1895. Music to As You Like It, 1896.
Symphonic Poem, Hamlet, 1897. Music to Much Ado About Nothing, 1898. Symphonic Suite, The Seasons, 1899.
Music to Nell Gw'yn, 1900. Operetta, The Rival Poets, 1901. Savoy Opera, The Emerald Isle (with the late Sir Arthur Sullivan), 1901.
Savoy Opera, Merrie England, 1902. Rhapsody on March Themes, 1902. Savoy Opera, A Princess of Kensington, 1903.
Welsh Rhapsody, 1904. Music to The Conqueror, 1905. Comic Opera, Tom Jones, 1907.
Savoy Opera, Fallen Fairies, with Sir W. S. Gilbert, 1909. Just So Song Book, with Rudyard Kipling. Many songs, etc. Composer.