John Acton

Background

John was born on September 28, 1863, in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Education

John Acton received private music lessons in Manchester. Later he took singing lessons with Francesco Lamperti in Milan.

Career

John Acton taught at the Royal College of Music in Manchester since its opening in 1894 as a singing professor. In the seventeenth Choir Festival from 25 to 26 May 1908 Acton counted along with Tertius Noble (1867-1953) and CRFogg to the jury. At the final concert, he conducted the overall choir, which performed the cantata The Power of Sound by Arthur Somervell (1863-1937).

Works

• cantana

  • Forest bells

    1888

• song

  • Songs on the River

• Other Work

  • The rose and the nightingale

    1893

Connections

In 1889 he married Alice Hestermann Mandley.

Wife:

Alice Hestermann Mandley