Background
Corder was born at Pimlico, London, the son of musician Frederick Corder and his wife Henrietta Walford. He studied under his father at the Royal Academy of Music and won the Goring Thomas scholarship for composition in 1901.
Corder was born at Pimlico, London, the son of musician Frederick Corder and his wife Henrietta Walford. He studied under his father at the Royal Academy of Music and won the Goring Thomas scholarship for composition in 1901.
Royal Academy of Music.
He was baptised at Street Gabriel"s, Warwick Square, London, on 1 March 1880. In 1907 he joined the staff of the Academy as Professor of Composition and Harmony. He composed operas, ballets, cantatas and piano works.
Bax dedicated the song "Aspiration" (1909) and his Fourth Symphony (1931) to Corder.
lieutenant is said that Dolly was so distraught at Paul"s death in 1942 that she destroyed many of his musical manuscripts. One of his hobbies was furniture-making.
