. Modern composers of Europe : being an account of the most recent musical progress in the various European nations, with some notes on their history, and critical and biographical sketches of the contemporary musical leaders in each country . ng of the Sunbeam. Amongothers of the older generation are John FrancisBarnett, Sir Walter Parratt, Charles Harford Lloyd,Frederick Corder, Charles Lee Williams, and othersequally worthy. The excellent school of light music which flour-ished under Sullivan received a setback with hisdeath; but a new star has arisen in the person ofEdward German. He has n
. Modern composers of Europe : being an account of the most recent musical progress in the various European nations, with some notes on their history, and critical and biographical sketches of the contemporary musical leaders in each country . ng of the Sunbeam. Amongothers of the older generation are John FrancisBarnett, Sir Walter Parratt, Charles Harford Lloyd,Frederick Corder, Charles Lee Williams, and othersequally worthy. The excellent school of light music which flour-ished under Sullivan received a setback with hisdeath; but a new star has arisen in the person ofEdward German. He has not continued entirelyin the operatic line, but on Sullivans death he wasalready so well known that he was chosen to finishthe latters Emerald Isle/ Frederic Clay, AlfredCellier, and Edward Solomon essayed during theirlives to carry on the school of light opera, whileGerman has devoted himself more to orchestral andincidental music. Yet The Rival Poets and Merrie England show that this is not from ne-cessity. Edward German, whose real name is GermanEdward Jones, was born at Whitchurch on Febru-ary 17, 1862. He studied violin at the Royal Acad-emy, and after some theatrical work became con-ductor at the Globe Theatre in 1889. He took the. EDWARD GERMAN. ENGLAND 219 post at scant notice, for he was asked by the author-ities, Can you conduct? and he decided that hecould. His incidental music to Romeo and Julietmade a name for him, and an orchestral suite in Dminor also scored a success. His music to AsYou Like It, Richard III., Much Ado AboutNothing, The Tempest, and Nell Gwyn shows inimitable grace and appropriateness. AnEnglish Fantasia and the symphonic poem Ham-let were produced at Birmingham in 1897, anda symphonic suite, The Seasons, at Norwich in1899. He has written two symphonies, and a num-ber of exquisite songs. The set of Henry , taken from his incidental music, havebecome world-famous for their graceful delicacyand charm, yet so elusive is fame that they are
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