The British Musical Biography

[E] Corder, Frederick, composer and con-
ductor, born in London, January 26, 1852.
Though he showed musical talent at an early
age, he was intended for a business career ;
and it was not until 1874 that he entered the
R. A.M. as a student. The next year he gained
the Mendelssohn Scholarship, and studied
four years with Ferdinand Hiller at Cologne.
oon after his return to England he was ap-
Ipointed conductor at the Brighton Aquarium,
June, 1880, an office he resigned, September,
1882. He gave many important works during
that period, and greatly improved the charac-
ter of the concerts. The next few years were
given up to musical composition and literature.
In 1890 he was appointed orchestral director
at Trinity College, London ; Curator of the
R.A.M. ; and conductor of the Borough of
Hackney Choral Association. In 1891 he was
elected a member of the managing committee,
R.A.M., and in 1892, a Fellow of the Institu-
tion. He was editor of The Overture, a
monthly paper published bv students of the
R.A.M.; 1890-4 ; and, in 1896, lectured at the
Royal Institution on Berlioz, Wagner, and
Liszt. His contributions to the press have
been voluminous and important, including
elaborate analyses of Wagner's works, and
translations of " Die Meistersinger," and
" Der Ring des Nibelungen," in which he was
assisted by his accomplished wife, a lady
(born Walford) not unknown in literary and
artistic society.

[W] Works. — Operas : Morte d'Arthur, in four
acts (1877-9) ; Nordisa (produced by Carl Rosa,
Liverpool, January 26, 1887). Operettas:
Philomel (1880) ; A storm in a tea-cup (1880);
The Nabob's Pickle (Brighton, September,
1883) ; The Noble Savage (Brighton, October,
1885). Cantatas: The Cyclops (1880); The
Bridal of Triermain (Wolverhampton Festival,
1886) ; The Sword of Argantyr (Leeds Festival,
1889) ; Dreamland, ode for chorus and orches-
tra ; The Minstrel's Curse, for declamation
and orchestra ; The Blind Girl of Castel,
cantata, female voices ; Songs, various. For
orchestra : Evening on the sea-shore, Idyl
(1876) ; Suite, In the Black Forest (composed
1876 ; performed, Crystal Palace, March 20,
1880). Overtures : Ossian (Philharmonic
Society, March, 1882) ; Prospero (Crystal
Palace, October, 1885); Nocturne (1882,
Brighton Festival) ; Suite, Scenes from the
Tempest (1880) ; Roumanian Suite (composed
for, and produced by Philharmonic Society,
1887). Roumanian dances, violin and pf.
Literari/ : Exercises in Harmony and Counter-
point (Forsyth, 1891) ; A jilain and easy
introduction to Music, or the new Morley
(Forsyth, 1893) ; The Orchestra, and how to
write for it (Robert Cocks, 1896) ; Articles in
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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