The British Musical Biography

[E] Coward, Henry, composer and conductor,
born in Liverpool. November 26, 1849, but a
Yorkshireman by family and descent, and
resident in Sheffield as conductor and teacher.
He is a graduate of the Tonic Sol-fa College ;
Mus. Bac, 1889; Mus. Doc, 1894, Oxford.
Lecturer on Music, Firth College ; Teacher of
Singing at the Girls' High School, Sheffield ;
Conductor of the Musical Union, 1880; and
Amateur Listrumental Society, Sheffield, 1878.
Chorus-master, Sheffield Festival, 1896. Musi-
cal critic, for the provincial and Handel Fes-
tivals, to the Sheffield Independent : Conduc-
tor of the festivals of the Sheffield Sunday
School Union, etc.

[W] Works. — Cantatas : Magna Charta, Shef-
field, February, 1882 ; Queen Victoria, 1885 ;
The Story of Bethany, 1891; The King's
Error (Crystal Palace, Tonic Sol-fa Festival,
July, 1894), and Heroes of Faith (Sheffield,
September, 1895). The Fairy Mirror, cantata
for ladies' voices, with tableaux vivants. An-
thems, Sunday School pieces. Temperance
choruses. School songs, Hymn tunes, Glees,
etc.

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