- Morgan, Robert Orlando
[E] Morgan, Robert Orlando, pianist and
composer, born at Manchester, March 16,
1865. Studied at the Guildhall School of
Music, where he gained the Merchant Taylors'
Scholarship, for pf. playing and composition,
1883 ; and was awarded the Webster Prize,
1884, for a sonata for violin and pf. Ap-
pointed professor of harmony, composition
and pf. at the school in 1887. In 1893 he
won the prize, valued at 65 guineas, offered
by the proprietors of The Lute, for the best
anthem. At the Grand Concours Interna-
tional de Composition Musicale, held at
Brussels in 1894, he was awarded the first
prize and medal, and two diplomas of honour,
for a sonata for pf., and a chorus for mixed
voices, with organ accompaniment. He has
also composed two cantatas for female voices,
*' Zitella," performed at the Guildhall School,
July, 1889 ; and " The Legend of Eloisa,"
both extensively popular ; a church cantata,
" The Crown of Thorns." Pieces for or-
chestra ; Sonatas for violin and pf. ; many
pf. pieces ; songs, part-songs, etc.entry id: 288-R-60
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