- Nixon, Henry Cotter
[E] Nixon, Henry Cotter, fourth son of
H. G. Nixon, was born in London in 1842.
Studied under H. Deval, Henry Smart, Dr.
Steggall, and G. A. Macfairen. Became
F.C.O., 1867 ; graduated Mus. Bac, 1876,
Cambridge. Organist of St. Peter's, Wool-
wich, 1864-8 ; St. James's, Spanish Place,
1870 ; St. Mary Magdalene's, St. Leonard's-
on-Sea, 1872-7. Conductor of an orchestral
society there. Now resident in London. He
won the Trinity College, London, prize, 1880,
for Pf. trio ; 1881, for Sonata, pf. and 'cello ;
also prizes for six-part madrigal, Brighton
Sacred Harmonic, 1889, and that of £25
offered by Methven, Simpson, Edinburgh,
1893, for the best set of two-part songs. His
other works include Psalm 95, for soli, chorus
and orchestra ; Overture, " Titania " ; Sym-
phonic poem, " Palamon and Arcite," both
for orchestra ; pf. pieces ; songs, etc.entry id: 298-L-61
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