The British Musical Biography

[E] Parker, Louis Napoleon, composer and
dramatist, born in the Department of Calvados,
Prance, October 21, 1852. Educated on the
continent. Studied at R.A.M., 1870, under
Sterndale Bennett, Banister, Steggall, and
others. A.R.A.M., 1874. Member of Com-
mittee of the United Wagner Society, and
English representative of the Rcvue Wagner-
ienne, 1885. In 1877 he was appointed organist
and music master at Sherborne School, Dor-
setshire, and he made the school concerts
famous, also conducting various societies in
the locality. In 1892 he left Sherborne for
London, to devote himself to dramatic author-
ship. He was for a long time a contributor
to the musical press, principally upon Wagne-
rian topics. His compositions comprise the
cantatas. The Wreck of the Hesperus, Silvia,
Young Tamerlane ; Psalm 23, for equal voices ;
Orchestral overtures (MS.), violin and pf.
pieces ; Songs, and part-songs, etc. Dramatic
works : A buried talent ; The love knot ; Love
in a mist ; The sequel ; and others written in
conjunction with Murray Carson, etc.

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