The British Musical Biography

[E] Rodwell, George Herbert Bonaparte,
composer and dramatist, was born at London,
November 15, 1800. Son of Thomas Rodwell,
part-proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, on
whose death, in March, 1825, he succeeded to
his share in the theatre. Music-director of
Covent Garden , 1836. Married to Miss Liston,
daughter of John Liston, the comedian. He
died at Pimlico, London, January 22, 1852.

[W] Works. — Operettas, etc. : Bottle Imp, 1828 ;
Mason of Buda, 1828; Spring Lock, 1829;
Earthquake, 1829 ; Devil's Elixir, 1829 ; My
own lover, 1832 ; Evil eye, 1832 ; Lord of the
Isles, 1834; Paul Clifford, 1835; Sexton of
Cologne, 1836 ; Jack Sheppard, 1839 ; Grace
Darling ; Die Hexen am Rhien ; Sathanus ;
Don Quixote ; Bronze Horse ; Quasimodo
(from Weber's " Preciosa ") ; Last days of
Pompeii. Songs of the Sabbath Eve, poetry
by E. Fitzball. Songs of the Birds, by Fitz-
ball ; Six rounds, 2 books, London, n.d.
Royal Serenades, 3 part-songs. Songs : A cup
of nectar ; Awake, ye gallant sons of Greece ;
Banks of the blue Moselle ; Beautiful blue
violets ; Blind flower-girl's song ; Flower of
Ellerslie ; Hurrah ! for the road ; Here's a
health to thee, Mary ; Land of the free ;
Muleteer ; Nix, my dolly, pals fake away ;

[+] Poor Louise ; Song of night ; Up, brothers,
up ; Who cares, etc. The First Rudiments
of Harmony, with an account of all instru-
ments employed in au orchestra, London,
1830. A Catechism on Harmony, London,
n.d. The Guitar, London, n.d. Edited
Whittaker's hand-books of musical instruction
[1845] . A Letter to the Musicians of Great
Britain, London, 1833. Also a few novels, of
which "Old London Bridge" ran through
several editions, and was reprinted in America.
"The Memoirs of an Umbrella," and "Wo-
man's Love," are two others. He also wrote
farces and dramatic pieces.

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