The British Musical Biography

[E] Bradley, Orton, pianist and conductor,
born at Greenwich, December 11th, 1858.
Educated at Harrow, and Hertford College,
Oxford. Pupil of John Farmer ; scholar and
organist of his college ; graduated M.A., with
classical honours. Organist, King Edward's
School, Bromsgrove, 1891, for one year. From
1887 to 1893, held the position of Musical
Director to the People's Palace, London, and
was the first conductor of the National
Sunday League Choir. As a pianist, he has
devoted much attention to the compositions
of Brahms. In 1893 he went to New York,
where he gained a distinguished position as
conductor and pianist. His settings of poems
by Jean Ingelow, and Rossetti (The Blessed
Damosel), for recitation, have been performed
at the Lyric Club [1886].

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