- Cliffe, Frederick
[E] Cliffe, Frederick, pianist and composer,
born at Low Moor, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
May 2, 1857. As quite a child he had a local
reputation as pianist and organist, and at six-
teen (in 1873) he was aj)pointed organist to
the Bradford Festival Choral Society. In
1876 he was elected to a Scholarship in the
National Training School for Music, after
leaving which he was pianist and accompanist
on various concert tours. He played a con-
certo at the Promenade Concerts, Covent
Garden, in 1882 ; and on the opening of the
Royal College of Music, in 1883, he was
appointed a professor of the pianoforte. He
came into notice as a composer with a sym-
phony in C minor, produced at the Crystal
Palace, April 20, 1889. In 1890 he composed
an orchestra picture, "Clouds and sunshine,"
for the Philharmonic Society, which was pro-
duced May 22 of that year. For the Leeds
Festival of 1892 he wrote a second Symphony,
" A summer night," and a violin concerto for
the Norwich Festival of 1896. He has also
composed several songs, etc.entry id: 93-R-8
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