The British Musical Biography

[E] Cobb, Gerard Francis, composer, born
at Nettlestead, Kent, October 15, 1838. Edu-
cated at Marlborough College, and Trinity
College, Cambridge, of which he was elected
Scholar in 1860 ; and, after taking a double
First, a Fellow, in 1863. His musical training
was chiefly in Dresden. He was President of
the Cambridge University Musical Society for
some ten years, from 1874 ; and Chairman of
the University Board of Musical Studies for
fifteen years, from 1877. His compositions
are very numerous, although, from the claims
of his official work at the University, it was
many years before he was able to devote his
attention to creative art.

[W] Works. — Psalm 62, for soli, chorus, and
orchestra, composed for the Festival of the
North-Eastern Choir Association, Ripon Cathe-
dral, 1892. Seven Church services, including
a full Morning, Communion, and Evening
Service in C major, for men's voices, composed
(by request) for the use of the Choir of St.
George's Chapel, Windsor. Motet, Sttrge II-
luminare (Leslie's Choir, March, 1887); Seven
anthems. Prize Glee (four voices), A Message
to Phyllis ; Prize Madrigal (six voices), Sleep-
ing Beauty, etc. Six Songs (W. Fergusson) ;
Lieder und Gesange (six songs) ; Three English
Ballads ; Three Sacred Songs ; Barrack Room
Ballads (Rudyard Kipling) ; Song and Silence,
with horn obligate, and many other songs.
Quintet in C, op. 22, pf. and strings ; Suite,
violin and pf. ; Suite, Voices of the Sea,
pf., etc., etc.

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