61628: | Birmingham Festival, 1864, his career has. |
61629: | been one of continued success. His light |
61630: | operas have attained a popularity without. |
61631: | a parallel. He was appointed musical |
61632: | director of the Royal Aquarium, Westmin- |
61633: | ster, and conducted a concert of English |
61634: | music at its opening, January 23, 1876 ; |
61635: | Principal of National Training School for |
61636: | Music, and professor of composition, 1876, |
61637: | resigning in 1881. Conducted the orchestral |
61638: | concerts of the Glasgow Choral Union,, |
61639: | 1875-7 ; Promenade concerts, Covent Garden, |
61640: | 1878-9. British Commissioner for Music, |
61641: | Paris Exhibition, 1878. Appointed conductor |
61642: | of Leeds Festivals, 1880, to present time ; Phil- |
61643: | harmonic Societ)^ 1885-7. Visited America |
61644: | in 1885, and conducted " The Mikado " in |
61645: | New York. Conducted concerts at Crj'stal |
61646: | Palace, Manchester, Buckingham Palace, etc. |
61647: | F.R.A.M. ; Mus. Doc, Cambridge, 1876, Ox- |
61648: | ford, 1879, both honoris causa ; Chevalier, |
61649: | Legion of Honour of France, 1878 ; corre- |
61650: | sponding member of the Royal IMusical In- sponding member of the Royal Musical In- |
61651: | stitute, Florence, 1888 ; instituted grand |
61652: | organist of the Freemasons, April 27, 1887 ; |
61653: | elected president of the Birminghani and |
61654: | Midland Institute, 1888, on October 19, giving |
61655: | his address in the Town Hall ; received the |
61656: | honour of knighthood from tlae Queen, 1883 ; |
61657: | knight of the Order of the Hou.se of Coburg, |
61658: | and recipient of the Order of the IMedjidieh and recipient of the Order of the Medjidieh |
61659: | from the Sultan of Turkey, 1888. |
61660: | |
61661: | Works. — Crutorios and Cantatas : Kenil- |
61662: | worth, Birmingham Festival, 1864 ; The |
61663: | Prodigal Son, Worcester, 1869 ; On Shore |
61664: | and Sea, composed for the opening of Royal |
61665: | Albert Hall, Kensington, May 1, 1871 ; Fes- |
61666: | tival Te Deum, Crystal Palace, 1872, to |
61667: | commemorate the recovery of H.R.H. the |
61668: | Prince of Wales; The Light of the World, |
61669: | oratorio, Birmingham Festival, 1873 ; The |
61670: | Martyr of Antioch, Leeds Festival, 1880 ; |
61671: | The Golden Legend, the same, 1886 ; ode, I |
61672: | wish to tune my quiv'ring lyre, baritone solo |
61673: | and orchestra, Cxloucester Festival, 1880. |
61674: | Operas and Plays : Cox and Box, Adelphi, |
61675: | ]\Iay 11, 1867 ; The Cantrabandista, St. May 11, 1867 ; The Cantrabandista, St. |
61676: | George's Hall, December 18, 1867 ; Thespis, |
61677: | Gaiety, December 26, 1871 ; Trial by Jury, |
61678: | Royalty, March 25, 1875; The Zoo, St. |
61679: | James's, June 5, 1875 ; The Sorcerer, Opera |
61680: | Comique, November 17, 1877 ; H.M.S. Pina- |
61681: | fore, the same. May 25, 1878; Pirates of |
61682: | Penzance, the same, April 3, 1880 ; Patience, |
61683: | the same, April 25, 1881. And at the Savoy |
61684: | Theatre, lolanthe, November 25, 1882 ; Prin- |
61685: | cess Ida, January 5, 1884; The Mikado, March |
61686: | 14, 1885 ; Ruddigore, January 22, 1887 ; |
61687: | Yeomen of the Guard, October 3, 1888 ; |
61688: | Gondoliers, December 7, 1889 ; Haddon Hall |
61689: | (Sydney Grundy), September 24, 1892; |
61690: | Utopia, October 7, 1893; and The Grand |
61691: | Duke, May 7, 1896. Grand opera, Ivanhoe |