| 12599: | this time his health failed, and he lived much |
| 12600: | abroad, principally in Australia. He died in |
| 12601: | London, December 28, 1891, while giving the |
| 12602: | finishing touches to his opera, " The Mounte- |
| 12603: | banks," the overture of which was taken from |
| 12604: | his Orchestral Suite, the intended movement |
| 12605: | never having been written. Cellier was a |
| 12606: | brilliant organist, and was credited with |
| 12607: | superior literary tastes. He wrote a trenchant |
| 12608: | little paper, " A nightmare of tradition " {The |
| 12609: | Theatre, October, 1878), a plea for English |
| 12610: | opera. |
| 12611: | |
| 12612: | Works. — Operettas and Operas : Charity |
| 12613: | begins at home, 1870 ; The Sultan of Mocha |
| 12614: | {Prince's Theatre, Manchester, Nov. 16, 1874; |
| 12615: | revived. Strand Theatre, London, with a new |
| 12616: | libretto, Sept. 21, 1887) ; The Tower of Lon- |
| 12617: | don, 1875 ; Nell Gwynne, 1876 ; The Foster |
| 12618: | Brothers, London, 1876 ; Dora's Dream, 1877 ; |
| 12619: | The Spectre Knight, Feb., 1878; Bella Donna |
| 12620: | (Manchester, April, 1878) ; After All (London, |
| 12621: | 1879) ; In the Sulks, 1880 ; Pandora, grand |
| 12622: | opera (Boston, U.S., 1881) ; The Carp (Savoy |
| 12623: | Theatre, 1886) ; Dorothy (a fresh arrangement |
| 12624: | of the music of Nell Gwynne to a new libretto. |
| 12625: | Gaiety Theatre, Sept. 25, 1886) ; Mrs. Jarra- |
| 12626: | mie's Genie (Savoy, Feb., 1888) ; Doris (Lj'ric, mie's Genie (Savoy, Feb., 1888) ; Doris (Lyric, |
| 12627: | April, 1889) ; and The ]\Iountebanks (book by April, 1889) ; and The Mountebanks (book by |
| 12628: | W. S. Gilbert, produced. Lyric Theatre, Jan. |
| 12629: | 1892). He also set Gray's Elegy as a cantata, |
| 12630: | produced at the Leeds Festival, 1883 ; wrote |
| 12631: | incidental music to As You Like it, 1885 ; a |
| 12632: | Suite Symphonique, for orchestra ; Barcarolle, |
| 12633: | flute and pf. ; songs, and pf. pieces. |
| 12634: | |
| 12635: | His brother, Charles Herbert Cellier, |
| 12636: | is organist of Holy Trinity Church, Anerley ; |
| 12637: | Conductor of Lower Sydenham Choral So- |
| 12638: | ciety, and Anerley Musical Society. He has, |
| 12639: | ior many years, given concerts in that locality. |
| 12640: | Francis A. Cellier, musical director. Savoy |
| 12641: | Theatre, was joint composer of the music to |
| 12642: | "Mrs. Jarramie's Genie," and composer of |
| 12643: | an operetta, " Captain Bill," produced at the |
| 12644: | Savoy Theatre, Sept., 1891. |
| 12645: | |
| 12646: | Chadfield, Edward 83-L-45 Chadfield, Edward, pianist, born at |
| 12647: | Derby, August 1, 1827. At the age of nine, |
| 12648: | studied under Froude Fritche (organist of |
| 12649: | All Saints' Church, Derby), but after some |
| 12650: | years, was required to take the place of a |
| 12651: | deceased brother in his father's business. |
| 12652: | From this he was released in time, and he |
| 12653: | resumed his musical studies under Henry |
| 12654: | Smart, and later, in Paris, with Henri Ros- |
| 12655: | ellen, and Korbach. In 1851, he returned to |
| 12656: | Derby, and established himself as a performer |
| 12657: | and teacher, founding, with Mr. A. F. Smith, |
| 12658: | a School of Music there. He held the appoint- |
| 12659: | ment of organist at St. Werburgh's Church |
| 12660: | for eleven years, and a similar ofifice at All |
| 12661: | Saints', which he resigned in 1887. In the |
| 12662: | early days of the Incorporated Society of |
| 12663: | Musicians, Mr. Chadfield was an active |
| 12664: | •worker, and in 1885, he was induced to accept worker, and in 1885, he was induced to accept |
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