The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-02

With witch tho composers name " chiefv
associated n liis country.
Fnousn ~ tho friends he made In he carer
are mentioned In ~" book ~ fetnini'' "hc"7
10 show that he knew tho most n"tod mon In
England No began ~ the friend ~ Dict"ns'
md others with whom be- vac well acquainted
vef. Rcaoonsncld Gladstone, Prince lcorold
~. Duchcsso 81 Cnburg. R1dy1rd kirlins md nl,
tho mon aud women cpnsr', luua ~ ao"i"iv
and no arts dnrins' h" third ~ t|ccoturv whoa
no stood NJ tho hcight ~ HE reputation. Ils
hunof In music has frequently boon remarked
and ~ will bo seen how spoutau"Iu. 10 must
have boon from this luc"dp'r
4 was once ~urgau.st at ~ Nicrac's In
Chester square aud w,- Ia play tho organ n
tho cons Grafton, b.t wing To- some mistake
the Bi-,op II London ID not nrrlv" until an
hour ngtr the time set fpr tie sury'co ! gave
a Kind 81 tuurpIuri1 organ recital i' enter
tain the congregation and ~" piece, | oho'"
were. I waited Tor 10" Lord vith "a para
phrase II rIy own song Will lie t"nc'
# wa thi. song th.l tie composer sold 0r~t
among al L4 works on the royalty system.
some e his earlier songs. such as 'Orphcis
and Ills LLt". "N.~ue Wine and the Willow
SOM" we're sold iur 81 a. Gee. wlilo ~
Doughty prct,' and 4 Weary lot H. Thine.
Fair Maid worr sid for So, and hu- famous
-'llills ~ RlNdIis 'A H'li 'il. va 49,
ra-..lt Of q a. .puir between Two puulI-rc'e
Il hymn BOOKS one Of his almost unknown
compositions i a concerto for u" cello. wr,tcn
IN l.ipsic for his brother. who mad Ilayed on
the instrument with some : recess Tho con-
certo was AZ erward PLAYED a few times by
Signur Pratt. This brother Frederick Was
the original JpiDc in Trial by Jury
Sir Nrthur meyer h;d a high opinion -
women. work in the field ~ competition.
much -, he appreciated It in other Departments
Il music. lie once expressed las opinion IN
these words "Of course the-e IS n good dea
Of scope for the young women in the musical
world. but a. You know, tue profession in all
IL, branChes j. very much oveicr.wdcd l. *
a { IriDu- thing that. although 20 very many
yoIrg women are eyceptioually & fled, they
only saline o.. -vccutant, They DO rot 'c'm
70 possess any real power. 50 far a, composition
Is concerned They can compose pieces much
as the average man can write an intelligent
letter. and Just a. yor would not on that ground
describe him as a literary man; this f"niniue
facility In composition implies little more.
Vet tuey are salel lii rge;Ittn'. singers ana
plqvers
II was often thought that the comnos"r
had jewish blood in Iii, veins, bnt this was
due TO his Italian parentage. His mothers
name was Rieli and she was born IN ltaiy
His ancestry was decidedly Irish, Tor ms grand
father was an impoverished squire OF Kerry
who shortly after he was married got tisy
one night after a stecplechase. and when he
woke up the next morning found 70 his dlsnlay
that he had taken the Kings shilling There
was no help for it, and accordingly he was
shipped of to the Peninsula, serving with
credit at vittoria. Salamanca and Badajos
After the battle OF Waterloo this Sullivan was
ordered witt a detachment 10 st, Helena, and
became a great admircr OF Nhpo'on. lie
seems to think that the complaints Of the poor
food supplied by order OF Sir HUDSON Lowe
were justified. by way OF remedy, ~ -
related by Sir Arthur. "Ronaparte conceived
tho notion of breaking on the gold and SILVER
eagle, from his covers and plates. which my
Grandfather, who was devoted to him.. used
10 sell tor him in order to furnish neccesarIeS
for the table."
Nobody familiar with his works viii be sur
Srisod al the statement that the composers |
Who Influenced him most during his student !
DAYS were Mendelssohn. S~chuinanH and Scl'u-
bert. "a we'll IA the Wagner of that earlier
reriod represented in "Iohengrin' and Tam
hauser." II is well known that The Lost
Chord" was composed While Sir Arthur was
watching at the bedside Of a sick brother.
The source Of his inspiration for In Memo
RAM" composed for the Norwich Festival
u 1873, il not 40 familiar. He had been asked
to compose an overture for the occasion ana
could nnd no subject suitable to the style "i
comro,ition which itself t. his
creative mood at the time. He contd"d TIE
cause of his trouble to his father, who would
not hear of his giving up the commission.
Try again, my boy" said his father some
thing il sure to occur TO direct your thoughts
into a new channel. Don't give IL up"
The elder Sullivan's words proved 70 be
strangely true, for In three days le suddenly
died Of aneurism OF the heart. and HE SON. who
was rassionatnly alta he'd 10 hi@ father, plunged
himself into his work on the iight OF the iu-
neral in order 10 take refuge from his grief.