The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-22
SIR Arthur Sullivan.

TO heart failure which had been threaten
ing since his return from France.
The composer was apparently feeling
fairly well when he retired last night. His
nephew found him dead in bed this morn
ing. The Savoy Theatre, where all the ia
nous Gilbert and Sullivan operas have been
produced will be closed tonight as q mark
OF respect
Il is a coincidence thE n'OyIy Carte, the
impresario, who produced all the Gilbert
and Sullivan operas at the Savoy, is Ill.
The news OF Sir Arthur Sullivan's de-
| mise was a shock to his friends and TO
| the English public His compositions and
his bright operas had made him the mu-
steal favorite OF Great Britain and his
loss viii be keenIy felt.
Arthur Seymour Sullivan was. without
doubt, the best known Of all musicians of
his country and his time. His songs were
everywhere sung. He himself. on his first
visit 10 The Pacific Coast of the United
States, heard band in a San Francisco
park playing his song The Lost Chord. -
His hymn Onward. Christian Soldiers is
used by most churches where the English
tongue prevails. His orchestral works are
| respected by musicians. OF his operas,
'-Pinafore-' and The Mikado'' can fairly be
called the famous examples; one was sung
only five days ago in New York, while the
other is to be heard in the week to come
In England. London theatre is perma-
neuIIy devoted TO the Sullivan reDertory.
Born in London on May Is. 1912. Sulli-
van was brought up in a haIf-musical
half-military atmosphere. His grand
father was a squire of Kerry who served
as a soldier in the Peninsular war. and
who after Waterloo. was in a detach-
ment ordered to st. Helena as Napcleon's s
guard SUllivan's father was a bandmas-
ter at the Royal Military College. Sand
hurst, and later at kneller Hall His
mother, Mary. daughter of James Coghler
was descended from an old Italian family
of the name of Righi.
It was as choir boy in-the Chapel Royal
at St James that the boy received his first
systematic training. He won his place
there by singing the aria With Verdure
Clad, accompanying himself on the piano.
The Rev. T. Helmore was master of the
children and he apparently encouraged
young Sullivan's interest in composition A
first anthem sung in the chapel, earned
him half a crown and bishops notice
The winning Of a gold medal offered by a
daughter Of the Queen was another OF the
early steps in the young mans advance
ment.
Sullivan for two years studied harmony
and counterpoint with Goss and piano
with Sterndale, Bennett. and 0'Leary. He
attended the Royal Academy OF Music
was the Mendelssohn scholar and was
finally sent TO the Conservatorium at
Leipzig There an overture of his
THE Light of the HaTem," was performed
at one of the annual concerts by students
of the institution. In England he served
for some time as organist of St MIchael-s 6
| in Chester Square.
Fortune and fame came to Arthur Sui
| livan in his collaboration with w s. Gil
| bert as librettist and D'Oyly Carte as
producer of the long list of Gilbert and
Sullivan Operas At the time of the
quarrel which interrupted the partner
ship ten years ago, it was estimated that
9270. 600 had been divided among the
three men. CT something like S459, 900 a
piece. In addition. Sullivan derived a
large revenue as the most popular of En-
glish song writer's. He edited Church
Hymns" and composed several of the
! tunes therein found Both Oxford and
Cambridge honored him with the degree
Of musical doctor and he was made a
| baronet in 1883.
His musical works are as follows:
| ''Shakespeare's Tempest" 1861; ''KeniI-
worth 1864; Symphony in z. 1865; over
ture, 'tIn MemoTiam," 1866; overture.
MaTmion, 1867; oratorio. ''The Prodigal
Son" 1868; overture, '.Di Ballo." 1859: @On
Shore and Sea- 1871; ''Te Deum" to com
TnemoTate the recovery of the Prince of
Wales. 1872; oratorio, The Light of the
World" 1878; The Martyr of Antioch. ''
| 1880; "The Golden Legend 1885; Cox
and Box 1866; Coz rotandista. 1867;
''Thespfs." 1872; Trial by jury" 1875:
''The Soreerer.' 1877; H NJ s Pinafore. -
| 1873; '1The Pirates of Penzanee," 1879; PA
tienee." 1881: 'Iolanthe," !" 1882: Princes
Ida 1884; The Mitado," 1885; "Ruddy-
gore 1887; The Yeoman of the Guard. -
1883; "The Gondol:ers,' 1889; aeHaddon
Hail." 1892; "Utopia,' 1893; ssThe. Chief
! tain" 1884; tFThe GRAD Duke 1856; The
Beauty Stone 1898
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