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William Wallace (Scottish composer) went to which school from 1889 to 1890?
William Wallace ( Scottish composer ) William Wallace ( 3 July 186016 December 1940 ) was notable as a Scottish classical composer and writer . He served as Dean of the Faculty of Music in the University of London . Early life and education . Born at Greenock , Wallace studied ophthalmology at the University of Glasgow , and in Vienna and Paris . He became a qualified ophthalmic surgeon , but was also a poet , dramatist , writer on music and a painter . In 1889 he entered the Royal Academy in London to study music with Alexander Mackenzie and Frederick Corder , but after two terms his father withdrew funding . This was the only formal training he had . Career . Wallace was greatly influenced by Franz Liszt , and was an early ( though not the first ) composer of symphonic poems in Britain . His compositions include the symphonic poem , Sir William Wallace ( 1905 ; based on his namesake , the freedom fighter William Wallace , one of Scotlands national heroes ) ; a cantata , The Massacre of the Macpherson ; and an overture , In Praise of Scottish Poesie ( 1894 ) . He also wrote a Creation Symphony ( 1899 ) , influenced by numerology . He was inspired by Maurice Maeterlincks play , Pelléas and Mélisande , to write music by the same name . Wallace wrote several books on music , including the following : - The Threshold of Music : An Inquiry into the Development of the Musical Sense ( 1908 ) ; - The Musical Faculty ( 1914 ) ; - Richard Wagner as he lived ( 1925 ) - Liszt , Wagner and the Princess ( 1927 ) He served as secretary of the Royal Philharmonic Society from 1911 to 1913 , during which time the society received its royal appointment . Wallace later served as Dean of the Faculty of Music in the University of London . He would frequently use the Hebrew letter shin in his artwork , due to its resemblance to a W . During the First World War , he served as inspector of ophthalmic units in Eastern Command , at the rank of Captain . In the late 20th century , there was a revival of interest in his work . The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded several of his orchestral pieces on the Hyperion record label . Personal life . Wallaces wife was the sculptor Ottilie Maclaren Wallace . They met in the 1890s and became secretly engaged in 1896 , but were unable to marry until 11 April 1905 . Their letters to each other are held at the National Library in Edinburgh . Compositions ( selective list ) . Orchestral . - 1891 – An American Rhapsody - 1891 – A Scots Fantasy - 1891–92 – Suite in A , The Lady of the Sea ( fp . Stock Exchange Orchestral Society , London , 18 February 1892 ) - 1892 – The Passing of Beatrice , symphonic poem [ No.1 ] ( fp . Crystal Palace , London , 26 November 1892 ) - 1893 – Prelude to The Eumenides ( fp . Crystal Palace , London , 21 October 1893 ) - 1894 – In Praise of Scottish Poesie , concert overture ( fp . Crystal Palace , London , 17 November 1894 ) - 1896 – Amboss oder Hammer , symphonic poem [ No.2 ] ( fp . Crystal Palace , London , 17 October 1896 ) ( lost ) - 1898 – Asperges , symphonic poem ( unfinished ) - 1898 – The Covenanters , symphonic poem ( unfinished ) - 1898 – The Forty-Five , symphonic poem ( unfinished ) - 1896–99 – The Creation , symphony ( fp . The Tower , New Brighton , 30 July 1899 ) - 1899 – Sister Helen , symphonic poem [ No.3 ] ( fp . Crystal Palace , London , 25 February 1899 ) - 1900–01 – Greeting to the New Century , symphonic poem [ No.4 ] ( fp . Queens Hall , London , 27 March 1901 ) - 1905 – William Wallace AD 1305–1905 , symphonic poem [ No.5 ] ( fp . Queens Hall , London , 19 September 1905 ) - 1909 – Villon , symphonic poem [ No.6 ] ( fp . Queens Hall , London , 10 March 1909 ) - Annie Laurie Choral and vocal . - 1886–88 – A Festival Mass , for chorus and orchestra - 1890 – Lord of Darkness , scena for baritone and orchestra ( fp . Royal Academy of Music , London , 1890 ) - 1896 – The Rhapsody of Mary Magdalen , for soprano and orchestra ( fp . Queens Hall , London , 15 December 1896 ) - 1899 – Freebooter Songs , for baritone and orchestra ( fp . The Tower , New Brighton , 30 July 1899 ) - 1900 – Jacobite Songs , for voice and orchestra - 1908 – The Outlaw , ballad for baritone , ( optional ) male chorus and orchestra - 1910 – The Massacre of the Macpherson , burlesque ballad for male chorus and orchestra ( fp . Leeds Musical Union , 1910 ) - Keholeth , symphony for chorus and orchestra ( unfinished ) Operatic . - 1896 – Brassolis , lyrical tragedy in one act Incidental music . - 1896 – Romeo and Juliet - 1897 – Pelléas et Mélisande ( suite fp . at The Tower , New Brighton , 19 August 1900 ) Recordings . - Creation Symphony in C# minor,Pelléas and Mélisande Suite , Prelude to The Eumenides . Hyperion ( Helios ) CDH55465 - Symphonic Poems , No 1 ( Passing of Beatrice ) , 3 ( Sister Helen ) , 5 ( Sir William Wallace ) and 6 ( Villon ) . Hyperion ( Helios ) CDH55461 ( 1996 ) External links . - Allis , Michael ; Watt , Paul ( eds. ) . The Symphonic Poem in Britain , 1850-1950 , Boydell & Brewer ( July 2020 ) - Biography , Hyperion Records