Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842-1900 (Knight, Composer)
Dates
- Existence: 1842 - 1900
Biography
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), knight and composer, was born on 13 May 1842 at Lambeth, London. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1854 and then at the Leipzig conservatory from 1858. Upon return to London, his pieces were used in the Saturday orchestral concerts at Crystal Palace, but his most famous and lucrative work came with his partnership with W.S. Gilbert. Sullivan took professional footholds as conductor of the Glasgow Choral and Orchestral Union for two seasons during 1875 and 1876, and of the concerts in London at the newly founded Royal Aquarium and Summer and Winter Garden in 1876. He died in London on 22 November 1900 at his home, 1 Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan: Letter to Letitia Gaussen, 1875
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Social events, 197112
Geoffrey Martin is invited for 'eggwork' on Sunday. (There are obscure references to eggs throughout Peck's correspondence). Peck describes candlelight carols in chapel and invites Martin to the Arts Theatre to see 'Ruddigore'.
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