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Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842-1900 (Knight, Composer)

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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.

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Social events, 197112

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Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/272/1/xxvi
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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'.

Dates: 197112

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