DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 32

DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.

LONDON, November 22. The death is announced of Sir Arthur Sullivan ; aged 58 years. Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, -Mus. D., was ■born in. 1 London, May 13, 1842. His father was .principal professor at Kneller Hall, the training school for British military bands. He received, his first systematic instruction in music at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, under .the Rev. Thomas Helmore,- and he was still 'a eEbrister when, at the age of '14, he gained, •the Jirst time it was competed for, the Mertr 'delssbhn._Scholarship. Aifter two years' -study under Mr (afterwards Sir Sterndale) Bennett, and Mr->(afterwards.Sir John) Gross, he studied Si, Leipzig for three years- at the torium. Upon his -return to England, in 1861, lie brought with him his music to Shakespeare's " Tempest," -which' was performed for the first time at the Crystal Palace. His next work was the cantata '' Kenilworth," produced at the Birmingham Festival in 1864. This was followed by the Symphony in E (Crystal Palace), -I860 ; overture; " In. Memoriam ' (Norwich), 1866.'; overture " Marmion " (Philharmonic), 1867 1 oratorio "The Prodigal Son." ' (Hereford), 1868; overture "Di Ballo" (Birmingham)/ 1869 ; '" On Shore and Sea " (International 1871; Festival' ': Te Deuan," to Mjainmemorate the recovery of * the Prince' of Wales (Crystal Palace), 1872; oratorio l " Tha .Light ,of the World." .^Birmingham), 1873; arid- the sacred musical drama - " The Martyr, of, Antioch _ (Leeds), 1880; and "The Golden Legend," a dramatic cantata (Leeds), 1886. Sir Arthur Sullivan has produced also ,the following popular and successful operas and operettas: — "Cox and Box," 1866; " Contrabandista," 1867; " T,heapis," 1872; "Trial by Jury," 1875; "The Sorcerer," 1877; -H.M.S. Pinafore," 1878; "The Pirates of Penzance," 1879; 'J Patience," 1881; " Iclanthe," 1882; " Princess Ida," 18S4; "The Mikado, ' 1885 ; " Ruddigore," 1887 ; " The Yeoman of the Guard, ' 1838 ; -" The Gondoliers," 1889; " Haddon Hall," 1892; "Utopia," X 893; "The Chieftan," December, 1894; and " The Grand Duke," 1896. He was also musical editor of " Church Hymns," for which he composed several of the best-known tunes. He has written also the incidental music to the '.following of Shakesp'eare's plays: — "The Tempest," "■ The Merry Wives of Windsor," " The jMerchant of Venice," and " Macbeth." The {honorary degree of Doctor of Music was conferred' upon him by the University of Cambridge in 1876, .and a like honour by the Uni.Versily of Oxford in 1879. Sir Arthur -was principal of the National Training School (now the Royal College) of Music from its foundation in 1876 to 1881. Sir Arthur conducted the 'Leeds Triennial Musical Festival in 1880, 1883, ÜBB6, 1889, 1892, and 1895; and in 1885 and 1886 he conducted the Philharmonic concerts London. In 1888 he was president of the '.Birmingham and Midland Institution, and was a member of a large number of foreign learned .nnd musical societies. He was British ComUiissione^ . of music at the Paris Exhibition ,in 1878, when he was made a Chevalier of the '.Legion of Honour. He is- also a- Knight of the Order of the 'House of Coburg, and received from H.M. the Sultan, of Turkey the Order of the 1 Medjidieh, 1888. He. was knighted by the Queen at Windsor, May 24, 1883. On the occasion of the Queen's Jubilee he was honoured by 'the Royal Victorian Order.—" Men and .Women of the Time. ' Now is the time to secure novelties for the flower garden. Send at once to Nimho and Blair, Dunedin, f.or full particular