Frederick Corder
Frederick Corder (born January 26, 1852 in London , † August 21, 1932 there ) was an English composer .
Life
Corder studied at the Royal College of Music and with Ferdinand Hiller in Cologne . He was Kapellmeister in Brighton and from 1888 composition teacher at the Royal College of Music. Hubert Bath , Alan Bush and Eric Coates were among his students .
In addition to operettas , melodramas and operas, Corder composed a suite , a notturno and an overture for orchestra , the tone poem Evening on the Coast , an elegy for twenty-four violins and organ and several cantatas . Together with his wife Henriette Walford he created the English translation of Wagner's opera cycle Ring des Nibelungen and his last stage work Parsifal .
In 1897 a commission from the Philharmonic Society of London for a Roumanian suite was performed there.
Works
- La Morte d'Arthur , Opera, 1879
- A Storm in a Teacup , Operetta, 1882
- The Bride of Triermain , cantata, 1886
- Nordisa , romantic opera, 1887
- The Sword of Argantyr , cantata, 1889
- Prospero , concert overture
Fonts
- The Orchestra and how to write for it , 1895
- Modern Composition , 1909
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ In 1936 James Bridie brought out an English translation of Bruno Frank's comedy Storm in a Water Glass under the almost same title Storm in a Teacup .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Corder, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1932 |
| Place of death | London |