Henry Rowley Bishop

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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, by Isaac Pocock

Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (born November 18, 1786 in London , † April 30, 1855 there ) was an English composer. His songs Home! Sweet home! from the operas Clari, or the Maid of Milan and Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark from Bishop's setting of William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors .

On June 1, 1842 Bishop became a Knight Bachelor ( "Sir") beaten , as the first composer ever, the was bestowed this award.

Works (selection)

  • The Maniac, or The Swiss Banditti , 1810; Opera
  • The Brazen Bust , 1813; Melodrama
  • The Miller and His Men , 1813; Melodrama
  • Sadak and Kalasrade, or The Waters of Oblivion , 1814; Opera
  • December and May , 1818; operetta
  • Clari, or the Maid of Milan , 1823; Opera
  • Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples , 1825; Opera (adaptation of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's La muette de Portici )
  • Alladin , 1826; Opera

Audio sample

Home! Sweet home!

Web links

Commons : Henry Rowley Bishop  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 334.
  2. ^ Clive Brown, Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley (1786–1855) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed July 28, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Henry Rowley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1855
Place of death London