At age 14 he entered, as the youngest participant, and won the competition for the first Mendelssohn Scholarship. Jimmy Durante's song "The guy who found the Lost Chord" is a reference to one of his ballads. In addition to composing "Onward Christian Soldiers," he also composed the Irish Symphony and the grand opera Ivanhoe. Though his first venture into comic opera was in
At age 14 he entered, as the youngest participant, and won the competition for the first Mendelssohn Scholarship. Jimmy Durante's song "The guy who found the Lost Chord" is a reference to one of his ballads. In addition to composing "Onward Christian Soldiers," he also composed the Irish Symphony and the grand opera Ivanhoe. Though his first venture into comic opera was in 1867, with writer F.C. Brunand but, he is best known for his operettas. FTP identify the composer of Princess Ida, Patience, and The Pirates of Penzance.
At age 14 he entered, as the youngest participant, and won the competition for the first Mendelssohn Scholarship.
Sir Arthur Sullivan