£45.00
Date 1801-1873
John Lodge Ellerton English Composer Classical Music 1801-1873
An original letter by John Lodge Ellerton (1801-1873), the English composer whose output included operas, symphonies, sacred works and a large body of chamber music.
Although little performed today, Ellerton was an energetic and prolific figure in the musical life of early Victorian England.
Nineteenth-century composer letters are scarce, and this is an intriguing piece for collectors of classical music history and signed memorabilia.
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A nice 1950s genuine autographed letter.
Removed from an autograph book.
A small genuine hand written note by John Ellerton.
According to the Dictionary of National Biography of 1889.
He graduated with an MA from Oxford University in 1828.
And in 1837 married the sister of the 8th Earl of Scarbrough.
His opera "Domenica" was produced at Drury Lane in 1838.
But this was unsuccessful, his oratorio Paradise Lost.
(op. 125; for soloists (SSAATTTBB).
Chorus (SATB) and orchestra.).
Published in 1857, had much more success.
In 1835 and 1838 the Catch Club awarded.
Him prizes for glees.
He was involved with choral and vocal composition throughout.
He died in Hyde Park in 1873.
O No. 3 "Wald-Symphonie", op. 120, D minor (ca. 1857).
Some fifty string quartets.
(The Dictionary of National Biography lists only 44.
Published string quartets, but quartets "47-49" are in.
Cambridge's music library, with a fairly low opus number.).
A string quintet, opus 100, in F minor (string quartet + cello).
+ Domenica.
+ The Bridal of Triermain.
O in German.
+ Lucinda.
His string quartet opus 122 received a performance in 1852.
Condition: V Good, lcfld, lcr, a few slight marks
Did you know?
- Ellerton’s lifetime spanned the eras of Beethoven and Wagner, from the Napoleonic Wars to the mid-Victorian age.
- He was a leading English composer of string quartets in his day.
SKU: T00179
