John Lodge Ellerton
John Lodge Ellerton (11 January 1801 – 3 January 1873) was an English composer of classical music.
Ellerton was born in Cheshire with the name of John Lodge. According to the Dictionary of National Biography of 1889,[1] he attended Rugby School and graduated with an MA from Brasenose College, Oxford University in 1828. Between 1829 and 1831 he studied under Pietro Terziani in Rome, where he wrote 7 operas in Italian. In 1837 he adopted the name of Ellerton and on 24 August that year married Henrietta Barbara Lumley, the sister of the 8th Earl of Scarbrough. His English 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.),[2] published in 1857,[3] had more critical success although apparently few performances.
In 1835 and 1838 the Catch Club awarded him prizes for glees;[4] he was involved with choral and vocal composition throughout, but his major contribution was in the realm of chamber music.
In 1855 he entertained Richard Wagner in London. In his memoirs Wagner accorded Ellerton "a fine, amiable mind".
Ellerton died at his home in Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London, in 1873.
His musical output includes
- Six symphonies[5]
- No. 3 "Wald-Symphonie", op. 120, D minor (ca. 1857)[6]
- Approximately fifty string quartets (sources quote numbers ranging from 44 to 55. At least 20 were published during his lifetime and the manuscript parts of a further 28 unpublished quartets are in the library of London's Royal College of Music).
- A string quintet, opus 100, in F minor (string quartet + cello)[7]
- 9 Operas:[1][8]
His string quartet opus 122 received a performance in 1852. The composition's mostly negative review was republished in the Boston journal Dwight's Journal of Music.[9]
He also produced two books of poetry, "The Bridal of Salerno" (1845) and "The Elixir of Youth" (1864). The latter features a short poem, possibly self-referential, entitled "Neglected Genius".
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
"Ellerton, John Lodge". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ↑ "Vocal Score of Paradise Lost (Library Catalog Entry, WORLDCAT)". C. Lonsdale of London. OCLC 22573284. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
- ↑ Vocal Score mentioned in the Dec. 8, 1857 The Spectator, p.270, with review.
- ↑ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians at Google Books, 1890 edition, "E-H", page 486
- ↑ "Biography of John Lodge Ellerton". Grandemusica. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
- ↑ Sonneck - Orchestral Scores at the Library of Congress at Google Books pages 115, 578. For the date - "Persistent Link to Library Card Record for Wald-Symphonie Score". Breitkopf & Härtel. c. 1857. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ OCLC 268937636.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Stanford OperaGlass -- Opera Composers : E". Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ↑ Dwight, John Sullivan (1853). Dwight's Journal of Music at Google Books, July 10, 1852 issue. p. 111.
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