John Lodge Ellerton

John Lodge Ellerton

John Lodge Ellerton (1801 in Cheshire–1873 in London) was an English composer of classical music.

According to the Dictionary of National Biography of 1889Google books|8SsJAAAAIAAJ|Dictionary of National Biography, pp. 244-5] , 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.) [cite web|title=Persistent Link to Library Card for Vocal Score|url=http://endeavor.flo.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=444138|publisher=C. Lonsdale of London|accessdate=2008-06-11] , published in 1857, had much more success.

In 1835 and 1838 the Catch Club awarded him prizes for glees [Google books|5F4DAAAAYAAJ|Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1890 edition, "E-H", page 486] ; he was involved with choral and vocal composition throughout.

He died in Hyde Park in 1873.

His musical output includes
*Six symphonies [cite web|title=Biography of John Lodge Ellerton|publisher=Grandemusica|url=http://grandemusica.net/musical-biographies-e/ellerton-john-lodge.html
accessdate=2008-06-11]
**No. 3 "Wald-Symphonie", op. 120, D minor (ca. 1857) [Google books|RH46AAAAIAAJ|Sonneck - Orchestral Scores at the Library of Congress pages 115, 578. For the date - cite web|title=Persistent Link to Library Card Record for Wald-Symphonie Score|publisher=Breitkopf & Härtel|date=ca 1857
url=http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1851481|accessdate=2008-06-11]
*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 150

External links

*IMSLP|id=Ellerton, John Lodge

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