1900 WELLESLEY COLLEGE Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Memorial Program GILBERT Mass
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WELLESLEY COLLEGE PROGRAMFREE SHIPPING with delivery confirmation on all domestic purchases!Rare 1900 single page program featuring a mass in commemoration of the passing of Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Held at Houghton Memorial Chapel, December 2, 1900. President Hazard present.Scrapbook wear at blank reverse. Browning.Originates from the personal contents of 1901 Wellesley College alumna Elsie Stow Williams.We ship worldwide! Please see all pictures and visit our eBay store and other eBay auctions!Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 - 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert , including H.M.S. Pinafore , The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado . His works comprise 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios , two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and other church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. The best known of his hymns and songs include " Onward Christian Soldiers " and " The Lost Chord ".The son of a military bandmaster, Sullivan composed his first anthem at age eight. He was selected as soloist in the boys' choir of the Chapel Royal . In 1856, the Royal Academy of Music awarded the first Mendelssohn Scholarship to the 14-year-old Sullivan, allowing him
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