Francis William Davenport
Francis William Davenport (9 April 1847, Derby - 1 April, 1925, Scarborough was an English musician and composer. In 1879 was appointed professor, at the Royal Academy of Music. Then in 1882 he became a professor at the Guildhall School of Music.[1]
Davenport read law at University College, Oxford. However, he decided to have a career in music studying this under George Alexander Macfarren.
Whilst teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, he taught harmony and counterpoint to Alicia Adélaide Needham, the mother of Joseph Needham.[2]
His daughter, originally Gertrude Mary Davenport married Eden Paul, with whom she published many works under the name Cedar Paul.[3] His nephew, Christopher Wilson, was a composer, conductor and music director for the theatre.[4]
Works[]
Symphony in D minor: this won the Crystal Palace Symphony Competition in 1876.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Davenport, Francis William". www.encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ A. A. Needham: A Daughter of Music, archived in Cambridge among the "Joseph Needham Papers"
- ^ Carey, Mike (2019). "Cedar and Eden Paul's Creative Revolution: The 'new psychology' and the dictatorship of the proletariat, 1917-1926". Twentieth Century Communism. Lawrence and Wishart. 17 (17): 122–165. doi:10.3898/175864319827751349.
- ^ Unsung Composers
- ^ Foreman, Lewis. "Holes Held Together By String". www.musicweb-international.com. William Alwyn Society. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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