GEORGE B. ALLEN

George Benjamin Allen (1822-1897) was born in London and trained early as chorister at St. Martin-in-the-Flelds and Westminster Abbey. He established the Abbe Glee Club. He went to Ireland as Vicar-Choral at Armagh Cathedral and conducted the Classical Harmonic Society in Belfast. He originated the scheme for building the Ulster Hall in Belfast. He graduated from Oxford and became organist at All Saints’, Kensington, London. He relocated to Melbourne, Australia, as organist at Toorak, Melbourne, and became conductor of Lyster’s Opera Company. He later organized an opera company of his own which he traveled through Australia, New Zealand and India. For a time, he returned to England and established a comedy opera company, which produced several operas by Sir Arthur Sullivan. He died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was active as a composer and wrote 5 operas, 3 cantatas, 2 Te Deums, anthems, part-songs and about 300songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	Aurora wakes in golden light		anon.	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Birdie singing on the tree			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Down in yon green tree			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Evening song			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Far from the din of cities			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	He that loves a rosy Cheek			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	I love my love in the morning		Gerald Griffin	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	May			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Morning			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Morning Song			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Out among the summer meadows			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	See the Shepherds Swain			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Slumber Song			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Soft may thy slumbers be			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Autumn Sun			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Shepherd’s Song			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Swiss Lakers			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Wind in the Tree-Tops			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Two songs of Spring			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing