RICHARD H. WALTHEW

Richard Henry Walthew (1872-1951) was born in Islington, Middlesex. He was educated at Islington Proprietry School and studied music at The Guildhall School of Music. He then studied at the Royal College of Music under Hubert Parry. He taught at the Guildhall School of Music and from 1907 was Professor of Music at the Queen’s College. In 1909 he became conductor of The South Place Orchestra, part of The South Place Sunday Concerts run by the South Place Ethical Society. Many of Walthew’s chamber music compositions were composed specifically for these concerts. He also gave a series of lectures on the history and development of chamber music there; these lectures were published by Boosey and Co. He played at many of these concerts as did his son, the clarinetist Richard Sidney Walthew. According to his grand-daughter the name Walthew is pronounced with the ‘TH’ as in Mathew.

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Nocturne

 
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There sits a bird in yonder tree

 
Richard Harris Barham
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