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John Lodge Ellerton (11 January 1801 – 3 January 1873) was an English composer of classical music. ==Life== Ellerton was born in Cheshire with the name of John Lodge. According to the Dictionary of National Biography of 1889, he attended Rugby School and graduated with an MA from Brasenose College, Oxford University in 1828. Between 1829 and 1831 he studied under in Rome, where he wrote 7 operas in Italian. In 1837 he adopted the name of Ellerton and on 24 August that year married Henrietta Barbara Lumley, the sister of the 8th Earl of Scarbrough. His English 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.), published in 1857,〔Vocal Score mentioned in the Dec. 8, 1857 ''The Spectator'', p.270, with review.〕 had more critical success although apparently few performances. His Mass in D appeared in 1843: a reviewer wrote, "This is the composition of an amateur, and evidently one who has studied in the right school... it is by no means a discreditable work, nor undeserving of attention. The ''Kyrie'' is well conceived, but contains many passages that remind us of Haydn.... The fugue, ''Cum Sancto Spiritu'' is well written, but smacks rather much of Mozart's spirited effusions to the same words. The same may be said of the ''Credo'', and following movements...." In 1835 and 1838 the Catch Club awarded him prizes for glees;〔, 1890 edition, "E-H", page 486〕 he was involved with choral and vocal composition throughout, but his major contribution was in the realm of chamber music. In 1855 he entertained Richard Wagner in London. In his memoirs Wagner accorded Ellerton "a fine, amiable mind". Ellerton died at his home in Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London, in 1873. An obituary in ''The Musical World'' commented that "This admirable English amateur... was more of a musician than many who make music their exclusive study.... Mr. Ellerton was an assiduous student and prolific worker in his art, to which he contributed in every style and every department of composition." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Lodge Ellerton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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