Glover, John William

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Glover, John William

Glover, John William, Irish composer; b. Dublin, June 19, 1815; d. there, Dec. 18, 1899. He studied in Dublin, and from 1848 taught vocal music at the Normal Training School of the Irish National Education Board and was also director of music in the Roman Catholic procathedral. He was noted for his promotion of choral music in Ireland. He ed. Moore’s Irish Melodies (1859).

Works

DRAMATIC Opera : The Deserted Village, after Goldsmith (London, 1880); 2 Italian operas to librettos by Metastasio. VOCAL: St. Patrick at Tarn, cantata (1870); Erin’s Matin Song (1873); 100 years ago, ode to Thomas Moore (1879). OTHER: Concertos; piano pieces; songs; church music.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire