The Tempest (Sullivan)
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The Tempest incidental music, Op. 1, is a set of movements for Shakespeare's play composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1861 and expanded in 1862. This was Sullivan's first major composition, and its success
Prospero and Ariel from a painting by William Hamilton
August Manns
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Sir August Friedrich Manns was a German-born British conductor who made his career in England. After serving as a military bandmaster in Germany, he moved to England and soon became director of music
The Tempest (Sullivan)
…piece. Grove was sufficiently impressed to arrange for a performance of the work by the unknown composer at the Crystal Palace, where it was taken up by August Manns, conductor of the Crystal Palace concerts. Sullivan revised and extended the music to twelve movements, which were given in full at a concert on 5 April…
August Manns in 1898
Crystal Palace concert hall in 1857
1888 caricatures of Manns