Cotsford Dick | |
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 Cotsford Dick crossdressing in an 1866 performance of the Oxford University Dramatic Society | |
| Born | September 1, 1846  |
| Died | August 11, 1911 (aged 64) |
Cotsford Dick (September 1, 1846 – August 11, 1911)[1] was a Victorian era of songs and operettas.
Charles George Cotsford Dick was born on September 1, 1846, the son of Charles George Dick, a barrister of the Middle Temple. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1869.[1] While at Oxford he was a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. [2]
Dick wrote a number of operettas: Our Doll's House (1875), performed at St. George's Hall, Our New Doll's House (1876), Back from India (1879), Doctor D (1885), and The Baroness (1892), the latter two performed at the Royalty Theatre.[1][3] He also published dozens of songs.[4]
; several musical pieces for the German Reed Company ; a translation into English verse of CoppeVs Le Passant, played by Mrs. (now Lady) Tree at the Haymarket Theatre ; a monologue, Mrs. Rawdon's Rehearsal played by Miss Lottie Venne at the Court Theatre ; a volume of verse, entitled The Model, 1886 ; a volume of Vers de Socie'te', entitled The Ways of the World, 1896 ; Society Snapshots (Dialogues), 1901 ; a vast number of songs and pianoforte pieces ; contributed light verse and dialogues to several papers, more especially, and continually, to The World.
A Children's Opera, A Fairy Wedding, in six parts, for pf The Waif (play, adapted from the Fiench, Haymarket Theatre, May, 1892). Songs. Dolly Varden , Olivia ; Golden wedding song , Three songs, etc. Pf. pieces: Fireside fancies, six pieces; Toccata; December and ]^[ay ; Belinda Gavotte ; Deux Melodies ; etc. Author of a volume of verse . The Way of the World (London, Bedway, 1896) https://archive.org/details/britishmusicalbi005704mbp/page/n138
Career
editAwards and honors
editCotsford Dick won the .
Cotsford Dick was nominated for the .
Death and legacy
editCotsford Dick died on 11 August 1911 in .
References
edit- ^ a b c Who was who : a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period . Robarts - University of Toronto. London : A. & C. Black. 1920. p. 196.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Mackinnon, Alan Murray; Adderley, J. G. (1910). The Oxford amateurs, a short history of theatricals at the University. London: Chapman and Hall, ltd.
- ^ Parsons, Charles H. (1986). Opera composers and their works. Internet Archive. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-88946-401-8.
- ^ British Library Verfasser (1983). The catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980 16. Daw - Dick. Internet Archive. London München New York Paris Saur. ISBN 978-0-86291-300-7.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Bristow, Joseph (2018). "Homosexual Blackmail in the 1890s: The Fitzroy Street Raid, the Oscar Wilde Trials, and the Case of Cotsford Dick". Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies. 22 (1): 1–25.