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Sullivan (SIR ARTHUR SEY- MOUR)

SIR ARTHUR SEY- MOUR, an English composer; born in London, England, May 13, 1842; became a member of the boy choir in the Chapel Royal at St. James's, and at the age of 13 published his first composition. In the following year he won the Mendelssohn scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1858, while at Leipsic, he composed his "Feast of Roses" and the music to Shakespeare's "Tempest." Subsequently he produced numerous songs, operas, oratorios, etc.

He was knighted in 1883 and made chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France in the same year. He died in London, Nov. 22, 1900.