Alfred Cellier (1844 – 1891), English musical composer, was born at Hackney on the 1st of December 1844. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Hackney is the principal area of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. ...

From 1855 to 1860 he was a chorister at the Chapel Royal, St. James', under the Rev. Thomas Helmore, where Arthur Sullivan was one of his youthful colleagues. His first appointment was that of organist at All Saint's Church, Blackheath (1862). 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842 – November 22, 1900) was a British composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist William S. Gilbert. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1866 he succeeded Dr. Chipp as director of the Ulster Hall concerts, Belfast, at the same time acting as conductor of the Belfast Philharmonic Society. In 1868 he returned to London as organist of St. Alban's, Holborn. From 1871 to 1875 he was conductor at the Prince's theatre, Manchester; and from 1877 to 1879 at various London theatres. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Ulster Hall The Ulster Hall is a concert hall and grade B1 listed building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... This article is about the British city. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be UKs second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media and big business. ...

During this period he composed many comic operas and operettas, of which the most successful was The Sultan of Mocha, which was produced at Manchester in 1874, in London at the St. James' Theatre in 1876, and revived at the Strand Theatre in 1887. In 1880 Cellier visited America, producing a musical version of Longfellow's Masque of Pandora at Boston (1881). In 1883 his setting of Gray's Elegy in the form of a cantata was produced at the Leeds Festival. In 1886 he won the great success of his life in Dorothy, a comic opera written to a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, which was produced at the Gaiety Theatre on the 25th of September 1886, and, transferred first to the Prince of Wales Theatre and subsequently to the Lyric Theatre, ran until April 1889. Doris (1889), and The Mountebanks, which was produced in January 1892, a few days after the composer's death, were less successful. Comic opera is a subcategory of opera, and denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature. ... Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Novello Theatre is a theatre on Aldwych in the West End of London. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal Republic George... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807–March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many poems that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The Gaiety Theatre is a drama theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, near Grafton Street and St. ... The Prince of Wales Theatre is a theatre located on Coventry Street, London. ... Lyric Theatre is a common name for performing-arts houses, including: Australia Lyric Theatre Brisbane, Queensland Lyric Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales U.S. Lyric Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Cellier owed much to the influence of Sir Arthur Sullivan. He had little of the latter's humour and vivacity, but he was a fertile melodist, and his writing is invariably distinguished by elegance and refinement. He died in London on December 28, 1891. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842–November 22, 1900) was a British composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist William S. Gilbert. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.