Sir Henry Rowley Bishop

Pocock, Isaac (1782-1835) (attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1813

Height:

76.2 cm  (30 in.)

Width:

63.5 cm  (25 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Bishop composed light operas and incidental music for plays and arranged operas by well-known composers. Between 1810 and 1830, he composed, arranged and conducted dramatic musical productions at Covent Garden Theatre, King's Theatre, Haymarket, Drury Lane and Vauxhall Gardens. He wrote one opera with sung dialogue, Aladdin (1826), as well as oratorios, part-songs, and glees. He is best remembered today for his song 'Home, Sweet Home', with lyrics by John Howard Payne, the theme song from his comic opera, a musical version of Payne's play Clari, or The Maid of Milan.

People as subjects

Bishop, Henry Rowley (1786-1855) (Composer portrait)

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RIdIM record id

5511

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