Cyril Rootham's father was a well-known singing teacher whose students included Clara Butt, Eva Turner and Elsie Griffin, and he was a director of the Bristol Madrigal Society.
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15 Facts About Cyril Rootham
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Cyril Rootham continued his musical education at the Royal College of Music where he studied under Marmaduke Barton, Walter Parratt, Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford, among others.
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In 1909, Cyril Rootham married Rosamond Margaret Lucas who supplied him with support and encouragement.
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Rosamond was put in charge of the costume making at the CUMS concerts, and the Cyril Rootham household was always filled with whatever clothes were needed for a new performance.
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In 1912, Cyril Rootham became conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society .
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In 1930 Cyril Rootham invited several contemporary composers to the concert; Manuel de Falla, Kodaly and Honegger attended, as did Kathleen Long.
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In 1914 Cyril Rootham had become a Fellow of St John's after taking over the post of University Lecturer in Form and Analysis of Music.
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Cyril Rootham conducted the first performance of his opera The Two Sisters in 1922 and three years earlier his own setting of Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen .
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Cyril Rootham's continued involvement with the CUMS included a performance of Handel's Semele and the revival of the tradition of triennial performances of Greek plays with newly composed music, a tradition which continued even after his death.
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Cyril Rootham completed a few works including City in the West and his three movement Second Symphony, the orchestration for which was completed by his close friend Patrick Hadley.
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Cyril Rootham died in 1938, aged sixty-two, while still at the height of his creative powers.
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Cyril Rootham regarded music with the utmost seriousness but never considered it a luxury to be confined to certain people.
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Cyril Rootham's refined string writing is showcased in the Rhapsody on the old English tune Lazarus.
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Cyril Rootham was in his element when writing for chorus and voice.
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