Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell
- Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell
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▪ British composer
born Aug. 22, 1847, Edinburgh
died April 28, 1935, London
Scottish composer who, with Sir Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Stanford, was associated with the revival of British music in the late 19th century.
At the age of 10 he was sent to study music in Germany at Sondershausen; later he studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, of which he was principal from 1888 to 1924. He was knighted in 1922. His works include the cantatas
The Bride (1881) and
Jason (1882); the operas
Colomba (1883) and
The Troubadour (1886); an oratorio,
The Rose of Sharon (1884); a
Scottish Concerto for piano (1897); three Scottish rhapsodies; and an overture,
Britannia (1894).
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