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Arthur Sullivan
- Birth: May 13, 1842, London, England
- Death: November 22, 1900, London, England
Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born in 1842 in Lambeth, London, to a very musical family. His father was the bandmaster at the Royal Military College. He composed music when he was 8 years old and had mastered all of the wind instruments in his father's band by the time he was 10. At the age of 14 he was the first recipient of the Mendelssohn Scholarship. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and later at the Leipzig Conservatory. He remained there until 1858, writing an overture, which was performed at one of the concerts of the Academy. He won scholarships at several other prominent academies and conservatories.
Sullivan became the organist at St. Michael's, London in 1861 and professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in 1866. He was conductor of the Leeds Festival and the Royal Philharmonic of London. From 1876 to 1881 he was principal of the National Training School of London. He received several honorary doctorates and was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1883.
Sullivan was regarded as the leading composer of his day. He composed several major choral works, including The Light of the World, The Martyr of Antioch, The Golden Legend and his lone grand opera, Ivanhoe. From 1871 to 1896 he collaborated with W. S. Gilbert. Together they produced fourteen comic operas, including Trial by Jury (1875), H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), and others. He felt his best work was his serious music, his oratorios, including among others, Kenilworth (1864), The Prodigal Son (1869), and The Light of the World (1873) and his serious opera. He composed many songs, hymns, anthems, ballets and dramatic music.
Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)
| Title | Trinity | Worshiping |
|---|---|---|
| A Few More Years Shall Roll | 540 | |
| Christ Shall Have Dominion | 439 | |
| Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain | 266 | |
| I Know Not Where the Road Will Lead | 643 | |
| I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend | 517 | |
| Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise | 357 | |
| Lord, As the Day Begins | 399 | |
| My Heart Does Overflow | 169 | |
| Not What My Hands Have Done | 461 | |
| O Lord, by Grace Delivered | 626 | |
| Onward, Christian Soldiers | 572 | 748 |
| To You, O Lord, I Fly | 692 | |
| When This Passing World Is Done | 545 | |
| Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode | 668 |