Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Music Examples
- Preface
- Dedication
- 1 ‘A Veritable Muck-Midden’
- 2 The Royal College of Music and the Mendelssohn Scholarship, 1900-1907
- 3 The Mendelssohn Scholarship, 1904-7
- 4 Earning a Living
- 5 Dyson's War, 1914-16
- 6 Wellington College
- 7 Winchester College
- 8 Winchester Works: The Canterbury Pilgrims, St Paul's Voyage to Melita and The Blacksmiths
- 9 Winchester towards London
- 10 Major Works, 1937-43
- 11 Director of the Royal College of Music, 1938-52: The First Five Terms
- 12 The War Years, 1939-45, Seen through Dyson's College Addresses
- 13 The Royal College of Music, 1945-7
- 14 The Royal College of Music, 1947-52: Rebuilding, Development and Endgames
- 15 Major Works, 1948-52
- 16 Return to Winchester and Retirement
- 17 Carnegie Trust, Final Works and Endings
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1 List of Dyson's Works
- Appendix 2 Texts Set by Dyson
- Appendix 3 The Canterbury Pilgrims: 35 Performances Conducted by Dyson, 1931-60
- Appendix 4 Select Bibliography
- Appendix 5 Discography
- Index of Dyson's Works
- General Index
4 - Earning a Living
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Music Examples
- Preface
- Dedication
- 1 ‘A Veritable Muck-Midden’
- 2 The Royal College of Music and the Mendelssohn Scholarship, 1900-1907
- 3 The Mendelssohn Scholarship, 1904-7
- 4 Earning a Living
- 5 Dyson's War, 1914-16
- 6 Wellington College
- 7 Winchester College
- 8 Winchester Works: The Canterbury Pilgrims, St Paul's Voyage to Melita and The Blacksmiths
- 9 Winchester towards London
- 10 Major Works, 1937-43
- 11 Director of the Royal College of Music, 1938-52: The First Five Terms
- 12 The War Years, 1939-45, Seen through Dyson's College Addresses
- 13 The Royal College of Music, 1945-7
- 14 The Royal College of Music, 1947-52: Rebuilding, Development and Endgames
- 15 Major Works, 1948-52
- 16 Return to Winchester and Retirement
- 17 Carnegie Trust, Final Works and Endings
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1 List of Dyson's Works
- Appendix 2 Texts Set by Dyson
- Appendix 3 The Canterbury Pilgrims: 35 Performances Conducted by Dyson, 1931-60
- Appendix 4 Select Bibliography
- Appendix 5 Discography
- Index of Dyson's Works
- General Index
Summary
The Royal Naval College, Osborne
Dyson had no private means and the decision of the Mendelssohn scholarship committee not to renew his tenure for a fourth year concentrated his mind on how he was going to earn a living. Dyson described what happened:
It was Sir Hubert Parry … who sent me to the Royal Naval College at Osborne, and thus began nearly thirty years’ work in schools. Their Lordships of the Admiralty had concurred that young naval cadets might well be given a chance to develop any musical leanings they might have, for their lives would be spent under conditions in which they would have to rely largely upon themselves for recreation and entertainment. I was a decided innovation, but the four hundred boys were very bright specimens, with the usual sprinkling of musical talent and scores of good voices. Two young princes, afterwards King Edward VIII and King George VI, were among them. There was a large naval and civilian staff, and we soon had a good choir and some quite accomplished soloists. We sang cantatas and had periodical stage shows, writing our own words and music, with a workshop of naval engineers to design and rig the settings. There were boats and launches on the Solent to play with, and the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth had the genial habit of occasionally lending us a torpedo boat, complete with crew, food, and astonishing speed, for a day's ‘choir-outing’.
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- Sir George DysonHis Life and Music, pp. 64 - 86Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014