A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Troutbeck, John

by George Grove

TROUTBECK, the Rev. John, a well-known translator of librettos into English, was born Nov. 12, 1832, at Blencowe, Cumberland, and educated at Rugby and Oxford, where he graduated B.A. 1856, and M.A. 1858. He took orders in 1855, and has risen through various dignities to be Precentor of Manchester 1865–9, and minor canon of Westminster 1869. He has translated the following for Novello, Ewer, & Co.'s 8vo series:—

Bach. St. John Passion; Christmas Oratorio.
Beethoven. Mount of Olives.
Brahms. Song of Destiny.
David. Le Desert.
Gade. Crusaders; Comala; Psyche
Gluck. Iphigenia in Aulis; Iphigenia in Tauris; Orphée.
Goetz. Taming of the Shrew.
Gounod. Redemption.
Graun. Der Tod Jesu.
Hiller. Song of Victory.
Jensen. Feast of Adonis.
Mozart. Seraglio.
Reinecke. Little Snowdrop.
Romberg. Lay of the Bell.
Schumann. Advent Song; the King's Son.
Wagner. Flying Dutchman.
Weber. Jubilee Cantata.

besides many minor works. Mr. Troutbeck has also published 'A Music Primer for Schools,' and 'A Primer for Church Choir Training,' and has compiled the 'Hymnbook in use at Westminster Abbey.'

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