Glover, John William

1815-

Irish composer, teacher and organist; born in Dublin; studied in his native city, and entered the Dublin orchestra as violinist in 1830. In 1848 he was appointed professor of vocal music in the Normal Training School of the Irish National Education Board; and for the funeral services of O'Connell he superintended the production of Mozart's Requiem. After founding the Choral Institute of Dublin in 1851, he was active in promoting the performance of the works of Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn; and Schumann's Paradise and the Peri was given there for the first time in Great Britain. He lectured  on Irish music both in Dublin and in London, and did much for choral music in Ireland. His own works were popular, and more numerous than those of any other Irish composer. They include two cantatas, St. Patrick at Tara and Erin's Matin Song; two Italian operas by Metastasio, in manuscript; an ode to Thomas Moore, One Hundred Years Ago; an opera on Goldsmith's Deserted Village; a collection entitled Moore's Irish Melodies; and other songs; much church music, including hymns and masses; concertos; and music for organ and for piano. He also edited a number of musical works for use in the schools of Ireland.

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