Charles William Glover
Deceased Person
1806 – 1863
Who was Charles William Glover?
Charles William Glover, was an English violinist and composer.
Glover was born in London in February 1806. He was the elder brother of Stephen Glover.
Glover played the violin in the orchestras of Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres, and was appointed musical director at the Queen's Theatre in 1832. He composed numerous songs, duets, pianoforte pieces, and arrangements. Some of the vocal pieces are semicomic, such as 'Cousin Harry;' while 'Tis hard to give the Hand where the Heart can never be' is a specimen of his once popular sentimental ballads.
Glover is considered to have written the music for the well-known Irish song "The Rose of Tralee".
Glover died on 23 March 1863.
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