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Thomas Dunhill

Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Birthday: February 1, 1877
Date of death: March 13, 1946

About Thomas Dunhill

Known for his light opera and songs, Thomas Frederick Dunhill studied at the Royal College of Music in London and was assistant music master at Eton College, 1899–1908. His outstanding comic operas were Tantivy Towers (1931) and Happy Families (1933). Among his songs, “The Cloths of Heaven” and “The Fiddler of Dooney,” set to poems by W.B. Yeats, were especially popular. He also wrote symphonies, chamber music, and a critical study, Sullivan's Comic Operas (1928). 

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