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This edition also issued in print: 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.This biography reveals how important spiritual factors and influences were to Arthur Sullivan's life and work and explores his rich corpus of sacred pieces, which includes the best-selling Victorian parlour ballad 'The Lost Chord' and the tune of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'.Specialized.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 14, 2021).Cover -- Arthur Sullivan: A Life of Divine Emollient -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1: 1842-1852: Ancestry, Early Upbringing, and Family Ties -- Ancestry -- An Anglican Upbringing -- Family Affections -- Notes -- 2: 1852-1861: Musical and Spiritual Formation -- The Chapel Royal -- Continental Parallels -- The Royal Academy of Music -- Leipzig -- Notes -- 3: The 1860s: The Influence of George Grove -- Church Organist and Composer of Anthems -- Friendship with George Grove -- First Serious Love Affair -- FreemasonryFirst Family Death and In Memoriam Overture -- The Prodigal Son -- Notes -- 4: 1871-1877: A Spiritual Spell -- The Festival Te Deum -- 1873 -- Church Hymns, 1874 -- Trial and Travel, 1875-6 -- Second Family Death, 'The Lost Chord', and Fanny Ronalds -- Notes -- 5: 1877-1889: The Gilbert and Sullivan Years -- The Leeds Festival -- Family Deaths and Travels -- 1886 -- Imperial Odes, 1886 and 1887 -- Address on Music, 1888 -- Collaboration with Gilbert, 1877-1889 -- Notes -- 6: The 1890s: The Final Decade -- More Savoy Operas -- Renewal of Friendship with Grove and Last Love AffairQueen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 -- 1898 Leeds Festival -- The Boer War Te Deum -- Death, Funeral, and Tributes -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index