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Robert Brydges Addisson

Robert Brydges Addison (16 August 1854 - July 8 1920) was a composer, choirmaster and teacher.

Born in Dorchester, Dorset, the son of a vicar and the brother of landscape painter William Grylis Addison, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music under George Macfarren and taught at Trinity College London from 1892. His compositions include one symphony, the cantata A Vision (1880), the motet Save Me, O Lord, and the song ''Rise! For the Day is Passing'' (performed at the Proms in 1914).

List of Works
Orchestral
 * Symphony in G minor (1881)
 * Concert allegro in G major, for orchestra

Instrumental
 * Piano Sonata in A minor
 * Andante and variations for piano

Choral
 * A Vision, cantata for choir and orchestra (1880)
 * Quiet Hours. Trio for female voices (1886)
 * Psalm 126 "They that sow in tears" (1889)
 * Motet: Save me O Lord

Songs
 * Under the sea (1876)
 * Weariness (1876)
 * Lullaby "The Days are Cold" (1879)
 * Always (1880)
 * Wandering Wishes (1881)
 * Two doves (1882)
 * A Dream of Long Ago (1883)
 * Children's Voices (album for children, 1884)
 * Love in a Boat (1886)
 * The Early Bird (1886)
 * While we Dream (1886)
 * Under the Snow (with cello accompaniment, 1885-1887)
 * Please sing me a song (album for children, 1887)
 * Do I love thee? O rushing wind (1887)
 * Resemblance (1887)
 * Thy Roses (1887)
 * Violets (1887)
 * The sweetest hour (1887)
 * First come... (The early bird) (1887)
 * Brightness (1888)
 * The dew is sweet to the lily (1888)
 * A Winter Song (1888)
 * In quiet sleep (1889)
 * My heart's desire (1889)
 * From a child's hand (1890)
 * My love for thee (1891)
 * O rushing wind (1891)
 * Don't cry (1892)
 * A summer morn (1893)
 * Rise! for the day is passing (1901)
 * When summer comes again (1906)
 * Bright be the place of thy soul