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Barratt, Augustus


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  • Variants

    • Barratt, W. Augustus (Walter Augustus)
    • Barratt, Walter Augustus

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    • Birth Date

        1873-06-13

    • Death Date

        1947-04-12

    • Birth Place

        Kilmarnock (Scotland)

    • Occupation

      (naf) Composers

      (naf) Lyricists

      (naf) Conductors (Music)

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    • Sources

      • found: The death of Cuthullin : a dramatic cantata ... 1897:t.p. (W. Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Kitty Grey, 1901:t.p. (Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Kitty Grey. Vocal score, c1901:t.p. (W. Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Who is Sylvia, 1915:t.p. (arranged by Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Fancy free, 1918:t.p. (words and music by Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Brown & Stratton. British musical biography, 1897:in entry for John Barratt (... his son William [i.e. Walter] Augustus Barratt was a scholar of the R.C.M.; he first came to notice by his setting of "Sir Patrick Spens" produced at Edinburgh in 1894, and a cantata "The death of Cuthullin" 1895)
      • found: Who was who in the theatre 1912-1976, 1978(Barratt, Augustus; lyrist and composer; b. England; studied RCM (Schol.); composed Kitty Grey 1902, [etc.])
      • found: Wearing, J.P. Amer. and Brit. theatrical biog., 1979:two entries (Barratt, Augustus; English composer, lyricist [source: "Who's who in the theatre" 1922-1930] & Barratt, Walter Augustus, died 1947 aged 73, Scottish composer, producer, conductor [source: Rigdon. "Biographical encyclopaedia of the American theatre" 1966])
      • found: New York Times, 2 July 1914:article "Divorces Walter Barratt" (Mrs. Lizzie May Barratt obtained a divorce from Walter Augustus Barratt, known in New York as a musical conductor and composer; the marriage took place in London in 1897 and the couple went to New York to live)
      • found: Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Catalogue of copyright entries:p. 5573 ("Sealed orders : a radio drama" by Augustus Barratt, i.e. W.A. Barratt, Walter Augustus Barratt)
      • found: Royal College of Music Library catalogue, accessed online 2 Aug. 2012(hdg.: for title "Sir Patrick Spens" is Barratt, Walter Augustus, 1873-)
      • found: E-mail from Ian Daniel, 12 June 2012("Augustus Barratt is a relative of mine and his name is Walter [not William] Augustus Barratt, born 1873 in Kilmarnock, Scotland and died 1947? in the USA")
      • found: Wikipedia, May 20, 2022(W. Augustus Barratt; born June 3, 1873 in Kilmarnock, died April 12, 1947 In New York City; Scottish-born, later American, songwriter and musician)

    • Editorial Notes

      • [Previously stated to be "Not same as Barratt, Walter Augustus, 1873-1947" but the evidence below suggests that they are the same person and that a "William" Augustus Barratt is a mistake]
      • [Up to about 1900 appears to have written as W. Augustus Barratt, and thereafter mostly as simply Augustus Barratt]

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    • Change Notes

      • 1982-12-15: new
      • 2022-05-21: revised

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