Henry Rowley Bishop

Musician · 1786–1855 · London, England
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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop was a nineteenth-century English composer whose 1823 song “Home, Sweet Home” (lyrics by John Howard Payne) became one of the most-sung songs of the Victorian era and was carried into the American country and bluegrass repertoires by the Carter Family and Bill Monroe.

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  • Born November 18, 1786, in London.
  • Composed for and music-directed Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres through the 1810s and 1820s.
  • Composed the air “Home, Sweet Home” for the 1823 opera Clari, the Maid of Milan, with lyrics by American-born playwright John Howard Payne.
  • Was the first composer ever knighted for services to music, in 1842.
  • Died April 30, 1855, in London.

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