In 1856, at 14, he was awarded the first Mendelssohn Scholarship by the Royal Academy of Music, which allowed him to study at the academy and then at the Leipzig Conservatoire in Germany. The son of a military bandmaster, Sullivan composed his first anthem at the age of eight and was later a soloist in the boys' choir of the Chapel Royal. His hymns and songs include " Onward, Christian Soldiers" and " The Lost Chord". His works include 24 operas, 11 major orchestral works, ten choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous church pieces, songs, and piano and chamber pieces. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado. He is best known for 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO ( – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. For other people named Arthur Sullivan, see Arthur Sullivan (disambiguation).
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