Frederick Westlake Explained

Frederick Westlake
Birth Date:	25 February 1840

Frederick Westlake (25 February 1840 in Romsey, Hampshire – 12 February 1898 in London) was English pianist and composer.

Westlake studied at the Royal Academy of Music with W. Macfarren (piano) and G. A. Macfarren (harmony); in 1862 was appointed to the faculty as piano teacher. He wrote several Masses, hymns, piano pieces, and a collection of part-songs, Lyra Studentium.

The composer Hermann Löhr studied piano with Westlake whilst attending the Royal Academy of Music.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Musical Canada: A Monthly Journal of Musical News, Comment, and Gossip, for Professionals and Amateurs . 1916 . 168 . en . Mr. Hermann Lohr, the composer of so many well-known songs, was born at Plymouth, England... ...In the autumn of 1889, he entered the Royal Academy of Music, where he pursued his studies under Mr. Frederick Corder for Composition, and the late Mr. Frederick Westlake, for Pianoforte..