HENRY

See also:

• FOTHERGILL, JOHN (1712—1780)

FOTHERGILL

See also:

• CHORLEY
• HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY (1808—1872)

CHORLEY (1808—1872)  , English musical critic, one of an old Lancashire family, began in a merchant's office, but soon took to musical journalism . He began to write for the Athenaeum in 1830, and remained its musical critic for more than a generation; and he also became musical critic for The Times . In these positions he had much influence; he had strong views, and was a persistent opponent of innovation . In addition to musical criticism, he wrote voluminously on literature and art, besides novels, dramas and verse, and various librettos; and he published several books, including Modern German Music (1854), Handel Studies (1859), and Thirty Years' Musical Recollections (1862) . He died in London on the 16th of February 1872 . See his Autobiography, Memoir and Letters, edited by H . G . Hewlett (1873) .