work of a "scurrilous newspaper hack". Legacy A symphony by him was played at the Queen's Hall, London, in 1907 conducted by Sir Henry Wood. Though somewhat influenced by the work of Wagner, Brahms and Puccini, George Marshall-Hall's compositions display pronounced individuality and sincerity. It was nevertheless as a teacher, enthusiastic and free from pedantry, and as an inspiring orchestral conductor that he did his most important work, and the value of his influence on the musical life of Melbourne can hardly be overstated. Marshall-Hall was tall, dark, witty, humorous and intolerant of pretence. Works 1886 Die Blumen, sextet for voice, two violins, viola, cello and double bass 1880s Harold, opera in four acts to a libretto by the composer based on Edward Bulwer-Lytton's historical novel, Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings (1848); first Performance 1888 1891 Giordano Bruno (dedicated to Arthur Streeton) 1894 Idyll 1894 La Belle Dame sans Merci for violin and orchestra 1898 Alcestis, incidental music to the play by Euripides 1898 "Choral Ode", a setting of the second part of Goethe's Faust for alto soloist, orchestra and mixed choir 1899 "Australian National Song" for chorus (SATB) and piano 1900 A Song Cycle of Life and Love 1902 Aristodemus, opera in 25 scenes 1903 Symphony in E-flat recorded 1906 Bianco Capello: A Tragedy 1907 Two Violin Fantasies 1909 Quartet in B Major for horn, violin, viola and piano; ABC Classics recording 1910 Caprice for violin and orchestra 1910 Stella, one-act opera 1912 Romeo and Juliet, opera Jubilum Amoris Book of Canticles Hymns Ancient and Modern Phantasy for Horn and Orchestra References Further reading Joe Rich, His Thumb unto his Nose : the Removal of G. W. L. Marshall-Hall from the Ormond Chair of Music, PhD thesis, Melbourne University 1986 Joe Rich, "A Thoroughly Shameful Affair: The Removal of G. W. L. Marshall-Hall from the Ormond Chair of music" in Victorian Historical Journal, vol 61, no. 1, March 1990 Thérèse Radic and Suzanne Robinson (eds) Marshall-Hall's Melbourne: Music, Art and Controversy 1891–1915 Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2012 External links Review of George Marshall-Hall's music, Christopher Fifield , musicweb-international.com George William Louis Marshall-Hall (1862–1915), grave site at Brighton General Cemetery (Victoria) 1862 births 1915 deaths Australian conductors (music) Australian opera composers Australian male composers Australian composers English emigrants to Australia Australian poets Alumni of the Royal College of Music People educated at Blackheath Proprietary School