by which time the limited number of prestigious concert dates became shared between a growing number of cellists. In October 1941 he made his last appearance in a public concert at the Festival of Arts in Exeter Cathedral. He also appeared before royalty on many occasions. Squire's style of playing has been described as "of the old school" as he was taught by Piatti. In a comparison with the cellist Pablo Casals of the number of portamenti used in the first twenty-six bars of the slow movement of the Elgar cello concerto, Squire has been described as using twenty-three portamenti (in his 1930 recording) compared to only ten used by Casals (recorded in 1945). In addition, Squire's portamenti have been described as "slow and unsoftened by diminuendi" ; Casals's as "extremely varied and subtle". Squire is said to have played a cello by Bergonzi, but there is an alternative view that he played a Matteo Goffriller. Academic career Squire was professor of cello at the Royal College of Music in London between 1898 and 1917. From 1911 to 1917, he was professor at the Guildhall School of Music in London. He was an examiner for the Royal Academy of Music in London and also adjudicated at various music festivals. He was an adjudicator for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music submitting some of his own pieces for the syllabuses. Among his pupils were the cellists Cedric Sharpe (1891–1978) and Colin Hampton (1911–1996). Between 1926 and November 1953, he was director of the Performing Rights Society becoming 1st honorary member of the General Council from November 1953 onwards. Compositions By the late 1890s, when Squire was employed by the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, he was already busy publishing a great deal of cello and piano music. He preferred to write small-scale works for one or two performers most likely written for cello students or for his own performances at London concert halls. He is not known to have written any large scale works such as symphonies, operas, cantatas, or ballets. His pieces for cello and piano can almost entirely be characterized as light, short "character pieces". One of Squire's legacies is a collection of student-level works for cello and piano which appear in string teaching syllabuses all over the world including those of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the Internet Cello Society and the Suzuki