her nineties), and a son, Paul Walford Corder, born on 14 December 1879 (died on 7 August 1942). Corder's sister, Rosa Corder, was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and painted his portrait. Legacy Corder's opposite number at the Royal College of Music was Charles Villiers Stanford. He represented the conservative Brahms faction of English academia, whereas Corder followed the more progressive influence of Liszt and Wagner. In particular, many of Corder's pupils showed the influence of the "clever primitivism and latent giganticism" of The Ring, but little of the eroticism of Tristan. History favours the legacy of Stanford, whose pupils included Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, Gustav Holst and Frank Bridge, while (arguably) Corder's one major talent was Bax. The critic Peter J Pirie put in this way: Works (selective) The principal source for this list, including opus numbers, is an article on the composer published in The Musical Times. Opera and operetta 1877–78 – Le Mort d'Arthur, grand opera, Op.3 (Brighton, 1879) 1880 – Philomel, operatic satire, Op.4 1880 – A Storm in a Teacup, operetta, Op.5 (Aquarium, Brighton, 18 February 1882) 1883 – The Nabob's Pickle, operetta, Op.12 (Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, 9 July 1883) 1885 – The Noble Savage, operetta, Op.13 (Aquarium, Brighton, 3 October 1885) 1887 – Nordisa, romantic opera, Op.17 (Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, 26 January 1887) An Incident during a Carl Rosa Opera Company's production of this opera on Thursday April 7th. 1887 in the Tyne Theatre & Opera House is the start point of the story of how the "Official Theatre Ghost" of the Theatre was begun. Ref: Newcastle Daily Journal No.9,702 - Friday April 8th. p5-6.1887 Ossian The Golden Dawn Incidental music 1898 – The Termagant, overture and incidental music, Op.25 (Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1 September 1898) 1899 – The Black Tulip, overture and incidental music, Op.26 (Haymarket Theatre, London, 21 October 1899) 1911 – (Crystal Palace, London, 8 June 1911) [composite work by many composers: Corder was allocated the final section, The Masque Imperial] Orchestra 1876 – Evening on the Sea-Shore, idyll, Op.1 (St James's Hall, London, 25 November 1886) 1876–79 – In the Black Forest, suite, Op.2 (second movement, The Brooklet, rondo scherzoso, St James's Hall, London, 17 December 1878; complete suite, Crystal Palace, London, 20 March 1880) 1882 – Ossian, concert overture, Op.8 (Philharmonic Society, St James's Hall, London, 9 March 1882) 1882 – Nocturne, Op.9 (Brighton Festival, 8