Edward German
Sir Edward German (
17 February 1862 -
11 November 1936) was a musician and composer. He studied at the
Royal Academy, was musical director of the
Globe Theatre and composed popular music for plays such as
Richard III and
Nell Gywnn.
When Arthur Sullivan died in 1901, German finished Sullivan's uncompleted The Emerald Isle. He later wrote several operettas. He was knighted in 1928.
He is buried in the Whitchurch, Shropshire cemetery, where the grave is signposted.