Introduction

Biography

An Eng­lish pi­a­nist, once a pu­pil of Men­dels­sohn and of Stern­dale Ben­nett, Rock­stro was in­flu­en­tial in mu­sic­al edu­ca­tion and in mu­sic ge­ne­ral­ly. One of his most po­pu­lar songs was Queen and Hunt­ress.

Works

• The Life of George Fred­er­ick Han­del (Lon­don: Mac­mil­lan, 1883)
• Felix Men­dels­sohn Bar­thol­dy (Lon­don: 1884)
• A Ge­ne­ral His­to­ry of Mu­sic from the In­fan­cy of the Greek Dra­ma to the Pre­sent Period (New York: Scrib­ner & Wel­ford, 1886)