Ignatius de Orellana

Ignatius Antonio de Orellana (October 14, 1860 – March 19, 1931) was a British violinist and composer. He became a conductor of theatre orchestras and an arranger of music for the theatre. Life Orellana was born in St Helier in Jersey, where his grandfather Ignacio de Orellana, originally from Spain, had settled by 1841. He studied the violin in London. Early compositions He composed a string quartet and a string trio, which were published in 1888. In the same year his Six Melodic Studies for Pianoforte were published; a reviewer in The Musical World commented that they “are an attempt to combine tuneful interest with the pursuit of various technical objects, and in this the composer has been in great measure successful.” In 1890 his Twenty-four Melodic Studies for Pianoforte were published; a reviewer in The Musical World commented, “The term ‘melodic’ is justified by the tunefulness of each of the numbers…. All are pleasingly distinctive in character and well harmonised, and they should attract tolerably advanced players.” Orchestral leader and conductor Orellana became lead violinist of London theatre orchestras, and from about 1900 was a conductor of operettas and an orchestr