Thomas Molleson Mudie

Thomas Molleson Mudie (30 November 1809 – 24 July 1876) was a British composer and teacher, highly regarded during his early career, but composing little in later years. Life Mudie, of Scottish descent, was born in Chelsea, London on 30 November 1809. He showed musical talent from an early age, and in the first examination for admission to the Royal Academy of Music in 1823, he came third out of 32 candidates. He studied composition with William Crotch, piano with Cipriani Potter and clarinet with Thomas Willman, and achieved great success. He was appointed a professor of the piano in the academy in 1832, and held the post until 1844. From 1834 he was organist at Gatton, Surrey, and became a friend there of Lord Monson. He remained as organist after Lord Monson’s death in 1840, until 1844, when on the death of his friend Alfred Devaux, he went to Edinburgh to succeed him as a teacher of music. In 1863 he returned to London; from that time, except for an overture performed at a concert at the Crystal Palace, he came little before the public. He died in London, unmarried, on 24 July 1876, and was interred in Highgate Cemetery. Compositions As a composer Mudie’s successes were mainly