Horner, Ralph

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Ralph Horner was a conductor for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company of London from the late 1870s until the early 1890s. In addition to conducting the orchestra, Horner served as stage manager on the company's tours. He also wrote FOUR BY HONOURS, a one-act "curtain raiser" performed as a prolog to the Gilbert and Sullivan shows on the tours of 1879 and 1880.

From the guide to the Reminiscences of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

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