Roger Quilter

Roger Quilter, English composer (died 1953)

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Born: November 1, 1877
Died: September 21, 1953
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1877

About Roger Quilter

Roger Cuthbert Quilter was a British composer, known particularly for his art songs. His songs, which number over a hundred, often set music to text by William Shakespeare and are a mainstay of the English art song tradition. Roger Quilter was educated first in the preparatory school at Farnborough. Recorded collections of Quilter songs include discs by Benjamin Luxon and David Willison, Charlotte de Rothschild and Adrian Farmer, and James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook.

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The world when Roger Quilter was born

Roger Quilter was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure	1877	2026
Population	44.2M	341 million

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