Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
George Bernard Shaw, in The Scots Observer, September 6, 1890; cited from Dan H. Laurence (ed.) Shaw's Music (London: The Bodley Head, 1989) vol. 2, p. 174.
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