# George Frederick Anderson

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British violinist and Master of the Queen's Music

**George Frederick Anderson** (14 December 1793[1] – 14 December 1876[2]) was a British violinist and [Master of the Queen's Music](/source/Master_of_the_Queen's_Music).

Anderson was born in London in 1793. He was engaged as violinist in a variety of orchestras. In July 1820 he married the pianist [Lucy Philpot](/source/Lucy_Anderson_(musician)), who, as Mrs Anderson, taught the piano to [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) and her children.

In 1837, in return for his providing the publisher Alfred Novello with an interest-free loan of £30 in order to publish [Felix Mendelssohn](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn)'s [Piano Concerto No. 2](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Mendelssohn)), Novello gave his wife Lucy Anderson exclusive rights for six months to play the concerto in England.[3]

In 1840 he became the Treasurer of the [Royal Philharmonic Society](/source/Royal_Philharmonic_Society), a position he held until his death.[4] By 1841 he was a professor of music.

In 1848 he was appointed [Master of the Queen's Music](/source/Master_of_the_Queen's_Music) by Queen Victoria, succeeding [Franz Cramer](/source/Franz_Cramer). He is not recorded as having composed any music, an activity normally associated with this appointment. He remained in the post until 1870; the circumstances of his departure are not known. Until the ten-year fixed-term appointment of Sir [Peter Maxwell Davies](/source/Peter_Maxwell_Davies) in 2004, Anderson was the last Master of the Queen's Music to leave the post before his death, and the first since [Nicholas Staggins](/source/Nicholas_Staggins) in 1700.

He died on 14 December 1876 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. A collection of his correspondence with musicians and composers is in the [British Library](/source/British_Library).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [MusicSack](http://www.musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100060008)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** New Grove: Lucy Anderson

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [R. Larry Todd, Mendelssohn Studies](https://books.google.com/books?id=_Lfvbz2oyuYC&pg=PA246)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Dictionary of National Biography: Lucy Anderson

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [The National Archives](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/2005/05returns/05ac2027.htm)

## Sources

- Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. 1954 (Master of the Queen's Music article)

## External links

- [Free scores by George Frederick Anderson](https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Anderson,_George) at the [International Music Score Library Project](/source/International_Music_Score_Library_Project) (IMSLP)

Court offices Preceded by Franz Cramer Master of the Queen's Music 1848–1870 Succeeded by William Cusins

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