The Stolen Child, Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity and City in the West (a poem by his son Jasper) are among his finest achievements.
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Rootham was born in Redland, Bristol to Daniel Wilberforce Rootham and Mary Rootham (née Gimblett Evans).
Cyril of Alexandria | Cyril Wecht | Cyril Ramaphosa | Saints Cyril and Methodius | Cyril Clarke | Cyril | Cyril Scott | Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall | Cyril Connolly | Cyril Bibby | Cyril Ritchard | Cyril Davies | John Cyril Porte | Cyril Walsh | Cyril Toumanoff | Cyril Smith | Cyril Lowe | Cyril Hanouna | Cyril E. King Airport | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje | Jean-Cyril Spinetta | Cyril Takayama | Cyril Rootham | Cyril Peacock | Cyril of Jerusalem | Cyril Newall | Cyril M. Kornbluth | Cyril Maude | Cyril Mango | Cyril Lord |
The quartet championed works by British composers, giving the first performances of works by Arnold Bax, Cyril Rootham and Arthur Bliss.
The opera was completed in 1929, first performed by the Intimate Opera Company at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, Britain, on 12 May 1936 (conducted by Cyril Rootham), and premiered in New York by the Bronx Opera in January 2012.