A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Wingham, Thomas

by George Grove

WINGHAM, Thomas, born in London, Jan. 5, 1846. Began his career at the early age of 10, as organist of S. Michael's Mission Church, Southwark. In 1863 entered the 'London Academy of Music' of Dr. Wylde, and in 1867 became a pupil of Sterndale Bennett for composition, and of Harold Thomas for piano, in the Royal Academy. In 1871 he was appointed Professor of the Piano in that institution, a post which he still holds. Mr. Wingham's compositions, mostly still in MS., contain 4 Symphonies—in D (1870), in B♭ (1872), in E minor, with choral Finale (1873), in D (1883); 6 Overtures, one with chorus; an Orchestral Serenade in E♭; a grand Mass in D; a grand Te Deum, two Motets; an Elegy on the Death of Sterndale Bennett, etc., which have been performed at the Philharmonic Concerts, the Crystal Palace, Leeds Festival, Antwerp Cathedral, etc. [App. p.817 "add that he has been Choirmaster at the Oratory, Brompton, since October 1882."]

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