Born: 1864, Can­on­bu­ry, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 3, 1897, Mar­y­le­bone, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of hymn­ist Hen­ry All­on, Ers­kine was ed­u­cat­ed at Read­ing and Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, and stu­died com­po­si­tion un­der Cord­er. Re­mem­bered main­ly for writ­ing chor­al works, cham­ber mu­sic and pi­a­no­for­te so­los, his works in­clude:

• “May Mar­ga­ret,” 1889
• “Annie of Loch­royan,” 1890
• “The Child of Elle,” 1891
• “The Maid of Co­lon­say,” 1894
• “Sir Ni­cho­las,” 1895
• “The Oak of Geis­mar,” 1895

Sources

Music

1. Abin­ger