John Tobin

English conductor, musicologist and composer, b. 1891 (Liverpool, England), d. 1980. Studied at Liverpool College (1916–1918); taught at Holt School 1918-1926. In 1926-1927, became conductor of British National Opera Company (viz., British National Opera Company Orchestra). 1935–1939, Director of Music at Toynbee Hall, London. 1940–1945, conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (now Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) and 1946, conductor of The London Choral Society). Famously edited George Frideric Handel's »Messiah«, a critical account of the manuscript sources and printed editions (Cassell, St. Martins Press). (Not to be confused with Tenor / Countertenor, teacher at Wandsworth School and protege of Benjamin Britten, John Tobin (2), born ca.1940.)