Cyril Scott

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Detail of Cyril Scott painting by George Hall Neale, National Portrait Gallery, London

Cyril Scott was an English composer and Theosophist. Dr. James Cousins described him as "the charming lyricist in sound."[1]

Personal life

Musical career

Involvement with Theosophical Society

Book cover art

Scott was admitted as a member of the Theosophical Society in London on December 27, 1914.[2] He associated with a large group of Theosophists: lawyer and portrait painter Vaman Shankar Pandit[3], German painter Melchior Lechter[4]; German poet Dr. Karl Wolfskehl[5]; astrologer Brian Anrias Ross[6]; Swiss members Mlle. Maya Heermann[7], Mme. Isabel Heermann[8], and Mlle. Belli Heermann[9]; osteopath Dr. Frederick Grantham-Browne[10]; Mrs. Janette Mary Fernie Thesiger[11]; photograph Alfred Langdon Coburn[12]; Mrs. Edith W. Coburn[13]; medium Mrs. Nelsa Chaplin[14]; healer Alexander Chaplin[15]; Mrs. Eugene Goossens[16]; and Scott's first wife Mrs. Rose L. Scott[17].

Writings

Additional resources

Notes

  1. James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." The Theosophist47.3 (December 1925), 396.
  2. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 57258 (website file: 4E/66).
  3. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 23481 (website file: 2C/5).
  4. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 42345 (website file: 4A/10).
  5. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 42553 (website file: 4A/15).
  6. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 49417 (website file: 4C/33).
  7. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 58294 (website file: 4C/33).
  8. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 58296 (website file: 4C/33).
  9. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 58295 (website file: 5A/26).
  10. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 60351 (website file: 5A/77).
  11. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 70035 (website file: 6B/30).
  12. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 74185 (website file: 6C/50).
  13. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 74187 (website file: 6C/50).
  14. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 74224 (website file: 6C/51).
  15. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 74225 (website file: 6C/51).
  16. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 79948 (website file: 7B/28).
  17. Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 109392 (website file: 10B/17).