Bryceson Treharne

Early career Following the completion of his studies, Treharne began teaching Piano Forte at the Aberystwyth University College in Wales.

During his time in Adelaide, he performed a number of public concerts, including preparing and performing the musical arrangement for Muriel Matters 1902 performance of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's tragic poem, Enoch Arden at the Adelaide Town Hall in conjunction with the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium of Music, where Treharne was working. Treharne was also instrumental in the creation of the Adelaide Repertory Theatre in 1908. Treharne remained in Adelaide until December 1911, when he returned to London, and later married his wife, Maud in 1914.

Wartime internment In late 1914, shortly after marrying his wife, Treharne and Maud travelled to Bavaria in Germany to attend the Wagner Festspiel music festival, however, with the outbreak of World War I, as British subjects, they were both interned by German authorities in the Ruhleben internment camp, outside Berlin.

In late November 1914, Treharne's wife, Maud, was released from the camp and returned to London; and thereafter worked for the release of her husband and others from the camp. During his internment in the camp, Treharne continued to compose music, and worked with other prisoners to perform musical and theatrical performances for other prisoners, including composing a score for a performance of As you like it given in 1915. Reports suggest that Treharne composed more than 200 songs while in prison.

Later career and retirement Shortly after Treharne's release from German internment, he sailed to New York, where his wife and son had moved earlier. In 1924, the family left New York and moved to Montreal, where Treharne became a lecturer at McGill University, and Choirmaster of an American Church in Montreal.

Death Treharne died in New York in 1948 at his home 40–21 69th Street, Woodside, Queens. His funeral was held on 6 February 1948, at the New York Funeral Chapel at 148 East 74th Street. Treharne was cremated at the Fresh Pond Crematory in Queens, New York. Following his death, his widow and son moved to the nearby city of New Jersey.

Personal life and family It was incorrectly reported in 1912 that Treharne had become engaged and subsequently married to Australian-born suffragist, Muriel Matters, on his return to London; however, this was incorrect.

Maud Thackeray Thompson

In March 1914, he married soprano singer, Maud Thackeray Thompson (known professionally as Miss Maud Thackeray) in London. Treharne met Maud in Adelaide, after she had immigrated from London in 1905 with her sister, Arline Thackeray Thompson (1879–1949), a violinist, known professionally as Miss Arline Thackeray, both seeking to pursue a career as musicians and teachers.

Treharne's sister-in-law, Arline Thackeray, later immigrated to New Zealand in 1906, pursuing her career as a violinist and teacher, and in 1909 she married Ernest T Porter. Between 1924 and 1925, Maud visited her sister in New Zealand, where she taught opera, oratorio, and song repertoire to students.

In 1916, Treharne and his wife, Maud had a son, Gwyn Francis 'Frank' Treharne (1916–1983) (also known as Anthony Francis Bryceson Treharne).

Select songs and arrangements

Treharne wrote and arranged a considerable number of songs and music during his long career, under both his own name and that of several pseudonyms, including:

Kenneth Downing Jeffrey Marlowe Chester Wallis Richard Mayne Wayne Norman Richard Harding Freeman High

Select songs and arrangements by Treharne, include:

"A Song of Spring". "The Voice of Spring". "Slumber Song". "Remember me when I am gone away". "A song of France". "England My Mother". "The Banshee". "Mother, My Dear". "O Divine Redeemer". "The Coventry Carol". "A Lover's Prayer". "Dirge for a Fallen Soldier". "Prayer" from Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel (arr.).

Treharne also edited several musical scores, including the The Pirates of Penzance for the New York City Opera's 1940's production.