vc, GB
Musician / Composer
A.k.a. Frederick Nicholls Crouch
Frederick Nicholls Crouch (30 July 1808 – 18 August 1896) was an English composer and cellist.Crouch was born in Marylebone in London. He emigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in Richmond, Virginia. During the Civil War, Crouch took up arms and played the trumpet for the Confederacy.Crouch was noted as a fine cellist, having played in the King's Theatre as well as St Paul's Cathedral in London, before coming to the United States, but the majority of his compositions were not successful. His most famous song is "Kathleen Mavourneen".