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{{quote|I was intensely interested in all that the band did, and learned to play every wind instrument, with which I formed not merely a passing acquaintance, but a real, life-long, intimate friendship. I gradually learned the peculiarities of each&nbsp;... what it could do and what it was unable to do. I learned in the best possible way how to write for an orchestra.<ref name=young4>Sullivan, quoted in Young, pp. 4–5</ref>|}}

 

 

===Mendelssohn scholar===

In 1856 the [[Royal Academy of Music]] awarded the first [[Mendelssohn Scholarship]] to the 14-year-old Sullivan, granting him a year's training at the academy.<ref name="Jacobs, pp. 12–13"/>{{refn| In 1848, [[Jenny Lind]] performed the soprano part to [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s oratorio ''[[Elijah (oratorio)|Elijah]]'', which he had written for her. The concert raised £1,000 to fund a scholarship in his name. After Sullivan became the first recipient of the scholarship, Lind encouraged him in his career.<ref>Rosen, Carole. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16671 "Lind, Jenny (1820–1887)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 7 December 2008 {{ODNBsub}}</ref>|group= n}} His principal teacher there was [[John Goss (composer)|John Goss]], whose own teacher, [[Thomas Attwood (composer)|Thomas Attwood]], had been a pupil of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]].<ref name=mack>[[Alexander MacKenzie (composer)|MacKenzie, Alexander]]. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/929160 "The Life-Work of Arthur Sullivan"], ''Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft'', 3. Jahrg., H. 3, May 1902, pp. 539–564 {{subscription}}</ref> He studied piano with [[William Sterndale Bennett]] (the future head of the academy) and [[Arthur O'Leary (composer)|Arthur O'Leary]].<ref>Fitzsimons, pp. 98 and 142</ref> During this first year at the academy Sullivan continued to sing solos with the Chapel Royal, which provided a small amount of spending money.<ref>Jacobs, pp. 13–16</ref>

 

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