Introduction

Biography

Son of vi­car Al­fred Gat­ty of Ec­cles­field, Al­fred as­sumed his mo­ther’s maid­en name, Scott, in 1892.

He at­tend­ed Marl­bo­rough and Christ’s Col­lege, Cam­bridge, achieved some fame in the field of her­ald­ry (Rouge Dra­gon 1880, York Her­ald of the Col­lege of Arms, 1886–1904), and was knight­ed in 1904.

He wrote hun­dreds of songs, plus:

• Sandford and Mer­ton’s Christ­mas Par­ty, an op­er­et­ta, 1880
• Not at Home, an op­er­et­ta, 1888
• Rumpelstiltskin, a mu­sic­al for child­ren
• The Goose Girl, a mu­sic­al for child­ren, 1895
• The Three Bears, a mu­sic­al for child­ren, 1896
• Little Songs for Lit­tle Voic­es
• Plantation Songs, 1893–95