Appleby Matthews

[3] He became an experienced choirmaster, running his own Appleby Matthews Chorus, and also conducted the Birmingham City Police band.

[4] Leon Goossens, who played the oboe under Matthews for the City of Birmingham Orchestra, described him as "a very short man [who] always tried to walk a little bit taller than he really was".

[9] The first concert of Matthews' final season on 7 September 1919 was reviewed in the Musical Times: Alex Cohen was still leading the orchestra, who played a programme featuring works by Mozart, Wagner and Dvorak, and the review recorded a "packed house" and "fine performances", concluding "evidently these excellent concerts have come to stay".

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians says of this period: Matthews supported Rutland Boughton at his Glastonbury Festivals (1914–1925) and conducted performances of The Immortal Hour and Bethlehem.

[12] Appearances by Matthews as a guest conductor included performances with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester in 1916;[13] with the Berlin Philharmonic in April 1922, where his programme was adventurous and well-reviewed;[14] and with the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris on 31 October 1922,[15] where he conducted the Paris premiere of Beni Mora, the first performance of any work of Gustav Holst given in that capital.