John William Glover (19 June 1815 – 19 December 1899) was an Irish composer, conductor, organist, violinist, and teacher.
In 1848, he succeeded Haydn Corri as organist of St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin, and also became professor of music at the Central Model Schools of the Board of National Education.
His most ambitious work was the three-act opera The Deserted Village (libretto by Edmund Falconer after Oliver Goldsmith's novel of the same name), performed in Dublin in 1880 and published in London.
In it, "Glover uses a very direct diatonic language that is not sentimental but speaks to his assured facility for setting words to music",[2] it was also described as a "populist style".
He also wrote a violin concerto (date unknown)[4] Glover was also an expert on Irish traditional music.