Robert Ernest Bryson (30 March 1867 – 16 April 1942) was a Scottish composer and organist who spent much of his life in Oxton, Cheshire, England, working as a cotton merchant in Liverpool.
At an early age, he was brought to Tranmere, Birkenhead (then part of Cheshire, England) by his parents, along with his three sisters.
[4] He purchased Yew Tree Cottage at St Briavels, Gloucestershire, in 1907[5] as a country residence and was registered there as a voter from 1910.
[22] His Symphony No 2 appears to be lost, although it was performed in Manchester on 1 January 1928 by the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Hamilton Harty and broadcast.
[26] His next big success was Voices, a study for orchestra premièred by Sir Henry Wood at the Promenade Concert, London on 15 September 1910.
[32] Also that year Bryson's song cycle The Unfading Garden was introduced by Hugh Campbell at the Grotriau Hall.
[35] The Radio Times shows that on 27 August 1937 Bryson's The Field of Boliauns was broadcast; performed by the BBC Orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould with Parry Jones (tenor).
[5] Bryson was one of the founders of the Rodewald Concert Society, Liverpool[40][41] and after his retirement to St Briavels in 1924, he was invited to become its President.